Samsung Electronics and Intel have both stepped up efforts to expand their respective foundry businesses, eyeing bigger slices of the global foundry market particularly in the advanced...

The Israeli government will not object to Intel's plan to purchase Israel-based Tower Semiconductor for US$5.4 billion, as this is an expansion of Intel's investment in Israel. If...

Intel has announced plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor, an Israel-based analog IC foundry, for US$53 per share or a total of approximately US$5.4 billion in cash.

The pure-play foundry semiconductor manufacturing industry is estimated to record robust growth in the second quarter of 2009, following three quarters of contraction, according to...

Tower Semiconductor, an independent specialty wafer foundry, has announced the completion of its merger with Jazz Technologies, a leader in analog-intensive mixed-signal (AIMS) foundry...