Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased 5% from US$102.6 billion in 2021 to an all-time record of US$107.6 billion last year, SEMI, the industry association...

Because of the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, governments are reevaluating their investment areas from a national security perspective. After energy and semiconductors,...

The global semiconductor market reached US$575.1 billion in 2022, but the figure only covers the IC design and IDM sectors. The entire semiconductor value chain should come close...

Winbond Electronics has signed a seven-year syndicated loan agreement for NT$20 billion (US$656.3 million) with 11 local banks in Taiwan, according to the specialty DRAM and flash...

TSMC reportedly has decided to build a fab in Germany jointly with local partners in a collaboration model similar to that for its ongoing fab project in Japan, according to industry...

The Chinese cyberspace regulating agency's decision to probe memory products sold in the country by Micron Technology could potentially intensify the vicious cycle of long-term oversupply...

China's focus on the development of mature-node process technology for ICs may provide it with a bargaining advantage, according to industry observers.

The South Korean government has selected 40 R&D projects from 11 core investment sectors and plans to invest KRW13.5 trillion (around US$10.24 billion) by 2030. It will also give...

Japan is falling behind in the field of deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI), which prompted the Japanese government to formulate an AI strategy in 2019. In 2023, the launching...

On April 11, SEMI Europe has won up to EUR 4 million in funding to develop the European Chips Skills Academy, an initiative to help tackle the skills and talent shortages in Europe's...

Hyundai Motor Group unveiled a plan to scale up its EV presence significantly. The South Korean company plans to invest KRW24 trillion (US$18 billion) by 2030 to grow production and...

DIGITIMES recently conducted a series of studies of the global IC design industry on behalf of TSIA.

TSMC is slowing down its pace of capacity expansions in Taiwan, as its first-quarter 2023 sales missed guidance, according to industry sources.

China is looking to develop its own IC standard specs, which Taiwan-based IC design firms perceive as a challenge.

China intends to put its focus on mature-node manufacturing for ICs instead of process miniaturization, aiming to elaborate innovation to boost the country's homegrown chipmaking...