Pure-play foundry TSMC is aggressively looking for growth beyond demand from Apple, which is currently its biggest client, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's wafer foundry houses are under increasing pressure to allocate more capacity for automotive chips, which in turn could undermine shipments of Taiwan-based IC suppliers in...

Taiwan-based foundries intend to give supply priorities to long-term and established clients amid tight capacity, according to industry sources.

Backend houses in the supply chain of MediaTek have expressed optimism about demand for the fabless client's 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and automotive chip solutions in 2021, and are ramping up...

Automotive chip suppliers are queuing up for capacity support from foundries, particularly 8-inch ones, and may be prompted to accept higher quotes for more capacity, according to...

Just days after Intel seemingly dismissed speculation about expanding outsourcing to TSMC, sources from Taiwan's supply chain have disclosed that the US chip vendor has plans to have...

TSMC has already struck a deal with Intel under which the pure-play foundry will use 3nm process technology to manufacture the US vendor's core CPU products, with volume production...

Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, continue to encounter tight capacity at their foundry partners and have to decelerate the development of their new chip products...

Despite speculation circulating recently that Intel is looking to outsource more chip production to TSMC, the CPU vendor does not seem to be ready to play a meaningful role in the...

Nvidia and Qualcomm reportedly have already reached agreements with TSMC for capacity support from its next-generation manufacturing processes, and with orders from Intel, Apple and...

TSMC and National Taiwan University (NTU) have expanded their collaboration in technology development to quantum materials research.

With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...

Qualcomm has rolled out its new Snapdragon 870 series to further enhance its 5G smartphone chip lineup. The new 5G chip is built using TSMC's 7nm process technology.

Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 4% in 2021 to US$71.4 billion after rising 5% in 2020 to a record high of US$68.4 billion,...

More automotive chipmakers have approached Taiwan-based foundry houses TSMC, UMC and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) seeking capacity support to meet a ramp-up in automotive...