Market research firm IC Insights has forecast that the global IC market will log a 4% increase in 2016, and fab capacity utilization rates will range from 90% to 93% with 12-inch...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced two purchases of machinery equipment and engineering facilities for a total of NT$7.09 billion (US$211.5 million) from...

Semiconductor industry spending on research and development grew by just 0.5% in 2015, which was the smallest increase since the 2009 downturn year and significantly below the compound...

TSMC will be ready to roll out its 5nm process technology two years after the launch of its 7nm node, according to the pure-play foundry.

The global IC foundry market sector is set to log a 5% increase in 2016 while the overall semiconductor market will grow by a smaller 2%. TSMC's growth will continue to outperform...

TSMC has announced net profits of NT$72.84 billion (US$2.18 billion) on consolidated revenues of NT$203.52 billion for the fourth quarter of 2015. EPS for the quarter was NT$2.81...

Taiwan-based makers in the iPhone supply chain must have been aware that sales of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have gradually lost their momentum, meaning Apple's orders for iPhones and...

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for December 2015 reached T$58.35 billion (US$1.75 billion), down about 8%...

IC Insights has provided a ranking of the industry's 10 largest IC manufacturers in terms of installed capacity. Included in the list are four from North America, two from South Korea,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced several purchases of machinery equipment and engineering facilities for a total of NT$6.55 billion (US$197 million)...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent a total of NT$1.83 billion (US$55.3 million) on machinery equipment from Yankey Engineering, Marketech International and Applied...

Semiconductor equipment supplier Scientech will begin shipping its in-house developed wet benches and single-wafer process tools for the production of 12-inch wafers to Taiwan Semiconductor...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has spent more than US$700 million on semiconductor capital equipment in recent weeks, according to filings issued by the pure-play...

Utilization rates at Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will fall further to 85.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015 - the lowest level in 13 quarters, according to Digitimes Research.

Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Applied Materials and Disco for a total of about...