Qualcomm is set to significantly raise wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the first quarter of 2011, for its baseband chips used in the next-generation...

It was not long ago that Taiwan was considered just a provider of back-end (assembly and test) services for the semiconductor industry. However, over the past two decades the country...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), in order to reach its internal goal of reducing total equipment procurement costs by 5-6% every year, has been increasing adoption...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on November 10 reported consolidated revenues of NT$38.427 billion (US$1.24 billion) for October 2010, the highest monthly figure...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors on November 9 approved a budget of US$2,684.66 million, of which US$1,880.9 million will be for establishing...

After two years of revenue declines, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is poised for a return to sales growth in 2010, and growth will continue through...

FPGA startup Achronix Semiconductor's recent announcement that Intel will make 22nm chips for it has sparked speculation that the chip giant is looking to share the higher end segment...

China-based foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has said it has reached an agreement with the Wuhan municipal government to share the ownership...

Sales in the overall semiconductor market in 2011 will log 5% growth, and the foundry sector will see a larger 14% increase, according to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced net profits of NT$46.94 billion (US$1.47 billion) on consolidated revenues of NT$112.25 billion for the third quarter...

Xilinx has announced its 28nm 7 series FPGAs, which embrace 3D packaging technologies and through-silicon vias (TSV) for applications requiring high-transistor and logic density as...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been competing to license advanced CIGS technology developed by Germany-based ZSW. The technology has produced a record energy...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have both said they will not increase contract manufacturing prices despite the strengthening...

Taiwan-based small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have to make industrial upgrades to hike the added value of their products and enhance their international competitiveness through...

Mong-Song Liang, a former senior director of the Logic Technology Platform Division at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is likely to rejoin the former employer,...