Taiwan-based Kinik has secured certification from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for diamond disks (DDs) used in CMP (chemical-mechanical polishing) pad conditioning...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said it plans to hire more than 3,000 employees in 2010. The new recruits will be mostly engineers and technical staff but will...

Analog/mixed-signal and logic IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) may boost its utilization rate to 60% in the first quarter of 2010, thanks to soaring orders for...

Silicon wafer makers are scheduled to raise 12- and 8-inch wafer prices by 5-10% in the first quarter of 2010 and a further 10% in the second quarter as a result of tight supply,...

Foundry chipmakers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), have been struggling to increase their yields on 40nm to over 70%, according to industry sources....

Globalfoundries has quoted photomask prices that are 40-50% lower than quotes offered by rivals, and cut prices for wafer processing at its available nodes to vie for handset- and...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on January 8 announced its partnership with Qualcomm has been extended from 65nm and 45nm technologies to 28nm, only a day after...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) saw fourth-quarter 2009 revenues increase 1.2% sequentially to NT$27.75 billion (US$871 million). However, revenues for all of 2009 slid...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues slide in 2009, but managed an increase sequentially in the fourth quarter. The quarter also marked its third consecutive...

Sources at semiconductor equipment makers believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will make a more ambitious attempt than its internal goal towards capital spending...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has declined to comment on a media report indicating that the company is being targeted by Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC)...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent more than NT$145 billion (US$4.57 billion) on machinery equipment in 2009, while rival United Microelectronics Corporation...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) detailing 36 equipment purchases so far in December 2009 with a total transaction...

Taiwan's Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer mainly specializing in mask solution products, has been involved in the industry's efforts in...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has signed an industry-academy cooperation agreement with Tsinghua University, China's leading science and engineering educational...