Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has detailed a total of 13 equipment purchases during the week of August 24-28, in filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE),...

Freescale Semiconductor recently announced a new 45nm DSP series and has expanded outsourcing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2009, according...

Qualcomm, MediaTek and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are expected to be the biggest beneficiaries of China's 3G market in 2010. 3G handset sales in China are likely...

Fujitsu Microelectronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 27 announced that they have agreed to collaborate on 28nm process technology targeting foundry...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has secured increased orders from Taiwan-based MediaTek and China-based Spreadtrum Communications, with wafer starts placed by the...

Robert Tsao, honorary chairman of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), has expressed optimism about UMC's venture into renewable energy and environment-related businesses. Apart...

Mentor Graphics considers the Asia Pacific as the world's key foundry and IC design market, and is seeking to expand its customer and partner portfolio in the region, according to...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced it is adding a low-power process to its 28nm high-k metal gate family, and is on track to deliver these new foundry...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 21 and 24 issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing nine equipment purchases worth a total of about...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will soon announce a new technology that enables the manufacturing of MEMS devices via its CMOS process alone, according to market...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently reached an agreement with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) to directly acquire part or all of the DRAM maker's...

Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing service providers are expected to post sequential revenue drops of less than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2009, but overall gross margins may...

Nvidia's new 40nm GeForce 210 (GT218) GPU-based graphics cards will be available in the retail channel in October, as yield of the 40nm process at foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced a total of 20 purchases of machinery equipment, worth NT$17.72 billion (US$537 million), since July 13.

Order visibility at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has extended to November 2009, with utilization rates expected...