Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) has recently announced purchases of machinery equipment from Applied Materials Asia-Pacific, Dainippon Screen Manufacturing and KLA-Tencor...

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has upgraded its MEMS production line from 6-inch to 8-inch in order to assist Taiwan semiconductor companies since most are...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) may see their packaging and testing utilization rates climb to 60% in the second quarter of 2009,...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has placed orders for three e-beam inspection systems for 45nm and below production with Hermes Microvision (HMI), a subsidiary...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has returned to almost full production, buoyed by a surge in short lead time orders for handset chips, telecom products and graphics...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have landed combined orders of 30,000 wafers (12-inch equivalent) for new AMD graphics...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently snatched orders for CMOS image sensors (CIS) from a number of IC design houses including Israel-based Advasense and...

Texas Instruments (TI) may resume placing orders with its contract partners in Taiwan, including foundry service provider Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and packaging...

Networking IC designer Realtek Semiconductor has increased 802.11n chip orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) thanks...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently announced the purchase of machinery equipment from Applied Materials Asia-Pacific and Tokyo Electron, totaling NT$1.02...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to receive a substantial number of new orders for the second quarter of...

Wafer packaging and testing firm Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has not followed fellow industry players in revising its guidance for the first quarter of 2009 despite rising...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) both have seen utilization rates grow to 50-60% at some of their fabs, sources at the...

Globalfoundries, a joint venture between AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), is dispatching its CEO Doug Grose to visit potential customers in Taiwan soon,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised its guidance for the first quarter of 2009, thanks to rush orders and demand from the China market. The leading foundry...