Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to invest up to US$6 billion in the fifth- and fourth-phase capacity expansion at its 12-inch Fab 12 and Fab 14, respectively,...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) recently offered foundry quotes of around US$4,500 per wafer for 65nm process, 10% lower than those from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has secured set-top box (STB) IC orders from a subsidiary of China-based home appliance vendor Haier, according to industry sources...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have seen a surge in demand for networking and wireless solutions, according to sources...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has procured molecular vapor deposition (MVD) equipment developed by US-based Applied MicroStructures (AMST) in order to meet the...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its 2010 sales to surpass 2008 in line with the industry's recovery, chairman and CEO Morris Chang said at a company event...

Foundry IC sales will grow at nearly twice the rate of the overall IC industry over the next five years, according to IC Insights, adding that both pure-play and IDM foundry sales...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to implement aggressive capex plans for 2010, when the semiconductor market...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may establish a photovoltaic (PV) production base on an 18-hectare site in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) to produce thin-film...

Intel's Atom processor is being redesigned as a system on a chip (SoC) and will be manufactured by TSMC in an effort to win the mobile Internet device (MID) market. But the investment...

Customers have turned more active in placing orders, according to Antonio Mesquida Kusters, Director of Market Intelligence for ASML. Citing predictions by research firms, Kusters...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced revenues of NT$28.02 billion (US$870 million) for September 2009, down 3% on month and 0.8% on year.

IMEC, a Belgium-based research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on October 6 jointly announced the extension of...

Although the global semiconductor foundry market is set to make a welcome return to growth in 2010 after a terrible 2009, the recent downturn is likely to thin the ranks of the top-tier...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will maintain its plans to begin trial production on 18-inch wafers in 2012 despite a conservative outlook prevailing across most...