Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues drop 4.6% sequentially to NT$28.89 billion (US$884 million) in August 2009, making an end to its run of on-month increases...

The acquisition of Singapore-based Chartered Semiconductor by Globalfoundries over the Labor Day weekend has catapulted the company into the number-two position among pure-play foundries...

Morris Chang might have been surprised to learn that Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will be sold to Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) for a high price of US$3.9...

Executives of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have recently paid several visits to E-Ton Solar Tech to evaluate the possibility of making an equity investment in...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will place orders to MEMS equipment makers soon for capacity expansion in order to win more MEMS OEM orders in 2010, according to...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently started hiring more for its production base at the Tainan Science Park (TSP), southern Taiwan, according to the pure-play...

China-based chipmakers Hua Hong NEC (HHNEC) and Hejian Technology have seen contract orders for large-size LCD driver ICs reduced significantly for the fourth quarter of 2009, while...

Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, and FPGA designers Altera and Xilinx have reduced their wafer start orders for the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 to their foundry partners, according...

R&D expenses are estimated to equal 25% of KLA-Tencor's overall sales in 2009, with the expenditure mainly on the development of next-generation products for 3X/2Xnm and beyond...

Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec swung back to profitability in the second quarter of 2009, while King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) managed a narrower loss sequentially, according...

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...