A number of investment banks, including Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR), HSBC and Merrill Lynch, have issued a conservative guidance over the prospects for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Chris Lumb CEO of Canada-based MEMS foundry Micralyne is in Taiwan to seek partnerships with local foundries. He said he would not name potential candidates, saying he plans to contact...

An industry-wide trend among wafer foundries is showing a slow down in recruitment, with some companies even looking to lay off staff.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said that it holds a small amount of bonds issued by ill-fated Lehman Brothers and financially-troubled AIG Group and that losses...

KC Shih, vice chairman and CEO of Global Unichip, has announced that the company's third-quarter sales will be up from the second quarter, meeting its earlier expectations of progressive...

Dalsa Semiconductor is seeking a foundry partner for its micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device production. Among all major foundries that have MEMS deployment in Taiwan, Taiwan...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and other foundries are slowing their 12-inch fab expansion, showing no signs of active...

A decade-long deployment in semiconductor equipment is bearing fruits, as Hermes Microvision and Advanced Ion Beam Technology (AIBT), the two affiliates of Hermes Epitek, have secured...

Despite lagging behind rivals over 65nm production, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is not going to be absent in process node migration. A company executive...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is planning to change its internal communication system, replacing the currently used PHS system established by NEC with a 3G system...

Aptina, a CMOS image sensor making subsidiary of Micron which was officially spun-off on October 3, is reportedly in negotiations with Taiwan-based wafer fabs and DRAM makers to outsource...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) led all wafer foundries in Taiwan in both revenues and net profits in the first half of this year, with its earnings accounting for...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s board of directors approved a plan to repurchase shares from the open market. The board has also approved capital expenditure (capex)...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted better-than-expected July sales with sales growing 7.9% on-year and on-month. JP Morgan noted that TSMC's July sales hinted...

Recent research from IC Insights uncovered a big shakeup in its global top 20 semiconductor supplier rankings, with many of the major DRAM and flash suppliers (e.g., Qimonda, Elpida,...