Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will see single-digit decreases in orders from the communications sector for the third...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced development of its 28nm low-power technology that extends Silicon Oxynitride (SiON)/poly usage beyond 32nm with a dual/triple...

A group of former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on April 9 staged a sit-in protest outside the residence of TSMC chairman Morris Chang. They demanded...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its newly-launched business unit, the New Business Development Organization (NBDO), to bring in total revenues of US$2 billion...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin volume wafer starts for MEMS client Silverbrook Research at its 8-inch fab (Fab 3) soon, with initial production targeting...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced Rick Tsai will resign from his position as the company's CEO, with chairman Morris Chang to return to the helm.

The worst for the global semiconductor industry is already over, but full recovery is not expected till 2012 when the market may return to the 2008 levels, according to Morris Chang,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw a narrower on-year revenue drop for May 2009, while United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) posted a 12.7% drop compared to...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported a narrower on-year revenue drop for May, as monthly performance continued improving.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is continuing to expand its 12-inch wafer foundry capacity, aiming at an 11% increase from 2008 and to account for 42% of its aggregate...

The pure-play foundry semiconductor manufacturing industry is estimated to record robust growth in the second quarter of 2009, following three quarters of contraction, according to...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is evaluating plans to lift bans in its policies regarding investment ceilings and 12-inch wafer fab investment in China, according to...

Globalfoundries is scheduled to break ground for its new facility (Fab 2) at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in New York in July, according to Tom Sonderman, the foundry's vice...

IMEC, an Belgium-based nanoelectronics research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, has signed an expanded research agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

John Wei, platform marketing manager at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), on June 3 attended a press event hosted by AMD to co-announce a successful ramp of AMD's...