Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its LED lighting R&D center and fab in the Hsinchu Science Park, setting an important...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has said the application to acquire a major stake in China-based Hejian Technology will soon be submitted to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic...

Taiwan-based semiconductor companies may be allowed to operate 12-inch fabs in China within two years, according to Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Nvidia's initial batch of GeForce GTX 480/470-based graphics cards will have fewer cores than the originally expected 512 due to low 40nm yield at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Foundry chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have been informed by their upstream suppliers that average...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to seek a total of 2,400 new recruits, including 1,000 engineers for its 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science Park...

Most Taiwan-based pure-play foundries and backend packaging and testing houses have seen order visibility extend to June, buoyed by strong demand from communications and graphics...

The global semiconductor industry will grow by 7% in 2011, and is poised to post a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 4.2% during the period from 2011-2014, according to Morris...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be able to achieve its revenue target of NT$89-91 billion for the first quarter of 2010, while production has fully recovered...

Major Taiwan-based foundries and backend suppliers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Advanced Semiconductor...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues for February 2010 grow just 0.1% on month to NT$29.2 billion (US$919 million). The February results show a 153.8% jump...

Solar cell maker Motech Industries on March 8 announced the appointment of Chang Peng-heng, currently vice president of Materials Management and Risk Management at Taiwan Semiconductor...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has boosted its capacity utilization rate at its 8-inch Fab 2 buoyed by orders transferred from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have both disclosed the impact of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Taiwan...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has recently announced plans to add a total of 1,000 engineers for its Fab 12A, a 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science...