The Taiwan government has further eased its rules governing cross-strait investments by allowing Taiwan-based wafer foundries to acquire or make equity investment in China-based foundries...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced revenues for January 2010 slid 4.3% on month to NT$29.16 billion (US$910 million). Consolidated sales were NT$30.14...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has reported net losses of US$482.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to losses of US$124.5 million a year...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its board of directors on February 9 adopted a proposal recommending distribution of a NT$3 (US$0.09) cash dividend...

Global Unichip, an IC design service provider partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has guided for a double-digit revenue growth in 2010, according to...

With both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) announcing plans to hike their capex budgets for 2010 to expand 12-inch wafer...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to begin manufacturing Altera's new FPGA chips on its 28nm process in mid-2010 at the earliest, according to market so...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on February 2 that it has spent nearly NT$6 billion (US$187.18 million) for front-end equipment procurement, cleanroom...

MEMS device vendor InvenSense has placed 3-axis gyroscope orders with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), using the foundry's 8-inch Fab 3 production facilities. Monthly...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its projected capex for 2010 will top US$4.8 billion, an increase of 79.7% from US$2.671 billion spent in 2009...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its fourth-quarter 2009 net income soared 162.5% on year to NT$32.67 billion (US$1.02 billion), while consolidated...

Shareholders of Motech Industries approved a private placement plan to raise additional capital at a provisional meeting on January 26, introducing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), visited Shanghai last week, sparking speculation that he had been invited by the Chinese city's...

TSMC has improved yield rates on its 40nm manufacturing process, with the quality now being about the same level as its 65nm node process, according Mark Liu, Senior VP of Operations...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will budget NT$27 billion (US$850 million) for R&D expenditure in 2010, up 25% from NT$21.6 billion last year, according to company...