Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its net sales went down 31.8% sequentially in December 2008.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has dismissed rumors that suggested the company planned to buy DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies.

Taiwan-based foundry service providers may each suffer a revenue drop of 20-30% sequentially in December, as a result of the gloomy economic climate, market watchers indicate.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) may see its foundry utilization rate fall to as low as 35% in the first quarter of 2009, down from an estimated 50-55% for the fourth quarter...

In addition to having deal with a sluggish semiconductor market, Taiwan foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is taking the advantage of low foundry utilization by transferring more engineers to its MEMS department, according to the industry...

Samsung Electronics is said to looking to recruit talent from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to expand its wafer OEM business, according to industry players.

Faraday Technology, an IC design service provider, announced on December 24 that it plans to inject US$3 million into its wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Aicestar Technology.

Tape-out of AMD's 40nm RV740 GPU is reported complete and the company will start mass production by the end of first quarter next year at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

IC design service provider Global Unichip has started developing solid-state drive (SSD) controller solutions based on ARM platform designs with Taiwan-based AboUnion Technology....

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received few orders from imaging sensor supplier OmniVision in December, which is a sign of the client's pessimistic outlook...

Altera has announced silicon availability of 40nm field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for communications, broadcast, test, medical and military applications. The Stratix IV series,...

EDA software provider Berkeley Design Automation has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) generated revenues of about NT$19.3 billion (US$585 million) in November, down 32% sequentially and 36% from 2007, the company announced...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) announced today on a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that the foundry has revised downward its fourth quarter 2008 guidance...