In line with TSMC's recent guidance cut, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced revised financial estimates for fourth quarter 2008 as a result of falling wafer...

Samsung Electronics is attempting to snatch outsourcing orders for 40nm FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) from Xilinx by offering lower prices than competitors', according to...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has asked its employees to take more unpaid leave to help the company reduce its operating costs as part of its efforts to curtail...

The continuing global economic woes have hit the Taiwan foundry industry badly. With leading foundry player Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) having downgraded its...

Toshiba has told Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) that it will delay a plan to produce MEMS microphones at either of...

Amid a global economic downturn that has lead to declining semiconductor sales, leading global pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is said to be further enhancing the company's development of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) business, with new equipment...

Today's Chinese-language cnYES.com cited Xinhua Finance (XFN)-ASIA as reporting that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation...

Intellectual property (IP) solutions provider eMemory Technology has announced that the company's Neobit one-time-programmable (OTP) memory, co-developed with Taiwan Semiconductor...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will start shipping 40nm FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) to its key customer Altera by the end of this year, kicking off the...

Andes Technology, a Taiwan-based processor core IP vendor, has recently expanded its product portfolio by introducing 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) that deliver up to 660MHz...

ARM's license agreement with Socle Technology, a IC design service subsidiary of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, has heated up the competition in the foundry...

ARM and Socle Technology, a subsidiary of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, have released details of their cooperation plans which will see Socle gain licenses...

The Taiwan semiconductor industry will see its IC design, packaging and testing sectors all slide in production value in 2008, with the packaging and testing segments experiencing...

InvenSense, a provider of motion sensing solutions for mobile applications, is looking for partnerships with Taiwan-based foundry service providers, according to company CEO Steve...