Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) currently has no plan to undertake capital reduction, the company has said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is evaluating the possibility of reducing its capital in an attempt to advance ROE (return on equity) for its shareholders and improve...

In line with concerns over a weak first-quarter 2009, Rick Tsai, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has expressed pessimism in that the global semiconductor...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) forecasts its first-quarter consolidated sales at only NT$32-35 billion (US$0.95-1.04 billion), representing a 45.8-50.4% sequential...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to downsize about 1,000 jobs, or 5% of its workforce, in 2009, according to industry sources. The planned layoffs are...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is facing a tough time maintaining its monthly revenues above the NT$10 billion (US$298 million) mark for January 2009, as the foundry's...

ProMOS Technologies has decided to sell its 12-inch foundry equipment in the Central Taiwan Science Park for NT$580 million (US$17.39 million), and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Taiwan MEMS foundries have come up with an idea of turning themselves into so-called "foundry IP companies" that can be differentiated from the MEMS business operated by...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently received rush orders for low-power and entry-level CPUs and chips from Altera, MediaTek, Nvidia, OmniVision and Qualcomm,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will likely land chip orders for Apple's low-cost entry-level iPhone nano, the Chinese-language...

Foundry players and packaging and testing houses are receiving rush orders mainly concentrated on handset chips amid demand for the Lunar New Year at the end of January, according...

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...