TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) from September 8-18 at Huashan 1914 Creative Part Exhibition Hall 4A held the “IC60 Exhibition” to commemorate sixty years of integrated circuitry inventions (IC)...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - As the opening speaker of the 1C60 MASTER FORUM at Semicon Taiwan, the content of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company founder Morris Chang’s speech was widely followed. It was an occasion in which international-tier semiconductor masters sat together and a media gathering for people to listen to a person who is currently at the top of the semiconductor market’s views on the next wave of semiconductor innovation...

According to IHS, Samsung Display’s average AMOLED fab utilization rate started to plunge from the end of 2017. It remained in the 50% range until May, due to low seasonality and weaker-than-expected demand from major customers...

The China IC Ecosystem Report, a comprehensive report for the IC manufacturing supply chain, reveals that front-end fab capacity in China will grow to account for 16 percent of the world's semiconductor fab capacity this year, a share that will increase to 20 percent by the end of 2020...

The Taiwanese semiconductor industry is expected to have a shipment value of NTD 2.5 trillion in 2018 and grow by 8.1% year-on-year, slightly lower than the global average of 10.1%, according to Taipei-based, government-backed IT research institute MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute)...

IC Insights forecasts total semiconductor capital expenditures will rise to $102.0 billion this year, marking the first time that the industry has spent more than $100 billion on capital expenditures in one year. The $102.0 billion spending level represents a 9% increase over $93...

According to IC Insights, the top-15 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1H18 includes seven suppliers headquartered in the U.S., three in Europe, two each in South Korea and Taiwan, and one in Japan...