The TSIA survey showed that Q2 2018 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$638.2 billion(US$21.0B), up 5.8% on-quarter and 11.5% increase on-year. With NT$162.2B in design(US$5...

In its recently released Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2018, IC Insights forecasts that the 2018-2022 global GDP and IC market correlation coefficient will reach 0.95, up from 0.88 in the 2010-2017 time period. IC Insights depicts the increasingly close correlation between worldwide GDP growth and IC market growth through 2017, as well as its forecast through 2022...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC) last Thursday at a legal briefing stated that their 7-nm chip process has already gone into mass production. They estimate that during the third quarter it will account for 10% of their revenue and then increase to account for 20% of their revenue in the fourth quarter...

In its upcoming Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2018 , IC Insights forecasts that the 2018 global electronic systems market will grow 5% to $1,622 billion while the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to surge by 14% this year to $509...

IC Insights compares the estimated required capex needed to increase NAND flash bit volume shipments 40% per year, sourced from a chart from Micron’s 2018 Analyst and Investor Event in May of this year, versus the annual capex targeting the NAND flash market segment using IC Insights’ data...

HSINCHU, Taiwan - United Microelectronics Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has approved for the company to fully acquire Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (MIFS), a 12-inch wafer foundry based in Mie, Japan, from Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (Fujitsu Semiconductor)...

HSINCHU, Taiwan - Fujitsu Semiconductor and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") announced that UMC will acquire all of the shares of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (MIFS), a 300mm wafer foundry joint venture between both companies...