Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. However, worldwide silicon revenues decreased by 6 percent in 2015 compared to 2014...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. However, worldwide silicon revenues decreased by 6 percent in 2015 compared to 2014...

IC Insights expects annual global IC market growth rates to closely track the performance of worldwide GDP growth. In the recently released The McClean Report 2016, IC Insights forecasts 2.7% global GDP growth for 2016, only marginally ahead of what is considered to be the recession threshold of 2...

IC Insights expects annual global IC market growth rates to closely track the performance of worldwide GDP growth. In the recently released The McClean Report 2016, IC Insights forecasts 2.7% global GDP growth for 2016, only marginally ahead of what is considered to be the recession threshold of 2...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's government yesterday approved TSMC's China investment application, allowed the world’s largest IC foundry to set up a wholly owned 12-inch fab plant in Nanjing, China. By obtaining the approval,TSMC will push up its global market share from 55% to 57%...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's government yesterday approved TSMC's China investment application, allowed the world’s largest IC foundry to set up a wholly owned 12-inch fab plant in Nanjing, China. By obtaining the approval,TSMC will push up its global market share from 55% to 57%...

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0...