While the memory sector thrives, South Korea’s fabless firms are reportedly struggling with mounting losses. According to ETNews, based on tentative 2025 operating profit figures for major listed South Korean fabless companies, more than half—14 of 22 firms, or roughly 64%—posted operating los...

TSMC's Chairman, Mark Liu, recently addressed the challenges posed by global fragmentation and emerging national security concerns, which may potentially lead to a slowdown in global innovation. Despite these concerns, Liu emphasized Taiwan's ability to respond calmly. TSMC remains committed to adva...

Some of the advantages of third-generation semiconductors SiC and GaN include their ability to operate under high voltages, high temperatures （for SiC）, and high frequencies（for GaN）. Not only do these advantages allow manufacturers to significantly reduce the physical sizes of chips, but pe...

While foundry capacities remained tight, prompting IC design companies to compete over limited foundry capacities in order to fulfill rising demand for various end devices, the top 10 IC designe (fabless) companies posted remarkable revenues in 1Q21, according to TrendForce’s latest investigation...

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 1H20 seemed at first poised to devastate the IC design industry. However, as WFH and distance education became the norm, TrendForce finds that the demand for notebook computers and networking products also spiked in response, in turn driving manufacturers to...