As noted by Central News Agency, since China is actively expanding in mature nodes, the impact of the country's newly added capacity is expected to intensify. TrendForce predicts that China's foundry giant Nexchip will surpass Taiwanese foundries VIS and PSMC, moving up from 10th to 8th place i...

According to recent reports from foreign media, the Vietnamese government has officially approved a wafer fab construction project with a total investment of VND 12.8 trillion (approximately $500 million). This will be Vietnam’s first wafer fab, marking a key breakthrough in the country's semicond...

A major collaboration between Taiwan and Japan on semiconductors has been halted, as PSMC suddenly informed SBI Holdings in late September that it was unable to proceed with the plan of constructing a fab in Japan as it had promised a year ago. With various speculations circulating concerning the re...

In August, 2023, PSMC announced its partnership with Japan's SBI to construct a chipmaking plant in Japan. However, the plan has been halted last Friday, with reports indicating that PSMC’s deteriorating financial performance may be the reason. However, the Taiwan chipmaker refuted the speculati...

Taiwanese semiconductor foundries are facing price pressure in mature process as demand remains sluggish, according to a report from the Economic Daily News. Sources indicate that local foundries are offering discounts on mature process orders in Q4, marking a shift from the relatively stable pricin...