8-inch foundry prices are rising. According to Economic Daily News, the tightening global supply of 8-inch wafer foundry capacity has led institutional investors to turn more bullish on related Taiwanese players, expecting the trend to benefit UMC, PSMC, and Vanguard. Regarding the supply-side ba...

Market speculation has been swirling that global memory giant Micron is evaluating a potential acquisition of PSMC’s new 12-inch fab in Tongluo, Miaoli, Taiwan. According to Commercial Times, PSMC says it is in ongoing discussions with multiple potential partners, though any cooperation remains at...

Although the U.S. has delayed the implementation of China chip tariffs, supply chains continue to shift away from China over the long term. According to Commercial Times, mature-node chips—given their broad range of applications and long product life cycles—are among the first to be incorporated...

Rising memory prices are pushing major manufacturers to seek additional capacity. According to Economic Daily News, sources say Micron is in talks with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) to produce memory at the company’s newly completed Tongluo fab in Miaoli, Taiwan, which s...

According to Economic Daily News, industry sources note that Taiwan’s leading IC design firms are sharply cutting wafer foundry orders for mature nodes in the second half of the year. In Q3 alone, orders have dropped 20–30% from Q2 levels. As a result, utilization rates at mature-node foundrie...