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...

TSMC’s affiliate, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), announced its third-quarter results, reporting net revenue of NT$12.349 billion (about US$413 million), up 4.6 percent year on year. According to Commercial Times, this marked a record high for the same period in the company’s history...

As price negotiations for mature-node foundry services enter a critical stage, Taiwan’s foundries have reportedly moved early to adapt to market shifts by pressing upstream suppliers for price cuts. According to Commercial Times, both Taiwan’s second-largest foundry UMC and TSMC’s affiliate VI...

According to EETimes China, citing Dutch media outlet de Gelderlander, semiconductor giant NXP is reportedly planning to shut down several 8-inch wafer fabs as it transitions to more efficient 12-inch production. The report states that four 8-inch fabs are slated for closure—one in Nijmegen, the N...

According to a report from Commercial Times, TSMC’s board on May 13 approved the sale of equipment to VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a Singapore joint venture between its subsidiary Vanguard and NXP. As TSMC shifts toward more advanced nodes, it is scaling back mature node...