LAS VEGAS — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest dedicated chip contract manufacturer, announced Thursday that it has begun processing customers’ products on an advanced ...

Wolfspeed says its 300mm platform will unify high-volume SiC manufacturing for power electronics with advanced capabilities ...

Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a major producer of 8- and 12-inch silicon wafers in Taiwan, has unveiled plans to raise quotes for the third quarter of 2011 by 10-20%. FST noted... A number of ...

Eswin Silicon Wafer Technology, a 12-inch silicon wafer supplier based in Xian, China has raised nearly CNY4 billion (US$573.6 million) in series C funding from China National Building Material (CNBM) ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that the company has completed installation of its first 12-inch silicon wafer processing line at its Power Device ...

A 300mm semiconductor wafer, which is the maximum wafer size in use. Although 18-inch (450mm) wafers have been developed, the billions in cost to change all the chip-making machinery in a plant that ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Power Device Works’ Fukuyama Factory has begun large-scale supply of power semiconductor chips made from ...

On Dec 10, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. celebrated the opening of the line of Shanghai's first 12-inch wafer fab (SMIC Fab 8). The line is part of the science and education project ...

Use of 18-inch silicon wafers would drive down chip costs, but nobody can afford an 18-inch wafer factory The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer is part of a group of companies exploring the ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will phase out its 6-inch wafer manufacturing business over the next two years and continue consolidating its 8-inch wafer production ...