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Sales at the world’s 10 largest pure-play foundry operators hit new quarterly highs in the fourth quarter of last year, for a 10th consecutive quarter, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) retaining its position as the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taipei-based market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said. TrendForce on Monday last week said that the top 10 contract chipmakers generated US$29.55 billion in sales in the fourth quarter, up 8.3 percent from a quarter earlier, accounting for 98 percent of the global total. TSMC posted US$15...

/ Staff writer, with CNASales at the world’s 10 largest pure-play foundry operators hit new quarterly highs in the fourth quarter of last year, for a 10th consecutive quarter, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co （TSMC, 台積電） retaining its position as the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taipei-based market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp （集邦科技） said.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian soldiers and regular citizens alike are exhibiting fierce resistance under the leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Although Russian forces have made progress along Ukraine’s southern coast, intensified the offensive on major cities and stepped up attacks on civilians, the plan to swiftly seize Kyiv has gone awry. So far, Taiwanese are waiting to see what the government can learn from this war, described as the most significant European war since 1945, and one that could rewrite geopolitical order. The Ukrainians’ f...

Taiwan is racing to set up specialized “chip schools” that run year-round to train its next generation of semiconductor engineers and cement its dominance of the crucial industry. The plans, championed by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), come as chip companies plow billions of dollars into capacity expansion to make the “brains” that power everything from smartphones to fighter jets, amid a global shortage. Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) alone this year is to spend up to US$44 billion and hire more than 8,000 employees. Jack Sun (孫元成), who r...

Defending Taiwan is something Taiwanese must do on their own, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電) founder Robert Tsao (曹興誠) said, adding that those who doubt the US’ commitment to Taiwan aim to “dampen morale” and “create panic within Taiwan.” Tsao made the remarks in two articles shared by Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), who posted them on Facebook on Saturday. Tsao said that he was asked whether he believed statements by some Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members that the US would not send troops to help Taiwan in the event of a C...