United Microelectronics faces challenges from declining demand, fixed costs, and potential dividend cuts. Click here to see ...

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs as a tool to disrupt global trade. On April 9, Taiwan's ...

Intel Corp shares on Thursday gained on a report that the company has tentatively agreed to a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), a sign the beleaguered US chipmaker ...

Taiwanese chipmaker UMC has opened a new semiconductor plant in Singapore, investing up to US$5 billion to meet growing chip ...

The new entity would later invest in research and development within the U.S, and potentially compete with Taiwan ...

US contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corp, Taiwan’s No 2 chipmaker, are exploring the possibility of a merger amid American efforts to mitigate risks surrounding the ...

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The Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index, or TAIEX, closed up 584.27 points at 21,280.17. Turnover was ...

Singapore—a major chip manufacturing hub—has in recent years been attracting new investments from global semiconductor companies.

If realised, the combined entity would establish a larger, US-based company with production capabilities spanning Asia, the ...

United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電), the world’s No. 4 contract chipmaker, yesterday launched a new US$5 billion 12-inch ...

It has been reported that Taiwan's UMC and the U.S.'s GlobalFoundries, the 4th and 5th largest companies in the global foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) market, are pursuing a merger. As ...