China chip policy challenges Taiwan

US-China trade tensions might ease the pain a bit, executives in Taiwan said, as companies hoping to secure supply chains seek chips made outside China. However, US President Donald Trump has said he ...

MediaTek sees sales growing up to 10%

MediaTek Inc (聯發科), the world’s largest supplier of mobile phone chips, yesterday said that revenue this quarter could grow by up to 10 percent, bolstered by China’s economic stimulus program and ...

NDC business monitor shifts to ‘red’

The council uses a five-color system to depict the nation’s economic state, with “red” indicating a boom, “green” suggesting steady growth and “blue” signaling a recession. Dual colors of “yellow-red” ...

How Taiwan’s TSMC dominated the chip market

Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s leading chipmaker, is struggling to keep up with Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor contract manufacturing (foundry) company, in the global chip foundry market.