A major earthquake in Taiwan prompted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) to suspend chip...

One reason for the sudden focus on that special sauce is its necessity to the kind of high-power semiconductors needed for artificial intel...

The challenge for the US is that a 12-inch slice of silicon — layered with chemicals at microscopic dimensions by $150 million machines in ...

Taiwan is a key supplier to the global electronics ecosystem, with parts used in everything from refrigerators and smartphones to cars and ...

The crisis has hit stocks of tech companies that source or sell globally on fears of further disruptions on the back of a yearlong shortage...

The timing couldn’t be worse, with the shipping industry already facing congested supply lines that are delaying deliveries of clothes and ...

Today, India has a large talent pool of chip designers, but the roster of process engineers is much shorter and certainly not long enough t...

If cases remain high, Taiwan may be forced into a full lockdown, which would spread the pain from the retail sector to exports in an econom...

Analysts see little likelihood of TSMC being affected by similar shortages in the future, even as it consumes more electricity due to new p...