Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of integrated circuit (IC) related products. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg achieved its new 52 week high price of $14.77...

(TSMC), the world's largest contract chip-maker, surged yesterday after equipment maker Applied Materials gave a sanguine outlook for the second quarter. TSMC at one point touched NT$81.1, translating into market capitalization of over NT$2 trillion. ...

And for that, you can credit the surging demand for smartphones and tablets. Many of the key components in cutting edge mobile devices require parts produced in contract fabs operated by companies like Taiwan Semiconductor and UMC. And those companies...

That compares with an average analyst estimate of 16 cents, according to a Bloomberg survey. The shares jumped as much as 6.6 percent in extended trading. Some of Applied’s larger customers, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Taiwan Semiconductor...

As a result, some Taiwanese companies have high dividend yields, although the really juicy ones tend to occur when the semiconductor cycle is favorable, which it currently is not. Still, even at a mere 2.9% yield, Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM) is...

Asus, which has signed up to Intel's new Ultraclone world, deleted evidence of its competition with the MacBook Air from an Intel/Asus co-branded webpage. It was all fairly harmless. The advert from last year identified the competitor to its Zenbook...