Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes $4 Billion Stake In Taiwanese Semiconductor Giant TSMC

Legendary investor Warren Buffett. Illustration by Shanshan Kao for Forbes Asia; Photos by Michael Prince/The Forbes Collection; Getty U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway...

Why Taiwan’s Foxconn Is Investing $800 Million In China’s Chip Champion

Getty Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn plans to invest about $800 million in Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup, a move that will further expose the world’s largest contract assembler of...

Taiwan’s No. 2 Chip Maker Posts 42% Revenue Jump, But How Long Can It Last?

Computer chips Yoray Liberman/Getty Images UMC reported soaring sales for the month of May, boosted by continued strong demand for its semiconductor chips that power consumer electronics and modern ve...

Taiwan’s No. 2 Chip Maker Teams Up With Car Parts Giant To Make Semiconductors In Japan

A 300mm silicon wafer. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg UMC, Taiwan’s No. 2 contract chip maker after TSMC, is pairing up with Toyota-backed car-parts supplier Denso to make semiconductors in Japan ...

Why Taiwan’s UMC Is Building A $5 Billion Chip-Making Factory In Singapore

A silicon wafer. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corp. plans to invest $5 billion in a chip-making factory in Singapore, the company’s second in the city-state, amid surging...