Sony, TSMC to invest $4.7 billion in image sensor joint venture
World 14:14 13/08/2026Japan's Sony Group Corp. said Tuesday that it and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will invest a total of 747 billion yen (US$4.7 billion) to establish a joint venture to make next-generation image sensors for smartphones.
Taiwan court hands out jail terms of up to 10 years in TSMC trade secrets case
World 11:56 27/04/2026NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- A Taiwan court fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron (8035.T) T$150 million ($5 million) in a trade secrets case on Monday, handing jail terms of up to 10 years to five defendants for alleged theft of TSMC's (2330.TW) sensitive chip technology.
TSMC says it has started mass production of 'most advanced' 2nm chips
World 10:18 31/12/2025TAIPEI -- Taiwanese tech titan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has started mass producing its cutting-edge two-nanometer semiconductor chips, the company said in a statement seen by reporters Wednesday.