Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...

The coronavirus outbreak in China has further tightened supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) and chip resistors, with severe shortages set to surface and price hikes to follow, according...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) started generating revenues from 14nm FinFET process technology in the fourth quarter of 2019, when the China-based pure-play foundry...

TSMC-reinvested backend house Xintec will see little seasonality impact on its revenues for the first half of 2020 as robust packaging demand for DOE (diffractive optical element)...

Taiwan-based makers of CMOS image sensor (CIS) and VCSEL components are optimistic that multi-lens camera modules incorporating ToF (time of flight) sensing technology will be mass-adopted...

Memory startup Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and its 12-inch foundry subsidiary Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) have both claimed their chip deliveries remain...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have started ramping up their output for their customers' new products slated for launch mainly in China during the end of the first quarter and the...

OmniVision Technologies will raise its quotes for various CMOS image sensors (CIS) by 10-40% in 2020 to counter ever-expanding demand for application to handsets, notebooks, smart...

OmniVision will revise upward by as much as 20% its quotes for high-resolution CMOS image sensors for use in consumer devices due to tight supply, according to industry sources.

A brief power outage that took place recently at Samsung Electronics' production base in Hwaseong will have a short-term impact on the memory spot market prices, industry sources...

A heavyweight CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging firm will be born in Taiwan soon, as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, a handset CIS backend and wafer reconstruction specialist, has...

Niche-market IC packaging house Xintec has disclosed its net profit surged 252% from a year ago to NT$74 million (US$2.46 million) in November 2019. EPS for the month came to NT$0....

ASE Technology and VisEra Technologies are both being pinpointed as among the backend houses set to enjoy robust demand for optical in-display fingerprint sensors, according to industry...

Global makers of CMOS image sensors (CIS) are expected to embrace explosive demand for higher-specs CIS devices for application to autonomous vehicles in addition to handsets, which...

United Microelectronics (UMC), through its takeover of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor (MIFS), has entered the supply chain for Sony's CMOS image sensors, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialists including Kingpak Technology, Xintec,VisEra Technologies and Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are expected to benefit significantly...

TSMC has obtained orders for CMOS image sensors from Sony, and will fabricate the chips using 40nm process technology at Fab 14A in Tainan, southern Taiwan, according to a recent...

Handset vendors are demanding significant upgrades to camera lenses, screens, image resolutions and APs seeking to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, expects its 2020 revenues to hit a new high on...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Kingpak Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$205 million (US$6.8 million) for October 2019, surging 30% sequentially and...

STAr Technologies Inc, a leading supplier of semiconductor test probe cards, today announced the introduction of its new MEMS type micro-Cantilever probe card - STAr Aries Sigma-M,...

Niche-market IC packaging house Xintec is eyeing its return to profitability this year, according to industry observers.

The semiconductor supply chain is eyeing the robust demand from 5G commercialization. IC designers are designing chips supporting 5G, and in turn their backend partners are also gearing...

CMOS image sensor suppliers Sony and OmniVision have both enjoyed robust demand for multi-camera smartphones from Huawei, with their regional distributors and backend suppliers being...

Despite an expected slowdown in growth this year and in 2020, the CMOS image sensor market is forecast to continue reaching record-high sales and unit volumes through 2023 with the...