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...

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates as well as packaging services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, expects its revenues to pick up sequentially...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors, and backend houses Xintec and ShunSin Technology have started ramping up shipments for structured light 3D sensing components in the third quarter...

The manufacture of under-display optical fingerprint sensors for use in 5G-enabled phones will require wafer-level backend services. Suppliers capable of providing wafer-level backend...

UnitedDS Semiconductor (UDS), a China-based IC design affiliate of United Microelectronics (UMC), and Taiwan's mmWave chip designer TeraSillC have jointly rolled out 24GHz radar transceiver...

SK Hynix saw its operating profits fall 89% from a year earlier to KRW638 billion (US$540.8 million) in the second quarter of 2019, when consolidated revenues slid 38% on year to...

Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...

Foxconn Technology Group is likely to kick off construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 in Zhuhai, southern China in cooperation with the city government there, and will operate...

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides ceramic substrates and niche-IC backend services, has elected its new board of directors with Yageo chairman Pierre Chen becoming...

Himax Technologies has introduced its ultra-low power, AI-based visual sensor for notebooks, with the solution already certified by Quanta Computer.

Globalfoundries and ON Semiconductor have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semi to acquire a 300mm fab located in East Fishkill, New York, according to the companies.

GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...

LFoundry, a Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) company, has entered into a binding agreement with SMIC for the latter to sell all of its stakes in the former to Jiangsu...

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...