Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...

EMS provider Qisda has disclosed it will set up a joint venture in China, BenQ Biotech (Shanghai), with China-based Shanghai Kunxin Medical Technology to produce hemodialyzers for...

United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...

PCL Technologies will team up with Malaysia-based Inari Amertron Bhd to set up a joint venture to manufacture optical transceiver products in Malaysia, according to a PCL filing with...

Toppan Photomasks and Globalfoundries have entered into a multi-year supply agreement in which Toppan will provide GF with photomasks and related services currently supported by GF's...

NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profit declined 11.4% sequentially and 36.8% on year to NT$781 million (US$25 million) in the second quarter...

Qisda has announced it will invest CNY240 million (US$34.9 million) to establish a joint venture in Shanghai, eastern China, with China-based Shanghai Kunxin Medical Technology to...

China-based lithium iron (ferrous) phosphate (LFP) battery maker Guangzhou Great Power Energy & Technology and Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology, a subsidiary of...

Flexible PCB manufacturer Fuyang Technology, a joint venture between Pegatron and Kinsus Interconnect Technology, has reportedly entered the supply chain of Apple.

Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has raised its stake in ASE Embedded Electronics, a joint venture between ASE and Japan's TDK, to 90.68%, according to ASE Technology...

Micron Technology has announced the company is exercising its right to purchase Intel's interest in the parties' joint venture, IM Flash Technologies.

Optical disc maker Ritek has announced that its subsidiary RiTdisplay, which makes PMOLED panels, and Liminit, a US-based maker of light shaping diffusers and transparent holographic...

As a joint venture between US photomask maker Photronics and Japan's Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), Photronics DNP Mask broke ground in mid-2018 for building a photomask plant in Xiamen,...

Acer's virtual reality (VR) HMD subsidiary StarVR, following its recent delisting from Taiwan's emerging stock market, reportedly may disband or be sold.

Security software developer Trend Micro and industrial communication/networking device maker Moxa have signed an MoU to establish TXOne Networks, a joint venture for developing information...

Cypress Semiconductor announced recently the company has entered into a joint venture with SK hynix system ic, a foundry spin-off of SK Hynix.

Globalfoundries and the Chengdu municipality have signed an amendment to their investment and cooperation agreement. Based on market condition changes, Globalfoundries' renewed focus...

Micron Technology has announced that the company intends to exercise its right to call Intel's interest in the parties' joint venture, IM Flash Technologies.

Demand from China's semiconductor industry is set to witness robust growth, according to fab toolmaker KLA-Tencor, which expects China to become its largest market in 2019.

Tsinghua Unigroup has agreed to buy a 30% stake in Suzhou ASEN Semiconductors, which is wholly owned by ASE Technology Holding, according to the Taiwan-based IC assembly and test...

Compal Electronics has decided to unload all its shareholdings in Lienpal (Hefei), a notebook manufacturing joint venture between Compal and Lenovo, to its China-based partner for...

State-run oil company CPC Corp, Taiwan has announced a move to study the feasibility of building a new petrochemical complex in India at a planned total cost of US$6.6 billion, as...

As a veteran flexible PCB maker, Hong Kong-based Compass Technology has made moves that will relocate its headquarters to Xiamen, a booming IT hub in the southeast coast of China.

Taiwan-based IPC and automation solutions specialist Advantech is taking a big stride forward in promoting the combination of IoT and smart healthcare in the form of SRP (solution-ready...

Japan-based Nichia will establish a joint venture to produce LED backlighting for smartphones and automotive lighting in southern China in second-half 2018, according to Nichia Taiwan...