TSMC CEO CC Wei has disclosed the foundry's more optimism about chip demand for 5G smartphones in 2020, and its forecast of the 5G smartphone penetration rate next year has already...

Notebooks, smartphones and tablets are expected to see mixed shipment performances in 2019. Notebook shipments will grow mildly while smartphones and tablets will both see shipments...

TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...

Global shipments of Google's just-unveiled Pixel 4 lineup are expected to approach 12-14 million units as the company is expanding its cooperation with telecom operators to promote...

FIH Mobile, a Hong Kong-listed handset arm of Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry), is expected to see its fourth-quarter revenues driven by shipments for the new...

TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...

Google has unveiled the Pixel 4 smartphone that packs new technology into a new design and is pre-installed with the latest version of Android.

Supply of high-end camera lens for smartphones has been tight thanks to handset vendors rushing to incorporate multi-lens solutions into their new models, indicating bright shipment...

Taiwan-based PCB suppliers are expected to see their HDI board production lines running at full capacity through the end of 2019, bolstered by upgrades in smartphone mainboards, according...

China's handset vendor Oppo has been growing its smartphone sales at home and overseas thanks to the adoption of a two-pronged strategy, according to market observers.

Taiwan's chipmaking industry, led by TSMC, is gearing up to enter its next stage of growth as chip demand for 5G applications is set to start ramping up substantially next year, according...

Global smartphone shipments will continue to decline for the second year in 2019. Although emerging markets have demand coming from feature phone users switching to smartphones, it...

Japan's Furukawa Electric and Taiwan-based Lemtech have teamed up to develop stainless steel-based ultra-thin vapor chamber cooling solutions for smartphones.

Buoyed by brisk sales of the iPhone 11 lineup, Apple is likely to outrace Huawei to recapture second place in the global smartphone vendor ranking in the fourth quarter of 2019 after...

Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.8% during a 5-year forecast period from 2019~2024, driven by replacement demand for entry-level smartphones in emerging...

Taiwan-based IC test solutions providers Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and Keystone Microtech have both seen orders for 5G SoC and other related chips ramp up substantially...

Global demand for 5G chips supporting the sub-6 GHz standards is likely to gain momentum as telecom operators in China, which has the potential to become the world's largest market...

Handset component suppliers, particularly those for camera modules, displays and acoustic devices, are facing increasing pressure from China's handset vendors to lower their quotes...

With Japan-based vendors' digital still camera (DSC) shipments showing no sign of recovery in 2019, Taiwan-based DSC and camera lens makers including Asia Optical, Kinko Optical,...

Huawei's procurement of smartphone camera lenses for 2020 may reach as high as 1.5 billion units, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

Combined shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones from Chinese and Korean vendors are expected to reach about 10 million units in 2019 - a result of collaboration between telecom operators...

The entry-level to mid-tier SoC solution segment has become the main battlefield for winning 5G SoC orders as major chip players including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Unisoc are gearing...

Samsung Electronics outraced Apple to become the top smartphone vendor in Taiwan in August, buoyed by the release of its Galaxy Note 10 and brisk sales of its mid-range A-series models,...

HannStar Display expects its sales for the fourth quarter of 2019 to rise sequentially, buoyed by strong demand for handset panels from Chinese vendors, according to company vice...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors plans to expand production capacity by around 5,000 6-inch wafers monthly in the second quarter of 2020 to meet ever-increasing compound semiconductor...