5G mobile SoC unit price will stay above US$100 in the first half of 2020, several times that for 4G solutions, as tight capacity at TSMC's 7nm node is likely to keep production cost...

Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to be US$18.8 billion in 2020, an increase of 78.5% over the US$10.5 billion expected to bespent in...

The trend of smart manufacturing has begun to spread in Southeast Asia as more manufacturers are looking to move some of their production lines away from China in the wake of the...

To avoid US tariffs on Chinese imports, notebook vendors are considering a new practice of manufacutring where production lines in China will only handle the final assembly work,...

The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$6.62 billion for the construction of new fab facilities, installation...

The ongoing trade disputes between the US and China continue to affect negatively China's datacenter market, with recovery unlikely to take place until the end of 2019 or even 2020,...

Taiwan-based Yageo and US-based Kemet have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the former Yageo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of...

Taiwan-based IC testing interface supplier WinWay Technology has entered the supply chains of major chipmakers in the US and China with high-end customized IC sockets and will venture...

Apple reportedly has partnered with US game developer Valve to develop AR head-mounted display devices, which may be released in the second half of 2020 at the earliest, with Taiwan's...

Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to drop 1.8% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019 after registering a nearly 2% increase in the prior quarter, according to Digitimes...

The jury at the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas has ruled that Quanta Storage, a subsidiary of notebook ODM Quanta Computer, and its US-based subsidiary, Quanta...

Quanta Computer has developed its first autonomous vehicle, and tested in recently in the US, according to company senior vice president Mike Yang.

With manufacturers starting to move some production out of China to avoid the US tariff on products imported from the "world's factory," robot and automation solution providers are...

The ongoing US-China trade disputes have given a good opportunity for notebook brand vendors to rethink and improve their risk management, according to Acer co-COO Tiffany Huang.

UK-based Everledger has announced it has completed its US$20 million series A funding. The round comes to a close with the backing of China's Tencent Internet-based services provider...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) plans to invest up to US$200 million to expand production capacity for high-end logic chips at its Suzhou (China) plant, according to market...

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment dropped both sequentially and on year in August 2019, but stayed above US$2 billion, according to...

The worldwide market for high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs came to more than US$10 billion in production value in 2018, with Taiwan accounting for about 40% of the total value,...

The US is now the world's largest market for medical supplies and equipment, and Taiwan's healthcare startups and smart medication solutions providers can better tap into the US market...

Apple has announced it is investing US$250 million more in Corning, supplier of precision glass for iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad.

The annual Semicon Taiwan tradeshow will take place in Taipei from September 18-20, with this year's theme focusing on cutting-edge technologies enabling the semiconductor industry...

Investments in new fab projects starting construction in 2020 are expected to reach nearly US$50 billion, up about US$12 billion from 2019, according to SEMI.

The worldwide handset market has shown signs of recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory, according to IDC...

Wistron chairman Simon Lin believes the US-China trade dispute is unlikely to end any time soon and therefore the company will continue running production lines in different parts...

TSMC expects it 2019 capex to exceed the high end of its previous guidance range of US$10 billion to US$11 billion, as the pure-play foundry steps up efforts to expand its 7nm process...