Despite escalating uncertainties of the US-China trade war, the memory sector is expected to embrace the largest-ever bull market starting 2020, driven by massive 5G applications,...

Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) firms including Asia Electronic Materials (AEM), Elite Materials (EMC), Iteq and Taiflex Scientific, are on track to build additional new production...

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

Marvell has entered into definitive agreements to purchase Avera Semiconductor, the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business of Globalfoundries, according to the com...

Yangtze Memory Technologies plans to introduce the second generation of its in-house developed Xtacking 3D NAND architecture, dubbed Xtacking 2.0, in August 2019, said company co-CTO...

IC design service company Global Unichip should be able to post flat revenue growth in 2019, despite unfavorable global trade conditions and weakening demand for cryptocurrency mining...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly grabbed orders for all the 5G modem chips that have been introduced by fabless chipmakers, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon...

Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...

Samsung Electronics provided an update to its advanced-node process technology roadmap, including its 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) technology, during a recent company event in Santa...

Major memory chip vendors are on track to enter mass production of 90/96-layer 3D NAND products in the second half of 2019, according to industry observers.

GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced six candidates for the company's new board of directors with incumbent chairman Terry Guo being one of them.

About 10 notebooks built to Intel's Project Athena design specifications will be unveiled at the upcoming Computex 2019 later in May, and are expected to hit market shelves in the...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is on track to move 5nm process technology to volume production in 2020, and reportedly has plans...

Unitech Printed Circuit Board has been ramping up rigid-flex PCB shipments for Apple's AirPods 2, the order visibility for which has extended through early 2020 at least, according...

MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2% sequentially to a four-quarter low of NT$3.42 billion (US$110,5 million) in the first quarter of 2019, but gross margin climbed 2.3pp on...

Longsys Electronics has disclosed plans to develop what the company claims is "100% China-made" flash storage device, which will utilize NAND chips manufactured by Yangtze Memory...

In response to the tight supply of polarizers in the market, BenQ Materials has hiked the quotes of its polarizer products for use in 32-inch LCD panels, while keeping all of its...

Taiwan-based Tripod Technology has disclosed it has signed a contract worth NT$2 billion (US$64.8 million) for the construction of additional production lines at its manufacturing...

Merck has been rolling out efforts to advance its OLED inkjet printing technology aiming at driving the future development process of foldable smartphones, according to Dick Hsieh,...

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.

Compal Electronics has announced a partnership with Taiwan's National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) to establish a bio-technology firm and will develop a platform to analyze...

TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...

Samsung Electronics has announced that its 5nm FinFET process technology is complete in its development and is ready for customers' samples.

Following a record-breaking 2017, worldwide semiconductor photomask sales set a new high of US$4.04 billion in 2018, according to SEMI.