The global market for NAND flash memory will remain in oversupply in 2019, as the outlook for end-market demand stays weak, according to DRAMeXchange. NAND flash chipmakers have moved...

Unitech Printed Circuit Board will be expanding its rigid-flex board portfolio for consumer electronics and automotive applications this year, while foreseeing a further slowdown...

Winbond Electronics, a maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory, saw its December revenues fall to a 20-month low of NT$3.69 billion (US$119.6 million).

Micron Technology has announced its automotive-grade LPDDR4X memory devices are being adopted for Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon automotive cockpit compute systems. The companies...

Unwavering in its drive to build a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain, China plans more new fab projects than any other region in the world from 2017 to 2020, and its expansion...

Orders for datacenter servers are expected to slow down in the first half of 2019, but will resume sharp growth in the second half and grow even stronger in 2020, as many first-tier...

Apple has revised its guidance for fiscal first-quarter 2019 ended on December 29, expecting revenues of about US$84 billion, lower than the original estimate for the period, according...

Memory chipmakers had a good year in 2018, but the outlook for 2019 is marred by uncertainties arising from the US-China trade war and concerns about over-supply. Samsung Electronics...

Micron Technology is looking to hire 1,000 more employees in Taiwan in 2019, boosting its local team to as many as 8,000 people by the end of the year.

Connector and cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics invested NT$800-900 million (US$25.9-29.2 million) to increase its production capacity in 2018 to meet increased orders, and...

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) ambition in the chipmaking sector is taking shape. The Taiwan-based conglomerate reportedly has stuck a deal with China's Zhuhai...

The South Korea government has cooperated with the private sector to boost upgrading of manufacturing industries and aims to increase the number of smart factories from about 5,000...

Global demand for archival optical discs is expected to grow explosively beginning 2020, according to chairman and CEO Gordon Yeh for blank optical disc maker Ritek.

Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to US$62.1 billion in 2018, exceeding the historic high of US$56.6 billion set last year,...

Although PC sales in the second half of 2018 have been seriously undermined by Intel's CPU shortages, the cloud computing server market has been little affected, with Quanta Computer...

Lingsen Precision Industries has expressed optimism about demand for MEMS including ambient light sensors (ALS), proximity sensors and MEMS microphones. The backend firm expects packaging...

Intel is expected to host a conference for its GPU architecture technologies in December with its chief architect Raja Koduri and several high-ranking executives to provide updates...

Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board will enhance further its high-end PCB offering for automotive electronics, and expects the effort to make a positive contribution to the...

The world's top DRAM suppliers saw their operating margins climb to record highs in the third quarter of 2018, though their ASP increases started slowing down, according to DRAMeXchange...

The chip-on-film (COF) substrate market continues to be dominated by Korea- and Taiwan-based firms, and is considered to be niche with a high barrier of entry for startup companies,...

SK Hynix has developed 16Gb DDR5 DRAM, which the company claims is the industry's first DDR5 to meet the JEDEC standards, according to the company.

China's Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) has started delivering samples of its 64-layer 3D NAND chip with volume production likely to kick off in the third quarter of 2019, according...

DRAM and NAND flash memory prices will continue their downward trend for at least another year, according to Peter Shu, chairman for memory module firm Transcend Information. The...

Tight supply of 8-inch and 12-inch silicon wafers will persist into 2020 thanks to strong market demand despite the US-China trade conflicts, but customers have shown mixed demand...

The production value of the global foundry industry is expected to grow by a CAGR of 6.2% to reach US$81.94 billion in 2023, the final year of a five-year forecast period, driven...