Quotes for 6-inch foundry capacity will rise 10% in the third quarter as demand for power semiconductor devices has been strong, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based VCSEL application solutions provider HLJ Technology has decided to invest NT$2.7 billion (US$90.08 million) to build a 6-inc epi wafer fab at its plant complex in northern...
Lite-On Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$91.89 million (US$3.1 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 200% sequentially and 12% on year. EPS for the quarter came to...
VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) has emerged as a crucial light source component for 3D sensors increasingly applied to smartphones and other consumer electronics devices,...
Epistar has dislosed it is setting up production capacity for 6-inch epitaxial wafers mainly for making VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) and GaN LED chips for power...
Taiwan-based Episil Holdings, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers and provides foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, expects to return to profitability in 2018 thanks...
Taiwan-based diode makers have raised their quotes by 7-15% to reflect increases in costs for materials such as copper and silicon epi wafer and for wafer fabrication, with prices...
Microelectronics and optoelectronics epitaxial wafer maker Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar are ready to start production of 6-inch VCSEL...
HTC launched its new smartphone, the U11 Eyes, in the Taiwan market on January 15 and began to take pre-orders immediately. The new model, which features 2D facial recognition capability,...
Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) has expressed optimism about gallium arsenide (GaAs) demand for vertical cavity surface-emitting...
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for July 2017 increased 11.7% on year and 5.4% sequentially to NT$1.05 billion...
Taiwan-based Episil, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, plans to revise upward its epi-wafer prices to reflect...
Lite-On Semiconductor has seen orders of GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers surge 50-60% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, according to company president David...
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for May 2017 increased 3.9% sequentially and 7.4% on year to NT$971 million...
