Taiwan-based III-V compound semiconductor supply chain players are expected to play a critical role in the 5G application market, thanks partly to their close partnerships with major...

Worldwide notebook shipments rose over 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2019, but volumes in both the third and fourth quarters are expected to experience sequential declines,...

Apple has reported its fiscal third-quarter 2019 sales reached US$53.8 billion, an increase of 1% from the year-ago level. Net income for the period came to US$10.04 billion, down...

Apple is said to be looking to boost its in-house IC design capability in a bid to stay competitive and its moves...

Apple is set to release in September 2019 new MacBook Pro featuring ultra-narrow bezel to accommodate a 16-inch screen, expanded from the original 15-inch one. And Taiwan's ODM Quanta...

Apple has clinched a deal to acquire Intel's smartphone baseband (modem) chip business unit, and the US vendor is also expected to roll out MacBook models featuring its own ARM-based...

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) grew 1.1% on year in the second quarter of 2019 and totaled 16.4 million units,...

Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual...

Preparations for production of this year's new iPhone devices have started, but component suppliers are bracing for weaker shipments...

Judging from the order visibility from Apple for the third quarter of 2019, the build-up of components for the production of new iPhone devices to be released later in the year could...

Taiwan-based IC testing service providers including Integrated Service Technology (IST), Materials Analysis Technology (MA-Tek) and Sporton International, have seen customers' demand...

Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 513,000 units in June, down 11% on month but up 13.78% on year, according data compiled by local channels.

Apple has been increasing control over its supply chain in the past few years and has been expanding its supplier base to bargaining chips in price negotiations, according to sources...

Taiwan PCB makers, boasting a significant presence in the supply chain of Apple, are quietly gearing up for specs upgrades on their products to support 5G smartphones, according to...

Foundry chipmaker TSMC is looking to enter a new phase of growth when 5G commercialization kicks off, market observers believe.

Taiwan's supply chain makers in the flat panel industry are likely to benefit from the simmering trade row between Japan and Korea which could upend Samsung Display's monopoly role...

Apple has reportedly asked its supply chain partner to supply VCSEL components for use in rear ToF camera lens in its mobile devices to be released in 2020, according to supply chain...

Apple may have disbanded its team for the development of AR/VR HMDs (head-mounted displays), but that does not mean...

Apple has suspended the development of head-mounted display (HMD) AR/VR headsets, and already disbanded its team for the development of AR/VR HMDs, according to sources familiar with...

TSMC's better-than-expected revenues for second-quarter 2019 in defiance of some operational hiccups may have come as a confidence boost, but a spate of variables may affect the pure-play...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers, after ending the first half of 2019 with lower revenues than a year earlier, are expected to significantly ramp up shipments in the traditional peak...

Clear order visibility for diverse IC packaging materials is seen through the end of the third quarter of the year thanks mainly to increasingly robust demand from OSAT (outsourced...

Apple may expand its supplier list for OLED panels to include BOE Technology on concerns that Japan's recent restrictions on exports of fluorinated polyimides to Korea might dampen...

Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...

TSMC is widely expected to adjust downward its revenue and profit guidance for 2019 at its upcoming investor conference set for July 18 due to recent operational hiccups. But the...