Unsatisfactory yield rates at Samsung's 7nm EUV process may affect production for the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 7250 mobile SoC, but MediaTek's development of 5G chips, with support...

The manufacture of under-display optical fingerprint sensors for use in 5G-enabled phones will require wafer-level backend services. Suppliers capable of providing wafer-level backend...

Taiwan's top backend house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has decided to purchase a new factory building in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan to provide more space for warehousing...

With Qualcomm aggressively offering multiple APs, baseband chips and RF front-end modules (FEMs) to tap the 5G smartphone market, its Taiwan-based backend service providers including...

ASE Technology Holding, the world's largest IC backend house, has reported consolidated revenues for July 2019 increased 15.2% sequentially and 11.1% on year to NT$36.38 billion (US$1.16...

Taiwan-based IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) is expected to see revenue growth significantly driven by Chinese telecom operators upgrading existing...

MediaTek has placed backend orders with Amkor Technology for its new 7nm SoC designed for low-band (sub-6GHz) 5G handsets, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's top IC backend specialist ASE Technology Holding has seen its SiP (system in package) business expand substantially so far this year amid growing demand for heterogeneous...

ASE Technology Holding has expressed optimism about its sales performance in the second half of 2019, and reiterated its previous remark that revenues are expected to register sequential...

With HiSilicon, Broadcom and other fabless chip vendors gearing up to tap growing demand for 5G infrastructure chipsets, their Taiwanese silicon-based or compound semiconductor foundry...

Despite suffering hiccups in obtaining advanced 5G base stations chips from US suppliers, Huawei is still aggressively taking a three-pronged approach in carrying out its 5G deployments,...

Taiwan IC backend service firms are moving to carry out capacity expansions to meet increased shipment demand from Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon, which, coupled with growing...

Taiwan-based IC backend supply chain players are optimistic about their performance prospects for the second half of 2019 in line with TSMC's positive outlook about demand for high-end...

China-based Bitmain Technologies has reportedly placed around US$300 million worth of orders with TSMC for processing 30,000 wafers on 7nm node amid speculated sharp increase in demand...

ASE Technology Holding has announced it will buy back the stakes of China-based subsidiaries Siliconware Technology (Suzhou) and Suzhou ASEN Semiconductors it has sold to Tsinghua...

ASE Technology Holding, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Lingsen Precision Industries are among the Taiwan-based backend houses looking to benefit from robust demand for MEMS sensors...

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...

Backend houses have seen a pickup in short lead-time orders for crypto mining ASICs recently, driven by significant upturn of Bitcoin prices, according to industry sources.

ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is gearing up to tap business opportunities in...

ASE Technology Holding has reiterated its revenues outlook this year, but expressed concerns that the escalating US-China trade war could slow technology development and also affect...

A new supply chain for China IT firms may gradually take shape in Asia in the future as they are seeking to wean themselves off US suppliers of crucial components and facilitate their...

With the US trade sanctions likely to prove disastrous to Huawei, Taiwan semiconductor supply chain partners can hardly give clear-cut prospects for the third quarter of 2019 and...

Huawei's chipmaking arm HiSilicon is aggressively planning the development of its 5G mobile SoC integrating a modem chip, as well as 5G mmWave solutions for smartphones after releasing...

Qualcomm has introduced the world's first 5G NR mmWave antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices, but Samsung is fast catching up.

The semiconductor industry is expected to see demand pick up significantly in the second half of 2019 after gradually hitting the bottom, and Taiwan can compete well in the global...