Taiwan supply chain players are gearing up for the game console replacement boom to be triggered by Sony's new-generation game console PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X, according...

Zhen Ding Technology saw its revenues and profits for the first three quarters of 2020 decline over 20% on year, due mainly to delays in shipments at the request of its clients, but...

Passive component vendor Yageo has announced net profits surged 10.1% sequentially and 80% on year to NT$3.63 billion (US$127.1 million) in the third quarter of 2020, with EPS reaching...

Taiwan's Unimicron Technology reportedly is the sole supplier of ABF substrates for Apple-designed M1 chipsets powering its just-unveiled new MacBook series.

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 10-12% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020, with gross margin...

Networking device maker Hitron Technologies, in response to North America-based clients' demand, is moving production capacity from China to Vietnam, which will become its main production...

Pure-play foundry TSMC is expected to see its fourth-quarter revenue outpace the guidance given in mid-October, driven by additional 5nm and 7nm chip output, according to industry...

FocalTech Systems has raised quotes for its TDDI chips and LCD driver ICs by 10%, and is mulling another double-digit price increase in the first half of 2021, according to industry...

TSMC has allocated a US$3.5 billion budget for setting up a subsidiary in Arizona, where the pure-play foundry plans to build a wafe fab using 5nm process technology.

PCB maker Tripod Technology saw its net earnings for third-quarter 2020 surge 52.4% sequentially to NT$2.001 billion (US$70.06 million) or EPS of NT$3.81, due mainly to high capacity...

Flash device controller developers, including Silicon Motion Technology, have seen their foundry partners encounter tight capacity particularly at 8-inch fabs, which may persist through...

Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has reported net profits rose 34% on year to NT$603 million (US$21.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2020, with EPS reaching NT$1.71 for the period,...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its October revenue increase 5.2% sequentially, while revenue at fellow company Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) stayed...

Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$21.8 billion (US$763.4 million) and NT$22.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, which...

The global supply of ICs demanding 8-inch wafer fabrication services has been tight, with shortages of power management chips (PWM IC) being particularly severe, according to industry...

It remains uncertain how the outcome of the US presidential election may change the country's trade tensions with China, but semiconductor firms in Taiwan generally believe the American...

Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.

With 8-inch wafer fabrication demand rising rapidly for chips including ultra-thin fingerprint sensors, power management ICs, MOSFET chips and display driver ICs, second-tier foundries...

Taiwan-based Aurona Industries, which supplies materials for the manufacture of PCBs and IC substrates, has expressed optimism about its business in 2021.

IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen clear order visibility through the first quarter of 2021, with capacity utilization to stay high at 85-90%, according to industry...

GlobalWafers will sustain full capacity utilization for its 12- and 8-inch wafer production lines at least throughout the end of 2020, with its 6-inch wafer capacity over 70% utilized,...

TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 28nm process technology surge and come to nearly 100% in the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to the bulk of orders transferred by Qualcomm...

SEMI has forecast that 300mm fab investments will grow by 13% in 2020 to eclipse the previous record high set in 2018 and log another banner year for the semiconductor industry in...

Passive component maker Walsin Technology has announced plans to increase its stake in its affiliate, Silitech Technology, to 24.9%, looking to forge a closer tie between the two...

Japan-based LCD panel makers including JDI and Sharp, a unit of Foxconn Electronics, have seen capacity utilization rates at their fabs improve significantly thanks to a robust panel...