PCB drill specialist Topoint Technology has reported impressive results for first-quarter 2021, with revenues rising 30.4% on year to NT$780 million (US$27.86 million) and net earnings...

Taiwan's leading PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology will see its 2021 capex grow slightly on year to a new high of over NT$22 billion (US$785.71 million) for building new capacity for...

Taiwan's large-size TFT LCD panel shipments (excluding Sharp's) for first-quarter 2021 slipped 3.4% sequentially but grew 51.5% on year to 72.25 million pieces, according to Digitimes...

The supply of BT substrates has been increasingly tight, as more vendors of chips, particularly cryptomining ASICs, have turned to adopt BT substrates amid worsening shortages of...

Display driver IC specialists Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies both expect to see their second-quarter revenues hit another record-high levels.

Taiwan-based CCL supplier Iteq expects its revenues to be driven by a continued influx of orders for server and 5G base station applications in the second quarter of 2021.

Memory chip makers Nanya Technology and Winbond Electronics will see their revenues boosted by rising ASPs in the second quarter, according to industry sources.

OSATs have been notified by their Japan-based packaging materials suppliers including Showa Denko about a potential supply shortfall of as much as 50% between May and June, according...

Taiwan's FCCL maker Taiflex Scientific will boost its production capacity by 15-20% by the end of 2021 to satisfy increased demand from clients in the US and China, according to company...

Major Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are negotiating with AMD a new form of supply deals under which the suppliers...

Taiwan-based passive component suppliers will be considering a new round of price hikes in third-quarter 2021, given that their order visibility has extended through the second half...

Both UMC and VIS have just announced their respective foundry capacity expansions plans. UMC, with support from some...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced plans to take over the L3B plant of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), and related equipment and facilities,...

Ibiden has announced plans to inject JPY180 billion (US$1.66 billion) into the expansion of production capacity for high-end IC substrates for applications such as servers and image...

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic is expanding its production capacity in Vietnam and China to meet increasing market demand, according to Sarah Lin, president of its energy-saving...

Powertech Technology (PTI) plans to further expand production capacity for standard-type DRAM memory at its Xian plant in China to better serve major clients, according to the Taiwan-based...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is striving to get its major clients including Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter into 3-year supply agreements, according...

The supply of aluminum electrolytic capacitors is expected to remain tight throughout the first half of 2021, thanks to strong demand for server, power supply, automotive electronics,...

Taiwan's backend house Tong Hsing Electronic Industries is set to raise quotes for ceramic substrates later in the second quarter of the year in response to increasingly strong demand...

TSMC's board of directors has approved a budget of about US$2.89 billion for installation of mature technology capacity, the pure-play foundry announced on April 22.

Diode maker Eris Technology has disclosed plans to invest about NT$300 million (US$10.66 million) in the second phase of its automated production line expansion.

Taiwan's top OSAT company ASE Technology Holding has been stepping up its purchases of more automated wire-bonding packaging machines to expand capacity for clients, while also enhancing...

Taiwan's diode makers including HY Electronic, Eris Technology, Panjit International and Actron Technology have all posted impressive revenue increases for first-quarter 2021, driven...

ABF substrate prices still have room for further growth in 2021 to reflect rising costs of upstream components and materials, according to industry sources.

AUO is expanding capacity at its Kunshan, China plant, with new capacity scheduled to arrive in the third quarter of 2022.