Light guide plate (LGP) maker Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has returned to the glowing keyboard supply chain of MacBook Pro and is set to add two production lines at its plant...

Taiwan-based Nan Ya PCB is expected to double its 2020 capex from NT$3.5 billion (US$114.8 billion) in 2019 to expand capacity for ABF substrates for 5G network applications and SiP...

Taiwan's pure-play foundry UMC will see clear growth momentum in 2020 come from ever-increasing chips foundry demand for 5G applications, with clients moving actively to pull in shipments...

The memory sector is expected to resume growth momentum in 2020 thanks to steady increase in demand for 5G and server applications, with DRAM and NAND flash to see supply shortfalls...

TSMC Nanjing Company has reported its first quarterly profit for the third quarter, which narrowed its losses to NT$1.41 billion (US$46.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2019...

Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter is expected to see its revenues pick up steadily in 2020 as major clients in Taiwan and China will boost capex to step up major...

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers Gudeng Precision and Marketech International are expected to enjoy bright shipment prospect for 2020 as they have joined the supply...

FOPLP (fan-out panel level package) will be a new option that is not meant to support pushes to 7nm, 5nm or even more advanced nodes but rather to provide a packaging solution that...

ShunSin Technology, Foxconn Technology Group's IC backend service affiliate, will be ramping up its capex next year to better meet growing demand for packaging high-speed fiber-optic...

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, expects its 2020 revenues to hit a new high on...

TSMC's planned advanced packaging plant in Miaoli, Northern Taiwan has passed environmental impact assessment, enabling the foundry house to kick off construction of the new fab in...

Taiwan's top PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) will budget a record high capex for 2020 and expects its revenues for the year to grow significantly from 2019 on stronger shipments...

The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$6.62 billion for the construction of new fab facilities, installation...

Pegatron will not rule out setting up new factory sites in Vietnam and India to satisfy customer demand, according to company president and CEO SJ Liao.

The share of semiconductor industry capital spending held by the top-5 companies (Samsung, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix and Micron) is forecast to reach an all-time high of 68% this year,...

Taiwan's backend specialists ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are all moving to ready additional capacities to...

Some flat panel makers in Korea and Taiwan, notably LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux, are cutting their capex for 2019 as they seek to improve their bottom lines in the...

Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) remains cautious about its outlook for the rest of 2019, citing still high inventory levels at its customers, according to the Taiwan-based...

IC backend house ASE Technology Holding expects to enjoy a better-than-regular performance for the first quarter of 2020 thanks to strong high-end chips packaging orders for 5G phones,...

ABF substrate demand will stay robust throughout 2020 and beyond thanks to a diversity of applications arising with the advent of the 5G era, according to Jiang Xugao, a PCB expert...

Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision and Marketech International, which provide ASML equipment parts and components, are being identified as some of the beneficiaries of TSMC's capex ramp-up...

TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...

TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...

Intel CEO Bob Swan is in Taiwan meeting with the chip vendor's supply chain partners, tightening relationships and talking about future development directions.