Although Taiwan-based optical lens suppliers have been expanding production capacities amid growing competition from China makers, there will not be oversupply as demand is growing...

Chances are not high for leadframe suppliers to score double-digit revenue increases in 2019, and China leadframe supply chain can hardly emerge to threaten Taiwan peers, according...

Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have reported sequential decreases in November consolidated revenues of 3.2% and 21.8%, respectively.

Foxconn Group chairman Terry Guo has urged businesses to play a role in balancing US-China trade, disclosing that his company will begin helping import more quality products to Chi...

It will take years for 5G applications to become popular, and business opportunities for 5G hardware supply chains are not visible for the moment, according to Frank Huang, chairman...

Li-ion battery and Li-ion polymer battery maker Synergy ScienTech was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at an initial price of NT$18 (US$0.58) per share on December 5, according...

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, has announced plans to launch a tender offer for fellow company Advanced Analog...

It is unrealistic to think that Southeast Asia can completely replace China as the world's manufacturing hub, but an ecosystem of manufacturers spread across different countries will...

Edom Technology is cautious about the outlook for semiconductor demand in the first half of 2019, citing unclear visibility of orders for handsets and other consumer electronics de...

The supply of high-end NOR flash memory chips continues to be tight though the supply of low-end ones has risen substantially to affect the chip prices, according to Macronix International...

UNISOC (formerly Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA), a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup specializing in mobile chip development, has appointed Qing Chu as co-CEO of the company, alongside...

The largest China-based solar-grade mono-Si wafer maker LONGi Green Energy Technology, despite shrinking PV demand arising from the China government's controlling PV installation...

Optical lens maker Kinko Optical has secured orders from new clients for smart home devices, and aims to return to profitability in 2019, according to company chairman Kent Chen.

Taiwan-based leadframe supplier Jih Lin Technology has established a new headquarters in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, and is looking to build additional production capacities at its...

IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor is set to ship 50 million USB PD (power delivery) ICs in 2018, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) quoted market watchers as...

United Renewable Energy (URE) has been adjusting its business model by planning to decrease annual solar cell production capacity from 2.5GWp to 1.6GWp and to increase that for PV...

The chip-on-film (COF) substrate market continues to be dominated by Korea- and Taiwan-based firms, and is considered to be niche with a high barrier of entry for startup companies,...

Zhen Ding Technology remains confident about its performance for the rest of 2018, according to company chairman Charles Shen. Lower-than-expected orders from a single large client...

China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group is expanding both its domestic and international B2C online shopping businesses, aiming to serve two billion consumers globally and allow...

DRAM and NAND flash memory prices will continue their downward trend for at least another year, according to Peter Shu, chairman for memory module firm Transcend Information. The...

Yageo has acquired about 21,000 square meters of land in Southern Taiwan for NT$790 million (US$25.7 million) in cash, according to the passive component vendor. The land will provide...

As demand for anti-virus software solutions has extended from IT to OT (operational technology) along with fast growing development of AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet...

Smart city opportunities are taking off right now, whether arising from visible green buildings and city illumination or invisible city monitoring and Internet of Vehicles (IoV),...

Industrial application of AI (artificial intelligence) + IoT (Internet of Things) will be developed at three stages over the next 15 years, said chairman KC Liu for industrial computing...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held a ceremony on October 31 to mark the opening of its 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing, China. Company chairman Mark Liu and CFO...