Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to post over 10% sequential decreases in October revenues, as shipments during the first week of the month were affected by China's National...

At its recent forum in Beijing, Xilinx introduced its FPGA-based acceleration solutions designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and data center applications. Dubbed Alveo, the acceleration...

Samsung Electronics has started wafer production of its 7nm LPP with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, according to the company.

China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup has already begun to implement its new fab projects in Nanjing and Chengdu as part of its memory business expansion. The new manufacturing sites...

Senior engineers and executives at Taiwan-based IC design houses are being targeted by China-based firms looking to enhance their homegrown technology capability, according to industry...

Only through close integration of digital design software, simulation and engineering can perfect clean rooms be available to achieve optimal production performance for semiconductor,...

Major China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi have gained more bargaining chips when negotiating prices with their chip suppliers, according to sources...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported September revenues increased 1.5% sequentially to NT$4.14 billion (US$134.2 million) hitting an all-time high for...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen chip orders for Android smartphones pick up recently as China brand vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are rushing to release...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has teamed up with China's Jinan municipal government to set up a CNY3.75 billion (US$545.9 million) investment fund to boost the...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, has reshuffled its top management in a move to expand its presence in China.

Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is aggressively moving to pool cross-domain academic forces to help the semiconductor sector break through bottlenecks seen in the...

AP Memory will be executing its business transformation between the fourth quarter of 2018 and first-half 2019, as the company is looking to improve its gross margin and profit performance,...

China-based fabless IC firms have managed to become world-class chipmakers following 10 years of technology advancement, and they are now technologically on a par with global peers,...

AMobile Intelligent, a joint venture by MediaTek, Arbor, and Konka Group, has achieved its design pinnacle by receiving the International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2018 organized...

A pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs and set-top boxes is set to buoy revenues at Taiwan-based IC design houses in September, according to industry sources.

Avary Holding (Shenzhen), a unit of Taiwan-based PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology, has started trading its shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).

NXP Semiconductors has gone through several periods of restructuring since its departure from Philips, followed by privatization, and mergers and acquisitions. Steve Owen, executive...

Taiwan tech startup FootPrintKu (FPK) has newly released an AI-based EDA cloud management platform seeking to build universal standard design specs for electronics parts by leveraging...

Himax Technologies has announced it is teaming up with fellow IC design company MediaTek and Megvii, a China-based facial recognition start-up, to offer active stereo camera (ASC)...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has posted consolidated revenues of NT$4.08 billion (US$132.4 million) for August 2018, up 5.8% sequentially and hitting a record...

The annual Semicon Taiwan tradeshow has kicked off in Taipei running from September 5-7, with this year's theme focusing on advanced manufacturing and testing technologies for artificial...

Eight-inch IC foundries have seen order visibility become unclear for the fourth quarter of 2018, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen demand for TVs and set-top boxes (STB) pick up, and are expected to enjoy more than 20% sequential growth in their shipments of TV-related...

IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor, having delivered 22 million USB PD (power delivery) ICs in the first half of 2018, is expected to see the shipments for the whole year top...