Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to US$62.1 billion in 2018, exceeding the historic high of US$56.6 billion set last year,...

Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...

Smart machine boxes can be integrated with order management system to better monitor dynamic conditions at production lines and realize the true value of data collection and management...

Second-tier IC foundries intend to cut their quotes in order to vie for more orders in the first half of 2019, according to industry sources.

Trade tensions between the US and China may not seem to have a direct impact on the semiconductor industry, but subsequent developments of the row - if the two giants fail to make...

ASML expects some delay in deliveries during the start of 2019, due to a fire at one of its suppliers of electronics components and modules.

ASML has expanded its operations in Taiwan by opening a new country headquarters in Hsinchu, and plans to grow its total workforce stationed in Taiwan to over 2,500 by the end of...

To accelerate the development of communication infrastructure for mechanical networking to support Industry 4.0 applications amid the lack of unified communication standards, Taiwan...

Dry-process PCB equipment supplier Group Up Industrial expects its sales to expand at least 10% on year in 2019, given that its order visibility has extended to the second quarter...

The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the fifth consecutive month in October 2018, reaching an...

Most Taiwan-based LCD equipment suppliers have seen their order visibility extend to 2019 as a number of advanced LCD plants are ready to start moving in equipment in the coming year...

Network equipment maker Cameo Communications is bracing for brisk sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 as more of its clients are shifting orders to Taiwan amid the escalating US-China...

Flexible PCB specialists Flexium Interconnect and Uniflex Technology have both disclosed plans to raise new capital for capacity expansions.

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...

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...

Cooling fan maker Power Logic has registered consolidated revenues of NT$951 million (US$30.44 million) for the first three quarters of 2018 combined, increasing 9.5% on year, with...

Mobile device testing and certification service company Sporton International saw its net profits increase 4.7% on year to NT$199 million (US$6.42 million) in the third quarter of...

The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the fourth consecutive month in September 2018, reaching...

Quanta Computer is reportedly moving some of its server production from China back to the manufacturing facilities at its headquarters in Taiwan, and is looking to expand capacity...

State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has developed a digital real-time system used to simulate anomalies or accidents for testing electric equipment's responses.

As digital manufacturing is gradually becoming an important part of the worldwide manufacturing industry, data security and supply chain management are major concerns for many large...

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

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, will no longer be Xcerra's exclusive sales agent in the Greater China region, which will significantly...

China will see the birth of some world-class semiconductor equipment suppliers in the next 5-10 years, according to David H Wang, chairman and CEO of ACM Research, a wafer cleaning...

Unimicron Technology has announced consolidated revenues climbed to a record high of NT$21.39 billion (US$687.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018, driven by a seasonal pick-up...