Backend house ASE Technology Holding has offered a development board based on its system-in-package (SiP) services for heterogeneous SoC chips designed for true wireless stereo (TWS)...

IC design houses ALi and Rafael Micro have seen demand for set-top boxes (STB) pick up substantially with further improvements in order visibility for the fourth quarter, according...

Powertech Technology (PTI) with its fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology has obtained orders for high performance computing (HPC) solutions designed for AI and networking...

The lead time for production of 7nm chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has extended to nearly six months from the previous two months because of strong demand,...

Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, RichWave Technology, ZillTek Technology and Rafael Micro have seen their order visibility strengthened,...

Taiwan-based fabless chipmaker Elan Microelectronics and RichWave Technology, which have reportedly cut into the supply chain of Huawei, both saw their August revenues climb to record-high...

Orders for custom-designed processors have been rising from China in 2019, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Eight-inch IC foundries have seen their fabless customers engaged in the fingerprint sensor, touchscreen IC, analog chip and LCD driver IC sectors step up their pace of orders recently,...

Huawei's chipmaking arm Hisilicon is expected to become not only the largest Asia-based fabless chipmaker but also TSMC's biggest client in 2020, according to industry sources.

Unit prices for SoC chips used in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have been falling, due mainly to stiff competition among chip suppliers, according to industry sources.

IC Insights has released its list of the world's top-15 semiconductor suppliers in the first half of 2019, and identified Sony as the only company registering year-over-year growth...

Shenzhen Goodix Technology has reached a definitive agreement with NXP Semiconductors under which it will acquire all assets of NXP's voice and audio solutions (VAS) business, according...

The global semiconductor market is set to enter a dynamic new phase of growth, as the era of 5G network looms around the corner. TSMC, the world's largest pure-play foundry, is also...

With HiSilicon, Broadcom and other fabless chip vendors gearing up to tap growing demand for 5G infrastructure chipsets, their Taiwanese silicon-based or compound semiconductor foundry...

Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to surge over 27% sequentially after the company experienced...

Japan's tighter export control on photoresists and two other critical materials used in South Korea's high-tech sector are unlikely to benefit TSMC much given the relatively small...

Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...

US-headquartered companies held 52% of the total worldwide IC market in 2018, followed by their fellow South Korea-based companies with a 27% share, according to IC Insights.

HiSilicon, Huawei's chip design subsidiary, will likely fail to beat MediaTek and become the largest Asia-based fabless chipmaker in 2019 as its shipment growth will be affected negatively...

IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor both saw their May revenues climb to respective record-high levels, thanks to shipments of their new products.

Pure-play foundries have seen order visibility for the third quarter of 2019 become blurred by the impact of the US trade ban on China's Huawei, according to industry sources.

Intel replaced Samsung as the number one quarterly semiconductor supplier in the fourth quarter of 2018, after losing the lead spot to Samsung in the second quarter of 2017, according...

Unisoc's Ivy 510 5G modem chip has been validated for 5G NR sub-6 GHz signaling, and will be fabricated by TSMC on the 7nm node for official application in the starting year of 5G...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly grabbed orders for all the 5G modem chips that have been introduced by fabless chipmakers, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon...

Fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies expects to post a revenue increase of 2-7% sequentially in the second quarter following a 14.5% drop in the first quarter. Gross margin is forecast...