Taiwan's handset components supply chain is likely to feel the pinch of inventory corrections by Chinese handset vendors starting third-quarter 2021 at the earliest amid their sales...

MediaTek has reiterated its sales guidance for the second quarter of 2021, despite concerns about demand deceleration in India and China.

ODMs and other suppliers engaged in the notebook and handset industry supply chains have seen orders from India start slowing down recently, as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections...

HDI PCB manufacturers have turned cautious about their sales performance in the second quarter, as orders from Chinese handset clients are slowing down along with their sales declines...

MediaTek is developing new flagship handset SoCs with performance specs comparable to Apple's A series APs for iPhones, and may also adopt TSMC's advanced InFO_PoP packaging technology...

China-based smartphone vendors saw their combined first-quarter 2021 shipments decline 9.7% sequentially to 191 million units, which, however, represented a sharp on-year increase...

Taiwan-based IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects to post revenue in a range between NT$92 billion (US$3.3 billion) and NT$98 billion in the second quarter of 2021, representing...

Qualcomm and MediaTek are both considering adopting fan-out PoP in the production of their flagship smartphone application processors, following in the footsteps of Apple utilizing...

Vietnam's output from the electronics, PC and optical product sector increased 12.3% in value on year in first-quarter 2021, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Tra...

MediaTek has stepped up its purchases of BT substrates for use in its 5G mobile SoCs from suppliers including Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology, as part of its...

Oppo and Xiaomi will introduce their in-house-developed sub-6GHz 5G chip solutions between late 2021 and early 2022, joining fabless chipmaker Unisoc in competing against chip vendors...

Taiwan's leading PCB vendor Zhen Ding Technology has been diversifying its target markets to rely less on handset applications, with the efforts set to bear fruit starting 2021.

Smartphones released by first-tier brands in India in 2020 were mostly models priced below INR15,000 (US$205), showing the purchasing power of Indian consumers is still rather weak,...

CCL maker Iteq expects to enjoy sequential revenue increases through June, driven by a pick-up in demand for servers and 5G base stations.

Global chips shortages have spread to the networking segment from notebook and automotive sectors, with delivery lead times for networking chips from vendors already extended to as...

Semiconductor materials distributors are expected to gain profit momentum from brisk sales of COG or COF packaging materials driven by robust demand for e-paper and ESL (electronic...

Samsung Electronics has released its new 5G smartphones, the A52 and the A72, in Taiwan and expects Taiwan's 5G users to reach more than 5.5 million or a penetration rate of over...

HDI PCB specialist Compeq Manufacturing has already seen its production capacity fully booked for the first half of 2021, and expects additional capacity in China to come online in...

Taiwan's major HDI PCB suppliers Tripod Technology and Compeq Manufacturing have seen their capacity fully booked through June, with robust shipment momentum mainly from non-handset...

Taiwan's small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments plunged 25.3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to a significant drop in orders from Huawei.

IC testing interface solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has rolled out new solutions designed for handset application processors and HPC chips, according to industry...

Pegatron has seen robust demand for notebooks, and is still rushing to fulfill orders slated for delivery by the end of the first quarter, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments grew 4.4% sequentially and 26.5% on year to come to 74.76 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Chinese handset brands have continued to make headway in the India market despite tensions at the two countries' border areas, according to local media reports in India.

Vietnam's exports of handsets and handset components decreased for the first time in 11 years by 0.4% to US$51.18 billion in 2020, according to local media reports, citing data from...