IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...

MediaTek is expected to post more than 20% sequential revenue growth in the second quarter, with higher margins, driven by a pick-up in orders from its China-based handset clients,...

China-based handset brands have ramped up their chip orders since March with the demand momentum likely to continue into early May, according to sources from Taiwan's IC suppliers.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to report flat sequential revenue growth for the second quarter with a possibility of a slight increase or decrease,...

Chip demand from China-based handset companies is picking up and will buoy sales performance at related chip suppliers, such as application processor designer MediaTek and LCD driver...

Wistron has registered consolidated revenues of NT$70.29 billion (US$2.39 billion) for March, up 4.35 on month and 9.31% on year, with EPS of NT$0.29, while its first-quarter consolidated...

MediaTek has reported revenues of NT$49.65 billion (US$1.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 17.8% sequentially and 11.5% on year. Nevertheless, revenues for the quarter...

IC testing service providers King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both see their fab utilization rates stay high at between 80% and 85%, driven by robust demand...

Upstream component makers in the handset supply chains are braced for brisk sales in the second quarter of 2018, buoyed by the launch of new models and the replenishment demand for...

Tianma Micro-electronics is shipping its second-generation all-screen smartphone displays to Huawei for the production of its Nova 3e smartphone, the vendor's first notch-type mobile...

Chip-on-film (COF) packaging demand will start to grow substantially in the second half of 2018, driven by the arrival of new smartphones featuring an edge-to-edge display, according...

Asustek Computer has launched its ZenFone 5Q (ZenFone 5 Lite) in the Taiwan market priced at NT$9,900 (US$339). The vendor began to take pre-orders on March 15 with the availability...

The adoption of all-screen displays for smartphones will extend from flagship models to mid-tier and even entry-level models in 2018, pushing the ratio of all-screen models to over...

LCD driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology saw its net profits increase 13.1% to a three-year high of NT$2.25 billion (US$76.9 million) in 2017. EPS for the year reached...

At MWC 2018, Samsung launched the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus with an evolutionary design building on Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Samsung is focusing on enhanced camera capabilities to differentiate...

After scoring a sequential gain in the fourth quarter of 2017, Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to see their combined shipments drop by 30% sequentially in the first...

As the PC and handset industries enter the slow season, the tight supply of passive components from Taiwan-based companies is expected to ease later in the first quarter of 2018,...

Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems swung to net losses of NT$103 million (US$3.51 million) in 2017. EPS came to negative NT$0.28.

Taiwan's LCD panel makers were able to maintain stable shipments in the fourth-quarter 2017 traditional low season, thanks to strong demand for 18:9 smartphone applications.

ODM smartphone shipments by China-based suppliers totaled 260 million units in 2017 with the Wingtech Group and Huaqin Telecom Technology serving as the top-two vendors, according...

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) aims to ramp up shipments of its 18:9 all-screen handset panels to 15 million units in 2018 compared to one million units shipped a year earlier, according...

Inventec has announced consolidated revenues of NT$44.45 billion (US$1.5 billion) for December, down 1.3% on month, but up 15.6% on year. Its 2017 consolidated sales came to NT$467.5...

Global shipments of handset-use all-screen 18:9 panels are expected to reach 230 million units in 2017 with Samsung Display accounting for a 60% share of the segment, according to...

Shipments of handsets by Taiwan's brand vendors and ODMs reached 22.9 million units in the third quarter of 2017, up 11.2% sequentially and 85.3% on year, according to Digitimes Re...

The growing popularity of all-screen smartphones is playing a role in easing global oversupply of handset displays, as the production of 18:9 panels will consume 12.5-20% more production...