Despite foundry quotes at 8-inch fabs in Taiwan and China to see 20-30% hikes in the third quarter of 2018, IC design houses across the Taiwan Straits are gearing up to vie for foundry...

Driven by the colossal Internet of Things (IoT) opportunity, wireless technologies - including wireless local area network (WLAN), Bluetooth, cellular and low-power wireless - will...

When Texas Instruments' new engineer Jack Kilby invented the world's first IC in 1958, no one could imagine that 60 years later, ICs have deeply rooted in Taiwan, now the world's...

Named one of the eight innovative enterprises and IC unicorns at IC Market China 2018 held in mid-April in Nanjing, the Shanghai-based Montage Technology Group, dedicated to providing...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its fab operation in Xiamen, China to remain unprofitable in 2018 due to insufficient economies of scale.

Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for May 2018 increased 15% on year and 2% sequentially to NT$1.12 billion (US$37.5...

Taiwan-based Topco, which mainly distributes silicone materials for Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, expects to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2018 thanks to robust silicone deman...

Apple is redesigning chargers and related interface for its next-generation iPhone and iPad devices, and will likely have its 2019 series of iPhones come with USB Type-C support,...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported May consolidated revenues increased 5.3% sequentially to NT$13.08 billion (US$438.3 million), while revenues at specialty...

Winbond Electronics has announced the introduction of the W25N01JW, a high-performance, 1.8V serial NAND flash memory IC delivering a new high in data-transfer rates: 83MB/s via a...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its second-quarter revenues meet the company's guidance given in mid-April, and will have its third-quarter revenues...

While devoted to developing semiconductor ecosystems in Chengdu Xingu Industrial Parks, a mega complex sitting in the Shuangliu District of the largest city in the midwestern area...

Winbond Electronics has reported flat sequential growth in May revenues, while Macronix International's revenues grew 9.8% on month.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...

IC testing service provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) saw its May revenues climb to an 8-month high of NT$1.71 billion (US$57.6 million), while fellow company Sigurd Microelectronics...

GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors and epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) both saw their revenues register sequential increases for the third consecutive...

Chengdu Xingu Industrial Parks, a mega complex located in Shuangliu District of the largest city in the midwestern area of China, is moving at full throttles to build semiconductor...

Morris Chang said at TSMC's annual shareholders meeting on June 5 that he believes the dual leadership of Mark Liu and CC Wei will create another "miraculous" growth for the pure-play...

Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, is expected to post revenue growth of 10-15% sequentially in the second quarter, according to industry sources.

The automotive IC market is on pace to grow 18.5% to a new record high of US$32.3 billion in 2018, surpassing the previous record of US$27.2 billion set last year, according to IC...

The output value of China's IC packaging and testing industry will exceed US$30 billion for the first time in 2018, according to Digitimes Research.

Power semiconductor backend specialist GEM Services is embracing strong orders for packaging all types of MOSFET chips, and is expected to post 30-40% annual growth in revenues contributed...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), and the China-based production subsidiaries of both Globalfoundries and United Microelectronics (UMC) are looking to expand their...

Gudeng Precision Industrial has enjoyed a ramp-up of front opening unified pod (FOUP) orders from 12-inch IC foundries in China and Taiwan, while shipments of its extreme ultraviolet...

Quotes for 6-inch foundry capacity will rise 10% in the third quarter as demand for power semiconductor devices has been strong, according to industry sources.