Taiwan-based IC design houses have received requests from customers in the cryptocurrency mining sector to defer shipments of mining ASICs amid lackluster replacement demand for mining...

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,...

IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries' (SPIL) Jinjiang plant in Fujian, China will initially focus on providing backend services for DRAM memory, and will start generating...

Touch and fingerprint sensor supplier Elan Microelectronics has disclosed its board of directors has approved a plan to reduce paid-in capital by NT$1.302 billion (US$44.3 million),...

China-based Innotron Memory, previously known as Hefei ChangXin or Hefei RuiLi, is gearing up for volume production of 8Gb DDR4 chips in 2019.

IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) disclosed on April 16 that production subsidiary Siliconware Electronics (Fujian) has struck a deal with China MCC20 Group for...

Top semiconductor players Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Samsung Electronics and Intel are engaged in increasingly fierce competition not only in developing advanced...

Zeroing in on automotive electronics as a new "blue ocean" market, Taiwan's IC design houses are expected to tap deeper into the sector in 2018 by enhancing innovative functions of...

The world's leading semiconductor suppliers have significantly increased their combined market share over the past decade. According to IC Insights, the top-5 semiconductor suppliers...

Taiwan-based logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI), has seen orders for MCUs ramp up from its IDM clients while enjoying strong demand...

IC materials distributor Topco Scientific has reported clear order visibility throughout the third quarter of 2018 as the semiconductor industry is entering its peak season, and the...

China-based Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, a merger of IC designers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has set a goal...

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...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$64.97 billion (US$2.22 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 22.6% sequentially and 2.4% on...

Taiwan-based diode makers have seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2018 while still facing tight supply of silicon epitaxial wafers, according to industry sour...

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 4.2% and 25.8%,...

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...

Winbond Electronics and Macronix International both saw March revenues increase 9.2% and 19.7%, respectively, on month.

Zhao Weiguo has resigned as chairman of both Unisplendour and Unigroup Guoxin, as well as from their boards of directors. Zhao remains chairman of China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup,...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported revenues of NT$10.63 billion (US$363.5 million) for the first quarter of 2018, down a slight 1.6% on quarter.

IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$279 million (US$9.55 million) for March 2018, up 31.2% sequentially and 3.4%...

Fueled by heavy government investment, IC packaging and testing in China generated US$29 billion in revenues in 2017, making China the world's largest consumer of packaging equipment...

While strong demand for non-smartphone and 5G chips will keep foundry fabs running at full capacity in the second quarter, backend wafer test and IC packaging and testing service...

Networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor, analog IC firm Anpec Electronics, power management IC specialist Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), and MOSFET makers including Advanced...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), a provider of semiconductor assembly and test services, on April 3 held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its K25 building in the...