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,...

Clevo, which specializes in gaming and niche notebook manufacturing, expects to post sequential shipment growth of 30% in the third quarter as demand for gaming notebooks from China,...

Intel in the second quarter maintained its position as the world's largest semiconductor supplier, although second-placed Samsung managed to narrow the gap due to renewed vigor in...

Notebook ODMs are expected to enjoy higher-than-expected shipments in August, as the 10% tariff on China-sourced notebooks staring September 1 has promoted brand vendors to stockpile...

The Trump administration's latest move to slap a 10% tariff on the remaining US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports, including handsets, notebooks and TVs, starting September 1 may...

Yageo remains conservative about its performance for the rest of 2019, and continues to keep a close eye on the development of global trade conditions and other macro factors which...

Despite a 38% sales decline expected this year, the DRAM market is forecast to remain the largest of all IC product categories again in 2019 with sales reaching US$62 billion, down...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) continues to be cautious about its outlook for the rest of 2019, citing low order visibility and ongoing inventory adjustments at its clients,...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post flat or an up to 5.5% sequential increase in third-quarter revenues.

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 2-4% shipment increase sequentially in the third quarter of 2019, with a 1% rise in wafer ASPs.

TSMC has given its optimistic tone regarding its performance in the second half of 2019, but other Taiwan-based pure-play foundries mostly are cautious over their business during...

Spot market prices for DRAM memory have started rebounding recently and will continue their growth in the short term, according to DRAMeXchange. But DRAM contract market prices are...

Taiwan memory modules makers including Adata Technology, Phison Electronics and Team Group are mulling a 10-15% hike in SSD prices and enforcing a limited-supply policy amid growing...

There has been no sign indicating that Korea-based DRAM suppliers are cutting their output, despite recent speculation claiming Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are doing so, according...

TSMC's better-than-expected revenues for second-quarter 2019 in defiance of some operational hiccups may have come as a confidence boost, but a spate of variables may affect the pure-play...

DRAM chipmakers are still trapped by excess inventories, although inventory levels at their customers have already come down, according to Nanya Technology president Pei-Ing Lee.

It will take at least three months for global semiconductor inventories to be digested while semiconductor supply chain players are still plagued by overcapacity and clients' conservative...

Starting July 4, the Japan government has tightened controls on exports of three key semiconductor chemicals to South Korea, but Korean semiconductor firms may not face immediate...

Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.71 billion (US$248.3 million) for the first half of 2019, up 4.5% on year. The passive component vendor is optimistic...

The semiconductor supply chain sees high inventory levels. Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has turned conservative...

NAND flash and low-power DDR chip suppliers continue to digest excess inventory which may indicate a disappointing second half of 2019 facing the memory sector, according to industry...

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, which saw losses in 2019, still stands a chance of returning to profitability in 2019 though it will be "very challenging" to achieve the...

In the first quarter of 2019, New Zealand's traditional PC market experienced an 8.3% on-year decline in unit shipments, according to IDC. This follows the 1.5% on-year growth seen...

The US-China trade war has prompted noteboon vendors increasing their inventory until their ODMs move their production...

As China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is set to issue 5G licenses in the near future, sources from cooling module makers have pointed out that they have received...