Building on bullish growth in first-quarter 2020 in weak market conditions, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to continue their revenue growth at a rate of 2.4% in...

China-based chipmakers have quietly suspended their shipments to Huawei, as well as the joint development projects they had been working with the Chinese vendor, amid concerns about...

DRAM and NAND flash chipmakers will be engaged in inventory adjustments during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC distributors.

Spot market prices for DRAM memory have rallied 10-15% so far in September 2020, according to sources at memory module houses. Huawei's aggressive chip purchases prior to new US sanctions...

Most IC suppliers experienced weaker demand and generally poor sales results in the first half of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and strained US-China trade relations. However,...

Memory chipmakers have seen inventory pile up amid weakening demand from the datacenter sector. They have almost four months worth of memory...

DRAM spot market prices have rallied over 5% since last week amid speculation about Huawei building up inventory prior to new US sanctions against it.

PCB makers will enjoy steady seasonal demand from the handset sector through November as handset makers are expected to launch more 5G devices, according to industry sources.

NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post revenues of between US$114 million and US$120 million in the third quarter of 2020, down 12-17% sequentially,...

CCL firms including Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) are cautious about the third quarter, due mainly to a slowdown in demand for 5G base station equipment from China, according...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter of 2020, with its capacity utilization rate remaining...

Memory demand for smartphones remains sluggish, and demand from the data center and server segment is slowing down, pushing up inventory levels at memory...

Memory chipmakers have seen their inventory levels start swelling amid continued weak demand for smartphones, according to industry sources.

Samsung Electronics maintained its lead in the smartphone memory market with 50% revenue share in the first quarter of 2020, followed by SK Hynix and Micron Technology, according...

Defying a decline in market revenue, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2020, as they benefitted from a...

NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...

Taiwanese supply chain makers, to cope with the US-China trade disputes and coronavirus pandemic, must carefully manage their inventory before completing production relocations from...

Sensor shipments for handset camera lens are expected to drop further in the second quarter of 2020, due to a plunge in end-market demand and excess inventory in the supply chain,...

Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron are all expected to enjoy strong shipments in the second quarter, but prolonged impacts from the coronavirus...

Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers expects to post flat sequential growth in second-quarter shipments, and has expressed uncertainty about its outlook this year.

Memory module manufacturer Team Group has reported net profits hiked 264.2% from a year earlier to NT$151 million (US$5.05 million) in the first quarter of 2020, when gross margin...

Major China-based LED chipmakers, due to shrinking demand arising from the coronavirus pandemic, have seen inventory pileups, according to industry sources.

Western Digital reportedly is raising its prices for enterprise-use HDDs to reflect increased costs from production and logistics with mainstream products expected to see more than...

IC testing interfaces vendor Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has set up VPC (vertical probe cards) smart production lines aiming to better meet clients' expectations for delivery...

DRAM and NAND flash prices are facing increasing downward pressure, due to a slump in demand for consumer electronics devices, according to industry sources.