Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), A Foxconn Group company that makes electronic connectors and precision components, has disclosed it will subscribe to shares issued by Japan-based...

Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...

Crystalline silicon solar cell and module maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will invest an additional sum of up to NT$1 billion (US$32.2 million) in automotive diode maker...

Quanta Computer has achieved significant progress in investments it made in smart medical care over a year ago, understanding more about what role it can play through communication...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is encouraging Taiwanese enterprises to increase their investments in India and Indonesia, as both countries have advantages in labor...

Taiwan's IC design ability is currently leading China by at least 10 years, but the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will continue to allocate more budget for basic research...

United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...

Investments in new fab projects starting construction in 2020 are expected to reach nearly US$50 billion, up about US$12 billion from 2019, according to SEMI.

Spending on 300mm fab equipment will slowly recover in 2020 after the 2019 downturn and take off in 2021 to log a new record high topping US$60 billion, only to lag again in 2022...

Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) spending on blockchain solutions will reach US$522.7 million by 2019, an increase of 81% over 2018's US$289.48 million, according to IDC.

Unimicron Technology has maintained its huge capex budgets for 2019 and 2020 are meant to strengthen its IC substrates technology upgrades and production capacity for the emerging...

The escalating tit-for-tat tariff war between the world's two largest economies has prompted Taiwanese firms with operations in China to return home for investments while also sharply...

Foundry chipmaker Powerchip Technology has reported net losses of NT$2.69 billion (US$85.7 million) in the first half of 2019. EPS was negative NT$0.85 for the six-month period.

HannStar Board has disclosed plans to invest about NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million) in its factory site in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan where the PCB manufacturer will build additional...

NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profit declined 11.4% sequentially and 36.8% on year to NT$781 million (US$25 million) in the second quarter...

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced it and its investment arm Konly Venture will jointly add stake investment of NT$1.65 billion (US$53.1 million) in Star Shining Energy, a Taiwan-based...

SK Hynix saw its operating profits fall 89% from a year earlier to KRW638 billion (US$540.8 million) in the second quarter of 2019, when consolidated revenues slid 38% on year to...

PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology through its subsidiary Avary Holding (Shenzhen) has made CNY350 million (US$50.9 million) worth of investment to fund HongQiSheng Precision Electronics...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 282 projects proposed by local investors looking to invest in China during January-June 2019, with total investment value of...

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is stepping up the construction of its new factory site in Tainan, southern Taiwan, while its application to set...

China-based IC design firm Sage Microelectronics (Sage Micro) recently raised CNY240 million (US$35 million) in capital investment, which will be used toward the development of high-end...

The supply chain of servers and network communication devices has continued shifting their production out of China with Taiwan and North America being the two major choices for the...

At MWC Shanghai 2019, Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu gave an update on Huawei's progress in 5G deployment, sharing concrete examples of how service innovation and cross-industry collaboration...

Wistron has been making new investments in India in the past couple of years and though the company currently still needs some more time to iron out differences with the Indian government,...

Taiwan-based touch module maker TPK Holding has announced that it is withdrawing from a consortium that pursues investment in the cash-strapped Japan Display (JDI), citing volatile...