Global tablet shipments are forecast to climb 45.5% sequentially and 9.9% on year in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a recovery in the related supply chain's capacity in China...

Taiwan-based Sporton International has been busy fulfilling orders from MediaTek for testing and certifying its 5G sub-6 GHz mobile SoCs as well as orders from Chinese handset vendors...

Having just released their new or upgraded SoC solutions for the mid-range to high-end 5G smartphones recently, Qualcomm and MediaTek both are prepared to launch new SOCs for the...

Chip demand for 5G smartphones is expected to pick up starting the third quarter of 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China only amounted to 135 million units in first-quarter 2020, plunging more than 30% on quarter and 12.2% on year.

MediaTek, Aspeed Technology and ASMedia Technology are expected to post impressive sales results for 2020 benefiting from the ongoing US-China trade tensions and clients' new products,...

MediaTek has announced a new Dimensity chipset for smartphones, the Dimensity 820, supporting 5G and the latest multimedia and AI technologies. The new offering portends keen competition...

Taiwan-based OSAT firms will continue to fulfill chip orders from Huawei/HiSilicon in the third quarter of 2020, but are unsure about the orders in the fourth quarter as the Chinese...

Imagination Technologies announced recently it has struck a deal with BAIC Capital, a Beijing-based investment unit of China's state-owned automaker BAIC Group, to initiate the establishment...

MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.55 billion (US$688.6 million) for April 2020, down 4.7% sequentially and nearly 10% on year.

An enhanced version of MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 1000 5G SoC series has been introduced, eyeing orders from China's first-tier smartphone vendors.

Most Taiwan's backend specialists remain uncertain about their business prospects for the third quarter of the year, as whether demand for devices enabling remote working and learning...

A number of Taiwan-based suppliers for Wi-Fi 6 chips are bullish about their shipment prospects for the second quarter 2020 and beyond, as the emerging stay-at-home economy is flaring...

MediaTek has unveiled its Helio G85 mobile gaming-focused chipset. The newest addition to the Gaming G Series family packs a 1GHz GPU and HyperEngine enhancements to enable gaming...

MediaTek is still upbeat about 5G in 2020 and its forecast for global 5G smartphone shipments to reach 170-200 million units in the year remains unchanged, according to company CEO...

TSMC has landed additional InFO (integrated fan-out) packaging orders requiring short lead times from MediaTek's Nephos, according to industry sources.

5G AP price competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is expected to heat up further in the second quarter of 2020 as both chipmakers are gearing up to win more orders from Chinese...

China-based SoC solution provider Unisoc has made significant gains in China's mid-tier 5G SoC chip market after local IT product vendor Hisense launched its 5G phone, the F50 5G,...

Huawei/HiSilicon will commercialize a new NB-IoT chipset, dubbed Boudica 200, by the end of 2020, which will support 3GPP R15 standards and offer lower latencies and more integrated...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed a pull-in of orders for 5G base-station and customer-premise equipment (CPE) from China, according to sources at Taiwan's IC distributors.

Members in the TSMC Grand Alliance have been fully assured that their revenue and profit growth momentum will not slow down in the months ahead, bolstered by the foundry's better-than-expected...

Competition in the 5G SoC solution and related chip segments is set to become fiercer in the second half of 2020 as demand for 5G phones has been deferred and the forecasts of global...

Taiwan-based OSAT provider ASE Technology has recently gained orders shifted from backend plants located in Southeast Asia, where coronavirus lockdowns are imposed in several countries...

Taiwan-based IC design houses remain optimistic about demand for server peripheral chips, which will be further strengthened in the second half of 2020, according to industry sourc...

Chip demand from the handset sector is set to be weak in the second quarter of 2020, as sales of smartphones in the end market have not yet recovered, according to sources at Taiwan-based...