IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor both saw their May revenues climb to respective record-high levels, thanks to shipments of their new products.

Niche-market IC packaging house Xintec continues to expand its offerings and client portfolio in its target markets, and remains focused on wafer-level packaging, according to company...

Robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips to China have boosted revenues at ZillTek Technology in May, inspiring the Taiwan-based IC designer to expect its monthly and quarterly revenue...

Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...

Along with rampant IoT development, MEMS-based sensing solutions will be increasingly applied to diverse segments such as smartphones, wearable electronics devices, and automotive...

Robust demand for more content for mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), automotive and industrial applications will drive production of 700,000 200mm wafers from 2019 to 2022, a 14%...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post a revenue decrease of 8-13% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, citing inventory adjustments...

Lingsen Precision Industries has expressed optimism about demand for MEMS including ambient light sensors (ALS), proximity sensors and MEMS microphones. The backend firm expects packaging...

China-based fingerprint sensor supplier Silead has been engaged in the development of under-glass MEMS-based ultrasonic solutions, and expects to enter volume production of the under-display...

IC distributors WT Microelectronics and Edom Technology are both expected to enjoy robust sequential revenue growths in the third quarter driven mainly by a pick-up in chip demand...

Strong MOSFET demand boosted revenues at Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), which provides wafer thinning services, in June.

Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec has decided to suspend its 12-inch wafer-level packaging production line for one year due to disappointing CMOS image sensor (CIS) demand...

Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), which specializes in wafer reclaim services, expects steady growth in its wafer thinning business in 2018. The product segment has expanded to...

Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has been contracted by a number of Europe- and US-based IDMs, such as Infineon, to use wafer thinning for making industrial MOSFET chips, according...

Taiwan-based second-tier packaging and testing houses have enjoyed a pick-up of orders for flash memory, and 3D sensing and other optical components recently as their downstream clients...

Taiwan-based backend service company Lingsen Precision Industries is expected to see its sales climb to their peak for 2018 in the third quarter driven by robust demand for MEMS sensors,...

Taiwan-based backend houses are expected to significantly benefit from increasingly brisk market demand for MEMS sensors for use in smartphones and other consumer electronics devices,...

Taiwan-based wafer test solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) is expected to see the revenue ratio for its MEMS-based vertical probe cards (VPCs) surge to a double-digit...

Solid State System (3S) expects to post sequential decreases in revenues and gross margin for the first quarter of 2018, due to a seasonal slowdown in orders for NAND flash device...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's Shaoxing government and Shengyang Group have formed a joint venture named Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics (Shaoxin...

TDK has reached an agreement with Chirp Microsystems, a developer of ultrasonic sensing solutions, in which Chirp becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of TDK. TDK expects to close the...

Chip demand for smart speakers and other voice-assistant devices has been rising, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

With smart speakers emerging as new fashion devices at CES 2018 and global tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Alibaba rushing to release new products, the global market...

Shipments of Apple Watch 3 are expected to surge 20% on year to reach 23-25 million units in the coming year, which will greatly benefit Taiwan players in the supply, particularly...

As the automotive-use chip sector is emerging as a new niche market with great development potential, Taiwan IC packaging and testing service providers are gearing up to scramble...