Eight-inch fab capacity will remain tight until 2021, due mainly to strong demand for display driver ICs and power management chips, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments, after experiencing five straight quarters of on-year declines, grew 35% sequentially and 10.8% on year to come to 64.38 million in the second...

MediaTek has announced advances in its collaboration with Intel to bring 5G experiences to next-generation PCs with the successful development and certification of its 5G modem data...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits increased 24.3% sequentially and 9.9% on year to a record high of NT$2.03 billion (US$69.1 million)...

Global shipments of AIO (all-in-one) PCs increased 28.7% sequentially to three million units in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to fulfillment of orders deferred from the first...

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,...

Taiwan's designers of peripheral chips for PCs and notebooks are trying hard to vie for more capacity support from foundry partners seeking to meet strong replacement demand in the...

AMD has announced new 7nm x86 desktop processors with built-in graphics for consumer and commercial PC markets. The AMD Ryzen 4000 series desktop processors with Radeon Graphics and...

Taiwan-based analog IC firms are generally optimistic about demand for consumer notebooks, particularly Chromebook, in the third quarter of 2020.

Taiwan-based IC design houses specializing in PC-related chip solutions are expected to post double-digit revenue growth in the third quarter of 2020, thanks to a continued pull-in...

The output of Taiwan's server industry hiked 210.9% on year to a record high of NT$94.2 billion (US$3.2 billion) in 2019, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs...

Gaming products and creator-focused notebooks will be driving several memory module makers' revenue growth in the second half of 2020, according to industry sources.

PCB makers in the supply chain of new MacBook Pro seies will see their shipments for the Apple notebooks surge more than 20% sequentially in the third quarter, according to industry...

Apple is set to significantly increase its new MacBook Pro orders in late third-quarter 2020 and will see its overall MacBook shipments rise over 20% sequentially in the third quarter,...

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both saw their consolidated revenues hit record-high levels of NT$44.39 billion (US$1.51...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chipmakers including Advanced Power Electronics, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Sinopower Semiconductor are gearing up for volume shipments for new PCs...

Microsoft has launched three new Surface products, the Book 3, Go 2 and Pro X, in Taiwan, targeting the work-from-home user group.

Acer is seeing shortages of components including passive components, ICs and panels by around 30% due to surging orders from the end market, according to Acer co-COO Tiffany Huang.

PC vendors are optimistic about gaming notebook sales in the second half of this year, but believe sales of commercial and consumer models may have already hit their peak levels for...

The rise of pandemic-induced stay-at-home activities has been driving the creator PC market growth thus far in 2020 with brand vendors including Acer and Dell having recently released...

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...

PC demand in the first half of 2020 has been strong, thanks to stay-at-home needs, but PC vendors and their ecosystem...

PC vendors and their suppliers are having mixed views for their shipment prospects for the second half of 2020, after experiencing higher than expected growth in the first half propelled...

PC connector and cable suppliers have seen a deceleration in short lead-time orders from clients since late-May, while their shipments have also started to return to regular seasonal...

Notebook ODMs are having mixed views for their shipments in the second half of 2020 with some expecting sequential drops in the third quarter and further declines in the fourth, and...