Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology - the world's top-3 DRAM vendors - could be fined up to US$8 billion in China over alleged price fixing, according to industry...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its fab operation in Xiamen, China to remain unprofitable in 2018 due to insufficient economies of scale.

Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.96 billion (US$99.3 million) for May 2018, up about 20% sequentially and 16% on year. Sales of its DRAM...

Memory module maker Team Group expects to list on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) as early as the end of 2018.

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 5% on year to US$20.2 billion in 2017, while the tablet AP market grew 3% to US$2 billion, according to Strategy...

Quotes for 6-inch foundry capacity will rise 10% in the third quarter as demand for power semiconductor devices has been strong, according to industry sources.

Second-tier IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are planning to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity by 20-30% in the third quarter of 2018, according to sources in the Taiwan IC design...

Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...

Foundry houses raising quotes for 8-inch capacity amid tight supply are creating pressure on IC designers' profit margins in the short term, but in the long run could be a stabilizing...

An anticipated rally in NAND flash memory prices during the third quarter may be short-lived, according to CK Chang, president for memory module firm Apacer Technology.

An anticipated rise in SSD demand from the handset and PC sectors may stop NAND flash prices from falling in the third quarter of 2018, according to industry sources.

Lite-On Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$91.89 million (US$3.1 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 200% sequentially and 12% on year. EPS for the quarter came to...

Adata Technology saw its net profit hike nearly 300% sequentially to NT$59.03 million (US$1.98 million) in the first quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.27.

ASE Industrial Holding, the parent holding company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), started trading on the main board of the...

StarVR, a VR device joint venture between Acer and Sweden-based Starbreeze, started trading on Taiwan's emerging stock market on April 23. On the first day of trading, StarVR's share...

Apple is reportedly negotiating with Samsung Display for a reduction of the price of OLED panels as the iPhone X vendor is seeking to lower the production cost in order to ramp up...

Facebook's smart speakers reportedly will begin mass production in June as originally scheduled, but the order volumes for 2018 have been cut by around 20% from the original plan,...

Taiwan OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) firms are facing headwinds in striving for flip-chip packaging orders for cryptocurrency mining ASICs, as the sharp price...

The global semiconductor packaging materials market reached US$16.7 billion in 2017, according to a report by SEMI and TechSearch International. While slower growth of smartphones...

With the gaming notebook markets in China, Europe and the US becoming saturated, vendors including Asustek Computer, Dell and Lenovo have all moved to target the Southeast Asia market...

The global supply of NAND flash chips remains slightly short of demand which will continue to drag down the memory prices during the second quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchan...

Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$99 billion (US$3.38 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 9% on year with revenues for March increasing 51% on month...

Dell has unveiled several new gaming notebooks under its Alienware brand and G series product line in China, featuring Intel's eighth-generation Core i9/i7/i5 processors, with prices...

Major MLCC firms are set to raise their quotes by 40-50% with the new prices to be effective from April 1, according to industry sources. The price rally may have limited impact on...

Networking device maker Alpha Networks will be working with EMS service provider Qisda in the IoT and 5G markets, said Alpha chairman John Lee at a March 22 investors meeting. The...