IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) saw its revenue climb 20.2% from a year earlier to NT$1.42 billion (US$48.3 million) in the first half of 2020,...

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has been engaged in the development of next-generation non-volatile memory technologies, such as ferroelectric RAM (FRAM)...

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers engaged in TSMC's supply chain are set to be among the beneficiaries of the foundry house's advanced process capacity expansion with...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is urging international material and equipment makers to invest in Taiwan where demand for semiconductor equipment, especially from the...

Taiwan-based E&R Engineering has enjoyed a surge in wafer-level laser cutting equipment orders from major chipmakers recently and also begun investing in R&D of equipment...

Thin-film optical filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics has seen clients in Japan, China and the US begin testing optical filter samples for 6G communication, as optical filers...

Pure-play foundry TSMC saw its R&D spending hit an all-time high of nearly US$3 billion last year.

Connector maker Foxlink has begun constructing new production sites in Myanmar and India in response to escalating trade tensions between the US and China, according to company chairman...

NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...

Oppo is reportedly stepping up efforts to develop its own mobile application processors in house and will appropriate an annual R&D budget of over NT$20 billion (US$673.6 million)...

UMC has vowed to appeal a Taiwan court ruling agianst it in a trade secrets theft lawsuit brought by Micron Technology.

Micro-Star International (MSI) is optimistic about its second-quarter financial results and expects stable operation to continue for the remaining 2020, according to company chairman...

TSMC is in talks with the US government about relevant subsidies for its new wafer fab in Arizona so that the foundry is able to implement the investment plan, said TSMC chairman...

Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on June 4 unveiled a Pilot Enterprise R&D and Cultivation program in a bid to attract international enterprises to partner with local ones...

TSMC has announced the availability of what it claims is the world's first 7nm automotive design enablement platform (ADEP) to accelerate time-to-design for customers' AI inferencing...

Shortages of personnel with PhDs will be a challenge facing TSMC as well as Taiwan's chipmaking industry by 2030, according to Cliff Hou, company senior VP of technology development...

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,...

Despite an up to 5% rally in DRAM ASPs, DRAM bit shipments were affected adversely by coronavirus lockdowns and the epidemic's impact on logistics services. As a result, sales in...

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has revised upward its capex outlook this year to US$4.3 billion, up US$1.1 billion or about 34% from...

Lenovo is set to unveil a new gaming smartphone later in May as the company has recently headhunted a key executive from Asustek Computer's ROG Phone team and seen its R&D capability...

TSMC has kicked off its 2nm process R&D, and is progressing in research and exploratory studies for nodes beyond 2nm, the foundry has disclosed in its annual report to sharehol...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic's impacts on the global supply chains, TSMC, first-tier chipmakers and leading backend firms have still sustained strong R&D momentum while pursuing...

The Taiwanese government is stepping up efforts to help local startups hit by the coronavirus pandemic, including financial assistance.

Taiwan-based electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers including Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and the New Kinpo Group have recently begun devoting...

Taiwan-based IT companies continue to move capacities out of China to avoid placing all the eggs in one basket - a trend first triggered by the US-China trade war and now gaining...