Leading-edge processes, defined as sub-28nm technologies, accounted for the largest portion in terms of monthly installed capacity available in 2015. By the end of 2019, sub-28nm...

China's leading PCB maker Shennan Circuits (SCC) is expected to generate record-high net profits in the third quarter of 2019, thanks to robust demand for 5G base station equipment...

Synopsys announced recently that the company is partnering with Arm and Samsung's foundry operations (Samsung Foundry) to develop solutions enabling early adoption of the next-generation...

Samsung Electronics has reportedly placed additional EUV equipment orders for its foundry operations.

Global smartphone shipments will continue to decline for the second year in 2019. Although emerging markets have demand coming from feature phone users switching to smartphones, it...

Samsung Electronics has announced the development of 12-layer 3D-TSV chip packaging technology.

Samsung Electronics has announced its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2019, expecting consolidated sales to reach KRW62 trillion (US$51.94 billion) and consolidated operating...

China-based handset vendors are expected to be able to ramp up their 5G phone shipments significantly in the first quarter of 2020, outracing combined shipments from rival Korean...

Global TV shipments edged up 1.5% on year to 19.36 million units in August, as shipment growths in areas including Latin America, India and Asia Pacific were offset by a 7% on-year...

Contract prices for DRAM held flat in August 2019, with prices for 8GB PC DRAM modules averaging US$25.50, according to DRAMeXchange.

Combined shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones from Chinese and Korean vendors are expected to reach about 10 million units in 2019 - a result of collaboration between telecom operators...

The entry-level to mid-tier SoC solution segment has become the main battlefield for winning 5G SoC orders as major chip players including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Unisoc are gearing...

Samsung Electronics has ntroduced a 0.7-micrometer-pixel image sensor, the 43.7-megapixel (Mp) ISOCELL Slim GH1. Thanks to advanced ISOELL Plus technology, the new ultra-high-resolution...

Strong demand for mini LED in 2020 is expected offer related equipment suppliers, driver IC vendors, panel makers and materials distributors lucrative business opportunities.

Samsung Electronics outraced Apple to become the top smartphone vendor in Taiwan in August, buoyed by the release of its Galaxy Note 10 and brisk sales of its mid-range A-series models,...

Intel has started placing equipment and materials orders for EUV fabrication processes since August, and is stepping up its pace of orders, according to industry sources.

The global semiconductor sector will experience constant quantitative and qualitative changes in the next 20-30 years, and heterogeneous integration will not be confined to CPU and...

Apart from Samsung and Huawei, both of which rely heavily on chips developed in-house, other first-tier China-based smartphone vendors including Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and OnePlus are...

With global market demand on a moderate increase in second-quarter 2019, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundries showed recovery. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United...

Samsung Electronics is expected to be able to maintain its leading market position in the global high-end smartphone segment in the fourth quarter of 2019 despite the offerings of...

DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its compound semiconductor solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron. The transaction is expected to...

Capex spending for memory ICs was the driving factor behind strong increases in industry-wide capex spending over the past two years. Most of those upgrades and expansion plans are...

Global demand for 5G CPE (customer premise equipment) is expected to grow rapidly to 120 million units in 2025 from 100,000 units in 2019, prompting chipmakers such as Qualcomm and...

Samsung Electronics has taken a two-pronged approach to boost sales of its products, including 5G application processors (APs), 5G baseband chips and mid-range smartphones, in China,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its capex this year reach around US$12.5 billion to satisfy robust chip demand in the 5G era, according to industry...