Holtek Semiconductor has enjoyed strong demand for healthcare applications this year, according to Gordon Gau, president for the MCU supplier. Gau also expressed optimism about the...

Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) broke ground for a new factory at its production complex in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan on October 15. The leadframe specialist expects to complete the...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has secured the bulk of orders for the new iPhone 12 series and will see its shipments for the new Apple smartphones peak through the first quarter of...

Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered...

Optical film supplier Wah Hong Industrial has reported strong sales for September and third-quarter 2020 on surging demand for optical films from the IT and LCD TV clients.

IC design house Sonix Technology is expected to post record-high revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to strong demand for video conferencing, according to industry sourc...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has formed a strategic alliance with passive component supplier Yageo, combining their resources to develop solutions and services...

Osram Opto Semiconductors is expected to supply backlight-use mini LED for high-end MacBook in second-half 2021, becoming Apple's second supplier of such chips next to Taiwan-based...

PCB equipment supplier Symtek Automation Asia (SAA) expects higher sales in second-half 2020 than in first-half 2020, with even brighter market prospect for 2021.

Taiwan-based wet process equipment supplier Grand Process Technology (GPTC) is expected to post revenue increases through 2022, thanks to new orders placed by TSMC, ASE Technology...

Luxshare Precision Industry is a secondary supplier for the Apple Watch Series 6, while BYD is among the suppliers for the new Wi-Fi iPad series, according to industry sources.

ASE Technology and its EMS subsidiary Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) have reportedly grabbed major system-in-package (SiP) orders for the new Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple...

CIS and 3D sensor packaging specialist Xintec saw its revenues for August 2020 climb 21.2% sequentially and 23.44% annually to a record high of NT$740 million with revenues for the...

A US ban on China's pure-play foundry SMIC, a supplier to GigaDevice, might lead to severe shortages of NOR flash memory, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.

Most IC suppliers experienced weaker demand and generally poor sales results in the first half of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and strained US-China trade relations. However,...

Fuzetec Technology, a circuit protection component supplier specializing in polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) devices, has seen orders from its auto clients pick up...

Backend houses continue to enjoy strong chip probing demand for display driver ICs for use in gaming, educational and other-purpose notebooks, thanks to the rise of the stay-at-home...

Taiwan-based Trusval Technology swung to net profits of NT$45.19 million (US$1.54 million) in the second quarter from losses in the prior quarter, with gross margin climbing 18.76pp...

Korea-based PCB maker Daeduck Electronics, a supplier of Samsung Electronics, will invest KRW90 billion (US$76 million) to expand ABF substrate capacity, according to industry sour...

Light guide plate supplier Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has reported strong earnings for first-half 2020 thanks mainly to increased shipments of light guide plate products for...

Optical film supplier Wah Hong Industrial has reported strong sales for July and expects the momentum to last through the third quarter, bolstered by surging panel demand supporting...

Nokia has announced it has been selected by Taiwanese mobile operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) as the sole vendor for 5G New Radio (NR) in a deal that also encompasses 5G core (non-standalone...

With TSMC scaling up its 7nm and 5nm chip output, related silicon wafer materials and equipment suppliers have seen significant orders from the pure-play foundry and are ramping up...

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic is building a new plant in Vietnam, with plans to kick off volume production of TV BLUs in fourth-quarter of 2020, having just inaugurated a...

IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported net profits of NT$234 million (US$8 million) for the second quarter of 2020, shooting up 197% sequentially and improving...