Inspur, China's biggest server brand, will be among the companies affected negatively by the escalating US-China trade war due to its dependence on US chip vendors including Intel...

The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric...

GrandPad, an Acer-invested tablet brand that focuses on developing services for elderly consumers, has seen rising shipments in the US during the coronavirus pandemic, and in addition...

New US trade sanctions against Huawei will bring "uncontrollable variables" to the IC market in the second half of 2020, according to Canon Huang, chairman and president for IC packaging...

TSMC has disclosed intentions to build a 5nm wafer fab in Arizona. But the foundry house is seeking US governmen subsidies that it says are needed to run the US...

The year 2021 is poised to mark a banner year for global fab equipment spending with 24% growth to a record US$67.7 billion, 10% higher than the previously forecast US$65.7 billion,...

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...

Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology and Na Ya PCB are gearing up to strengthen business ties with US clients seeking to offset expected losses of orders...

Many China's major semiconductor firms are rushing to raise funds from the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) to support their development of advanced...

As most schools worldwide have begun adopting online learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, demand for mobile computing devices from many countries' K-12 education sectors...

Epistar has filed a charge with a US District Court against US-based Lowe's Home Center and Lowe's Companies (collectively as Lowe's) for infringing on its five US patents concerning...

TSMC and other Taiwanese suppliers of Huawei are expected to see their revenues start to suffer in late September from fresh US sanctions blocking companies around the world from...

Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, is expected to post on-year revenue growth in 2020, according to industry sources...

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) expects new US trade sanctions against Huawei not to significantly affect its operations, but it will take 1-2 weeks for the company...

US vendors remain dominant players in the global front-end semiconductor equipment market segment, which will be a critical factor blocking China's ambition of raising self-sufficiency...

Taiwan IC analysis and inspection labs are expected to see demand from US chipmakers and Huawei/HiSilicon weaken in the second half of the year on uncertainties arising from the coronavirus...

The real target of the US sanctions against Huawei is its 5G equipment deployments, rather than its smartphone business, according to industry sources.

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment stayed above US$2 billion for the seventh consecutive month in April 2020, according to SEMI.

Chinese handset vendors including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo are likely to grab more market share from Huawei in overseas markets as China's top handset brand faces tightened trade restrictions...

Taiwan-based OSAT firms will continue to fulfill chip orders from Huawei/HiSilicon in the third quarter of 2020, but are unsure about the orders in the fourth quarter as the Chinese...

TSMC already took 7nm and 5nm chip orders from Huawei in advance before stopping taking more orders from the China-based client in the wake of the US government's announcement of...

TSMC's plan to build an advanced 5nm wafer fab in Arizona will accelerate localization of supply chain and formation of more semiconductor manufacturing clusters to satisfy needs...

TSMC has dopped a bombshell by announcing a plan to build a 5nm fab in the US. While the full impact of the fab poject remains to be seen, Digitimes Research believes it could reshape...

TSMC is mostly likely to turn out 5nm HPC chips for datacenter server applications at its planned 5nm fab in the US, and whether the move will push up server contract production in...

It would not be a surprise if Foxconn Technology Group collaborated with TSMC to jointly develop their operations in the US by 2024, given the firm's deployments in fan-out panel-level...