Winbond Electronics is constructing a new 12-inch wafer fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, which is scheduled to come online in the first half of 2022, according to the specialty...

Pressure is mounting to maintain steady supply of iPhone devices, including the iPhone 12 lineup, after Apple placed two of its phone assemblers on probation due to labor issues,...

Pegatron will double its efforts to accelerate production automation while improving its recruitment process to avoid a repeat of a mistake of misemploying student workers at its...

The coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the escalating US-China trade war, have prompted businesses to revise their roadmaps and goals for 2020. Disruptions brought by the pandemic...

HTC has announced plans to further scale down its workforce and make human resources adjustments as it moves to further optimize its operations, though it did not say how many jobs...

Huawei has been strengthening its in-house chip design capability aiming to further reduce its dependence on US technology, according to industry sources.

The semiconductor industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus crisis so far, but the market is likely to suffer the repercussions as the outbreak slows or...

Networking IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor remains positive about its performance in the first quarter of 2020, with no substantial shifts in customer orders so far despite the...

Many Taiwan-based PCB makers with manufacturing plants in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are gearing up to mitigate impacts of the epidemic, such...

Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) is ramping up its chip output for applications requiring embedded storage and SSD solutions in 2020, and has built partnerships with companies including...

Ansys has increased its R&D workforce in Taiwan by 50% to support its local chipmaking partners, according to Roger Lee, company country manager for Taiwan.

Taiwan- and China-based MLCC suppliers have stepped up their pace of equipment orders for additional production capacities recently, an indicator suggesting the market for MLCCs may...

HTC has confirmed that it will trim its workforce as it looks to ensure that the development of its core businesses will be able to secure sufficient resources for further advancem...

Dell reportedly plans to increase its server purchases from Taiwan, and has also scaled up its workforce locally, according to industry sources.

Flat panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced plans to lay off most of its 2,100 employees, to be effective in 60 days, as a local court in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan...

Taiwanese semiconductor, communication and electronics firms have significantly increased their investments in Taiwan since the China-US trade war kicked off in 2018, but shortages...

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced plans to slash as many as 2,500 jobs or nearly 70% of its total workforce, as it struggles to survive from its restructuring efforts.

Qualcomm and MediaTek are both planning to hire more R&D personnel in Taiwan.

Wistron Information Technology & Service (Wistron ITS), a CMMI (capability maturity model integration) Level 3 IT outsourcing software service provider, will expand its global...

ASML has expanded its operations in Taiwan by opening a new country headquarters in Hsinchu, and plans to grow its total workforce stationed in Taiwan to over 2,500 by the end of...

Solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced it will lay off 916 employees in Taiwan over the next two months to cope with stagnant demand.

Micron Technology has announced that the company intends to exercise its right to call Intel's interest in the parties' joint venture, IM Flash Technologies.

Taiwan-based solar cell and PV module maker TSEC has announced it will lay off 20% of its 1,400 employees to cope with sharp drops in demand.

Taiwan-based makers of solar wafers and cells have come under pressure to lay off some of their employees due to diminishing demand and falling prices, according to industry source...

Eyeing the lucrative new business opportunities generated by the growing Internet celebrity economy, the Foxconn Group has been active building its own live webcast and online collective...