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...

Globalfoundries has disclosed plans to cut 5% of its global workforce, or about 900 employees, with the layoff to take place mainly in Europe and the US.

Flat panel maker Innolux has said that it has no plans to adjust its production capacity and that it expects its inventory levels, particularly for large-size panels, to taper off...

With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...

The Taiwan government's Department of Cyber Security has worked out plans to promote the country's cyber security industry, aiming to aiming to create 40 cyber security startups by...

Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, a supplier of memory device controller ICs, plans to hire more than 200 additional engineers in 2018 to further strengthen its R&D capabilities...