TSMC's planned advanced packaging plant in Miaoli, Northern Taiwan has passed environmental impact assessment, enabling the foundry house to kick off construction of the new fab in...

Samsung Electronics has managed to become a leading provider of 5G network equipment, with its global market share reaching nearly 28% in the first half of 2019, according to Daijun...

Taiwan's white-box server shipments are expected to rebound in 2020 after public cloud datacenter players finish adjusting their inventory levels in 2019, according to sources from...

Copper-clad laminate (CCL) specialist Iteq has reported net profits surged 79.3% from a year earlier and 23.9% sequentially to a record high of NT$715 million (US$23.5 million) in...

Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...

Total worldwide installed capacity for MEMS and sensors fabs is forecast to grow 25% to 4.7 million 200mm equivalent wafers per month from 2018 to 2023, driven by explosive demand...

Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision and Marketech International, which provide ASML equipment parts and components, are being identified as some of the beneficiaries of TSMC's capex ramp-up...

MLCC firms have struck new long-term contracts for the supply of high temperature-resistant and medium- to high-capacitance MLCCs for 5G base station equipment and industrial applications,...

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment slipped below US$2 billion reaching a five-month low in September, according to SEMI.

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology have all developed their respective 1z-nanometer process technology for the manufacture of DRAM memory, targeting datacenter and...

Semiconductor equipment supplier Kingsemi started trading its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) October 21.

Global demand for infrastructure equipment such as base stations, active antenna units, transceivers in the next-generation 5G era will increase 10-fold as compared to those required...

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...

Semiconductor equipment vendor ASML has disclosed a total of 23 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system orders received in the third quarter of 2019 - the highest ever value of bookings...

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

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment supplier Trusval Technology has kicked off shipments of its new functional water supply system for advanced process to first-tier foundry houses...

Taiwan's imports of semiconductor equipment shot up 65.1% on year to US$2.5 billion in September and surged 32.2% to US$15.5 billion for the first three quarters of 2019, according...

LED probing and testing equipment maker FiTech is optimistic about demand for mini LED probing, testing and sorting equipment from China- and Taiwan-based makers and expects shipments...

The Pegatron Group's contact lens manufacturing affiliate Pegavision is expanding production capacity in Taiwan, eyeing strong growth in the maket.

Transcom, a Taiwan-based GaAs chip and foundry company, is expected to report impressive financial results for 2019 thanks mainly to robust orders for niche-market power amplifiers,...

US-based semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) is optimistic that 5G and AI applications will drive demand for advanced IC packaging equipment.

Feedback Technology, a distributor of equipment and parts for semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, plans to invest NT$1.5 billion (US$48.2 million) to expand its factory...

Despite the global semiconductor industry's weakening demand in the first half, China's semiconductor industry continued to perform stably with sales rising 11.8% on year during the...

Testing and measurement solution provider Chroma Ate reportedly has developed inspection tools for examining VCSEL components to be used in backend ToF (time of flight)-based cameras...