Seen as an extension to the ongoing bilateral trade spats, the US Department of Commerce has imposed a ban on ZTE for sanctions violations, prohibiting American firms from selling...

Taiwan-based IPC solution provider Sinbon Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.79 billion (US$127.65 million) for the first quarter of 2018, growing 8.47% on year...

White-box server and storage equipment maker Wiwynn, a subsidiary of Wistron, is expected to enjoy robust revenue growth in 2018 driven by growing orders for data centers, according...

Global semiconductor revenues derived from chip usage in electronic equipment and devices amounted to US$111.4 billion at the end of first-quarter 2018, up a significant 17% from...

Taiwan's clean room engineering specialist Acter has reported clear order visibility through the first half of 2019 thanks to robust demand from overseas semiconductor firms and LCD...

China-based Innotron Memory, previously known as Hefei ChangXin or Hefei RuiLi, is gearing up for volume production of 8Gb DDR4 chips in 2019.

Taiwan-based network security equipment supplier Caswell, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, started trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market on April 16 at a price...

Taiwan-based automotive connector maker Hulane expects business growth in 2018 and is looking to achieve annual revenues of NT$6 billion (US$202.92 million) within three years.

China-based Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit will complete equipment move-in as early as July, paving the way for volume production in the third quarter of 2018, according to industry...

Top semiconductor players Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Samsung Electronics and Intel are engaged in increasingly fierce competition not only in developing advanced...

Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup has obtained its first orders for commercial production of over 10,000 3D NAND flash chips for use in...

The world's leading semiconductor suppliers have significantly increased their combined market share over the past decade. According to IC Insights, the top-5 semiconductor suppliers...

Taiwan-based equipment suppliers Acter and Nova Technology have both enjoyed robust cleanroom and engineering equipment orders from China's semiconductor and FPD industries, with...

The 2nd AI Expo, held April 4-6 at Tokyo Bight Sight as Japan's largest artificial intelligence exhibition and conference, showcased a much greater diversity of the latest AI applications...

Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled US$56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37% from 2016 sales of US$41.24 billion, according to SEMI....

Fueled by heavy government investment, IC packaging and testing in China generated US$29 billion in revenues in 2017, making China the world's largest consumer of packaging equipment...

Automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment specialists Utechzone and Machvision are being pinpointed by market observers as the beneficiaries of semiconductor and LCD panel makers'...

Toshiba has approved Toshiba Memory's proposed investment in production equipment for Fab 6 at its Yokkaichi operations in Mie (Japan), where Toshiba Memory will be making 3D flash...

Major IC packaging and testing players are actively developing an advanced fan-out panel level packaging (FOPLP) technology that can package chips on panels larger than 8-inch or...

IC packaging material and tool distributor Niching Industrial saw its gross margin reach a record high of 23% in the fourth quarter of 2017. Gross margin for all of 2017 climbed to...

Macronix International has announced that STMicroelectronics is using Macronix International's 8-bit I/O serial NOR flash memory for ST's new STM32L4+ microcontroller discovery kits...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.41 billion in billings worldwide in February 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...

Cooling fan maker Power Logic has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.29 billion (US$44.07 million) for 2017, up 10.06% on year to reach a new historical high thanks to a significant...

Taiwan's machinery industry is moving to challenge the goal of NT$2 trillion (US$68.46 billion) in annual production value by stepping up the development of smart systems integrating...

Taiwan-based metal-stamping part supplier Min Aik Precision has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.47 billion (US$84.08 million) for 2017 with net profits reaching NT$16.51 million...