Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cut its revenue growth forecast for 2018 to 10% from the previously-estimated 10-15%, citing weaker-than-expected smartphone...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported net profits of NT$89.79 billion (US$3.06 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 9.6% sequentially but up 2.5%...

IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...

Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific, which supplies flexible copper clad laminates and PV module backsheets, has reported net profits for the first quarter of 2018 fell 39.8% sequentially...

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.

Smartphone lens module maker Largan Precision has reported its first-quarter 2018 net EPS of NT$29.96, the lowest since third-quarter 2016. Its first-quarter 2018 gross margin was...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported revenues of NT$10.63 billion (US$363.5 million) for the first quarter of 2018, down a slight 1.6% on quarter.

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenues grew 6.4% on year to a record high of US$3.1 billion in 2017. Net profits, however,...

IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, saw its net loss improve to NT$1.60 (US$0.06) per share in 2017 from NT$1.95 in 2016.

Inventec expects its first-half 2018 revenues to grow by a single-digit percentage on year and is planning to cut its overall manufacturing costs by 20% from a year ago in 2018 mainly...

Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.02 trillion (US$34.83 billion) for 2017, up 14.2% on year, but its gross margin was only 4.47%, down 0.74pp on year. Its...

Cooling fan and home appliance maker Yen Sun Technology has announced its 2017 financial results with consolidated revenues growing 5.51% on year to come to NT$2.42 billion (US$82.64...

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...

Connector and cable maker BizLink has reported consolidated revenues of NT$15.6 billion (US$531.96 million) for 2017, growing 69.41% on year with net profits also increasing 27.75%...

Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of 8- and 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers, saw its net profit hit a 10-year high of NT$2.24 billion (US$76.8 million)...

Taiwan-based server supplier Chenbro Micom has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.51 billion (US$187.67 million) for 2017, up 5.8% on year to reach a company record, but its...

Networking device maker Alpha Networks will be working with EMS service provider Qisda in the IoT and 5G markets, said Alpha chairman John Lee at a March 22 investors meeting. The...

Taiwan-based Episil Holdings, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers and provides foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, expects to return to profitability in 2018 thanks...

Taiwan-based multimedia solutions provider Aten International has registered consolidated revenues of NT$4.95 billion (US$168.8 million) for 2017 with a gross margin of 59.1% and...

Network computing solutions provider CASwell, which is a Foxconn Group company, has reported record high consolidated revenues of NT$4.036 billion (US$138.43 million) for 2017, but...

Solid State System (3S) expects to post sequential decreases in revenues and gross margin for the first quarter of 2018, due to a seasonal slowdown in orders for NAND flash device...

ShunSin Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) specializing in assembly and test of system-in-package (SiP) modules, returned to profitability...

Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has released its 2017 financial report, posting gross margin of 14.93%, the highest since 2011.

Wistron, having survived the difficult times over the past two to three years, is seeing rapid growths for its high-margin products and expects its gross margins and operating profit...

The global supply of passive components is expected to remain tight through 2019, thanks to robust end-market demand, according to Pierre Chen, chairman for Yageo.