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'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 handset brands have ramped up their chip orders since March with the demand momentum likely to continue into early May, according to sources from Taiwan's IC suppliers.

Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers including Shuen Der Industry (SDI) and Jih Lin Technology are moving to expand their production capacities to satisfy growing demand for automotive...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to report flat sequential revenue growth for the second quarter with a possibility of a slight increase or decrease,...

Taiwan-based logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI), has seen orders for MCUs ramp up from its IDM clients while enjoying strong demand...

Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, a supplier of semiconductor silicon wafers, has reported clear order visibility through 2020.

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 global supply of NAND flash chips remains slightly short of demand which will continue to drag down the memory prices during the second quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchan...

Micron Technology has announced general availability of the 128GB and 256GB density of edge storage microSD card solutions and collaboration with several leading video surveillance...

Chip demand from China-based handset companies is picking up and will buoy sales performance at related chip suppliers, such as application processor designer MediaTek and LCD driver...

Blank optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects global demand for blank Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD archive optical discs to steadily increase over the next five years and it has been...

Taiwan-based Innodisk, which develops and manufactures industrial-class storage products, will soon begin to operate a new plant which will increase its overall production capacity...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$64.97 billion (US$2.22 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 22.6% sequentially and 2.4% on...

Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.72 billion (US$230.1 million) for March 2018, up 60.3% on year and 13.4% sequentially.

Taiwan-based diode makers have seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2018 while still facing tight supply of silicon epitaxial wafers, according to industry sour...

MediaTek has reported revenues of NT$49.65 billion (US$1.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 17.8% sequentially and 11.5% on year. Nevertheless, revenues for the quarter...

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 4.2% and 25.8%,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 of about NT$103.7 billion (US$3.55 billion), up 60.4% sequentially and 20.8% on...

IC testing service providers King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both see their fab utilization rates stay high at between 80% and 85%, driven by robust demand...

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.

Demand for TV-use LED backlighting has not been picking up in second-quarter 2018 despite expectations the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia should push up LCD TV sales, according...

E-paper solution supplier E Ink Holdings (EIH) expects its capex for 2018 to be higher than the NT$400 million (US$13.72 million) it spent a year earlier as the company plans to ramp...

Networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor, analog IC firm Anpec Electronics, power management IC specialist Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), and MOSFET makers including Advanced...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), a provider of semiconductor assembly and test services, on April 3 held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its K25 building in the...