Worldwide smartphone shipments reached 348 million units in the third quarter of 2020, down a slight 1% on year but up 22% sequentially, according to Canalys. Samsung regained the...

LCD panel prices are expected to continue their rally in the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by persistent strong demand for IT and TV applications supporting stay-at-home economy,...

IC design house FocalTech Systems continues to enjoy robust demand for its TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chip solutions, with shipments set to hike over 100% to 220-230...

Samsung Electronics expects profit to decline in the fourth quarter amid weakening memory chip demand from server customers and intensifying competition in mobile phones and consumer...

United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits surged 36.4% sequentially and over 200% on year to NT$9.11 billion (US$318.4 million) in the third quarter of 2020. EPS for...

Demand for the iPhone 12 Pro has been so strong delivery lead time from manufacturers has had to be extended. And Apple is set to increase orders for VCSEL chips supporting the

Component shortages continue to disrupt Acer's Chromebook shipments, which can fulfill only 30% of customer orders, with shipments for the remainders having to be deferred, according...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors expects to post a revenue increase of 1-3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020, with gross margin ranging from 37% to 39%.

Unimicron Technology's IC substrate plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan caught fire on the afternoon of October 28. The site is where the company produces flip-chip chip-scale packaging...

Taiwan IC designers have seen orders swelling from China for imaging processing chips for surveillance, video conferencing and face ID applications as major Chinese chip maker HiSilicon...

DRAM ASPs climbed to US$3.70 in June 2020 before tapering off to US$3.51 in July and August, according to IC Insights, which expects modest price erosion through the end of this ye...

Macronix International, a supplier of mask ROM and flash memory, expects its in-house developed 48-layer 3D NAND products to start generating revenue in 2021.

The global supply of NOR flash memory will fall short of demand in 2021 if trade tensions between the US and China persist, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.

The supply of small-size quartz components is tight, driven by demand for 5G smartphones and Wi-Fi 6 network devices, according to Taiwan-based TXC.

Taiwan-based IC design houses are eyeing the growing demand for car-use ASICs, with some having won orders from automakers or their supply chain partners, according to industry sou...

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) and Taiwan-based Iteq have announced plans to jointly establish a joint venture, of which the former will hold a 51% share and the latter 49%.

The supply of display driver ICs has fallen short of demand, while capacities at 8-inch foundries stay tight. Backend houses are mulling raising their quotes to reflect the tight...

The notebook market next year may not be as strong as in 2020, but Acer remains optimistic, expecting a wave of replacement...

Taiwan-based equipment makers including Csun Manufacturing and Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) expect strong demand from domestic IC substrates makers now all gearing up to build...

Replacement demand from the consumer sector, in addition to Chromebooks, will be driving the overall notebook market growth in 2021, according to Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen.

A growing number of Taiwan-based network equipment suppliers have ramped up shipments of 5G CPE (customer premise equipment) products to the markets in Europe and the US starting...

Notebook vendors saw strong shipment gains in the second and third quarter of 2020 with the momentum remaining robust in the fourth quarter, but they may see demand for their computer...

Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to see their downstream clients including distributors stockpile aggressively, and plan to raise their quotes to constrain demand, according...

Demand for vapor chambers (VC) from smartphone vendors has been disappointing so far in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic deterring the launch of high-end models by non-Apple...

Holtek Semiconductor has enjoyed strong demand for healthcare applications this year, according to Gordon Gau, president for the MCU supplier. Gau also expressed optimism about the...