LCD panel makers in Taiwan and China are optimizing either production capacity or innovative technologies to enhance their presence in the IT segment, where demand for gaming monitor...

Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics (ShaoXing), a China-based MEMS foundry startup formed by Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and the local government, has managed...

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses are poised to see their revenues grow at least 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021, bolstered by a pick-up in chip orders for 5G smartphones,...

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) are all...

Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to surpass US$100 billion next year, a new high, after jumping 34% to US$95.3...

China, which has been relying heavily on semiconductor imports, is keen to improve it IC self-sufficiency. But DIGITIMES Asia president Colley...

Some panel makers have begun shifting more of their capacity to produce display products for IT applications instead of handset ones, as handset panel prices have been falling in...

China imported more semiconductor chips than oil for the first time in 2013. According to BCG, China imported US$350 billion worth of semiconductor chips in 2020, which represented...

Symtek Automation Asia (SAA), an automated semiconductor equipment supplier, has seen its first-tier customers raise capital spending in a bid to push their development of 5G and...

PCB manufacturers continue to see their supply constrained by the ongoing shortage of related upstream materials, such as copper foils and epoxy resin, according to industry source...

Intel's acquisition of Globalfoundries is unlikely, as GF's manufacturing capability that is more focused on mature and specialty process technology contradicts Intel's ambition of...

Backend houses ChipMOS Technologies and Chipbond Technology are expected to raise again their backend service quotes later in the second half of 2021, as robust demand for car-use...

TSMC has reported sales growth for second-quarter 2021, and expects its sales to rise further in the third quarter. The world's top foundry house has also raised it sales growth...

GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC), and GaAs epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are all poised to log...

ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, is expected to post strong sales for 2022 thanks to sufficient capacity support from TSMC, according...