FocalTech Systems, which remained unprofitable in the first quarter of 2019, expects its sales and gross margin to recover starting the second quarter.

Pingtouge Semiconductor, Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary, reportedly has placed orders for 7nm chip solutions with Global Unichip and TSMC.

Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...

Innolux will introduce measures, including salary reductions for its top executives, to tackle increasing difficulies facing the flat panel industry, looking to become stronger in...

Huawei's chipmaking arm HiSilicon is aggressively planning the development of its 5G mobile SoC integrating a modem chip, as well as 5G mmWave solutions for smartphones after releasing...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, expects sales to hit bottom for 2019 in the second quarter.

The global IC packaging and testing market had a scale of US$28 billion in 2018 with the top-10 players commanding a combined 84% share. Three of the top-10 players are based in China...

Taiwan-based MOSFET firms Excelliance MOS and Sinopower Semiconductor have reported on-year increases of 49% and 51.5%, respectively, in net profits for the first quarter of 2019.

The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of US$3.98 billion for the purpose of upgrading and expanding capacity for advanced-node...

PCB and IC substrate maker Nanya Printed Circuit Board saw its net loss improve to NT$278 million (US$8.9 million) in the first quarter from loss of NT$677.9 million during the same...

Within China's semiconductor industry, the IC design sector actually achieved the most progress in 2018. But how big exactly is China's IC design industry? There have been many versions...

PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reported net profit surged 30.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.08 billion (US$34.7 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with EPS coming to NT...

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, has reported net profit hiked nearly 225% from a year earlier to NT$143.5 million...

MediaTek is expected to post sequential revenue and gross margin increases in the second quarter, thanks to a ramp-up in shipments of its high-ASP mobile SoCs, as well as non-mobile...

Flat panel maker HannStar Display has reported net profit of NT$180 million (US$5.79 million) or NT$0.06 per share for the first quarter of 2019, bucking a trend in which most fellow...