Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$12.83 billion (US$415.8 million) in the first quarter of 2019.

Taiwan PCB makers lack new growth momentum to spur demand during the transition to the 5G era, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based Nova Technology, specializing in integrating water, gas and chemical process systems for semiconductor, photonics and other high-tech sectors, is seeing deferred orders...

The global semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% in 2018, propelling semiconductor materials revenues to US$51.9 billion to eclipse the previous high of US$47.1 billion set in...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen 7nm chip orders ramp up and the process capacity utilization rate start picking up recently, according to industry source...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors registered another sequential and on-year decreases in February 2019.

COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...

Taiwan-based IC designer VIA Technologies has cooperated with China-based Aisimba to develop self-driving delivery vehicles and the two firms have demonstrated their 10th-generation...

PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology expects about 60% of its capex this year to be spent on IC substrate production.

Taiwan-based IC designers, MCU suppliers and back-end packaging and testing service providers are all optimistic about the business opportunity brought by true wireless stereo (TWS)...

Flexible PCB specialist Zhen Ding Technology will see sales of its non-FPCB products including substrate-like PCBs and rigid-flex boards to account for more than 20% of company revenues...

Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may unseat Taiwan's MediaTek as the largest IC design house in Asia in 2019, as the China-based company is set to roll out diverse new chipset...

The output value of Taiwan's IC design industry sector climbed to a record high of about NT$620 billion (US$20.1 billion) in 2018, according to Digitimes Research.

PCB and IC substrate maker Nan Ya PCB, which managed to cut its losses substantially in 2018, is eyeing a return to profitability in 2019.

CPU shortages continued driving down global PC shipments in the first quarter of 2019 and even blurring order visibility for the second quarter. This, in turn, is seen to dim business...