Foundry chipmaker Powerchip Technology has reported net profits climbed 23% on year to NT$8.08 billion (US$276.8 million) in 2017, with EPS reaching NT$3.54. The year also marked...

NAND flash device controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits of NT$5.82 billion (US$199.2 million) for 2017 hitting a record high. EPS for the year reached...

Solid State System (3S) expects to post sequential decreases in revenues and gross margin for the first quarter of 2018, due to a seasonal slowdown in orders for NAND flash device...

Metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced plans to subscribe to new shares of PCB firm Career Technology for NT$38 (US$1.30) each or a total of about NT$1.13 billi...

IC Insights has raised its IC market growth forecast for 2018 to 15% from 8% estimated previously. The revision was made due to higher-than-expected output value of the DRAM segmen...

Robust demand for niche-market ICs particularly high-speed transmission chips and FPGAs will be driving related IC distributors' revenue growth in 2018, according to industry sourc...

ASMedia Technology has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$6 (US$0.21) for 2017 when it reported record net profits of NT$432 million, according to the company's...

Taiwan-based IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor has announced a plan to trim its paid-in capital by 20% or NT$445 million (US$15.225 million) from its current level of NT$2.226...

As new-generation CPU platforms set for launch by Intel and AMD in late March or early second quarter of 2018 all require faster data transmission and better charging performance,...

TSMC's 16nm and 12nm process production capacity has been tight in the first quarter of 2018 driven by strong demand for GPUs and ASICs for cryptocurrency mining, according to industry...

With the growing demand for high-speed data transmission interface solutions including PCIe, Type C, DP, and SerDes fueled by rampant AI, cloud service, big data and IoT applications,...

Taiwan-based backend houses are expected to enjoy robust demand for NOR flash memory, which will be driven by a ramp-up of orders for custom ASICs in 2018, according to industry so...

Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...

MediaTek's recently-introduced Helio P60 mobile SoC that comes with AI capabilities has been adopted by Oppo and Meizu for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report...

Diode makers are striving to secure more supplies from their upstream wafer providers, as well as production capacities at their foundry partners, according to industry sources.