North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.36 billion in billings worldwide in January 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...

Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are aggressively diversifying their product lines to counter the declining presence of domestic TFT LCD panel makers in the global market, and will...

Chip demand for smart speakers and other voice-assistant devices has been rising, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

The success and proliferation of integrated circuits has largely hinged on the ability of IC manufacturers to continue offering more performance and functionality for the money, according...

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has broken ground on a new EUV (extreme ultraviolet) line in Hwaseong, Korea, aiming to maintain its leadership in state-of-the-art semiconductor...

Semiconductor and LCD equipment supplier Nova Technology has reported net profits of NT$447 million (US$15.3 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$3.34 billion for 2017. Both results...

Based on surveys Digitimes Research conducted in China in December 2017, shipments of smartphone application processors (AP) to the China market in 2017 were able to maintain positive...

Samsung Electronics' forthcoming Galaxy S9 and S9+, which are expected to be unveiled at MWC 2018, are likely to employ substrate-like PCB (SLP) products to enable more space for...

Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA has announced it is teaming up with Intel to develop a 5G smartphone platform designed for the China market.

MediaTek's 12nm Helio P40 series mobile chips have been adopted by Oppo and Vivo for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report from Taiwan's TechNews.

Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) has disclosed plans to acquire a 70% stake in Japan-based Elna Printed Circuits for a total of JPY3.5 billion (US$32.7 million).

AU Optronics (AUO) will begin to ship 8K TV panels in sizes ranging from 65- to 85-inch in the first half of 2018, while also ramping up shipments of all-screen displays for handset...

Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm Technologies have announced their intention to expand their decade-long foundry relationship into EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography process technology,...

Taiwan-based IC design houses expect orders from China's smartphone industry to pick up in the second quarter of 2018, with customer orders likely to register double-digit sequential...

Korea-based Seoul Semiconductor has filed with a court in Itlay a charge against US-based electronic component distributor Mouser Electronics for selling LED products made by Taiwan-based...