Touch panel makers TPK Holding and General Interface Solution (GIS) both have reported sequential decreases in January consolidated revenues due to seasonality.

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) has decided to drastically expand a supply system for EUV lithography mask blanks at one of its group companies, AGC Electronics, in 2018, according to the Japan-based...

The global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling US$412.2 billion in 2017, the industry's highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to the 2016 total, according...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported net profits declined 18.7% from a year earlier to NT$4.51 billion (US$153.6 million) in 2017, when consolidated...

Qualcomm and Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Sao Paulo. This joint...

Taiwan-based MCU supplier Nuvoton Technology is ready to cash in on the growing market demand for wireless charging microcontroller units (MCUs) in 2018 as it is capable of offering...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.87 billion (US$131.9 million) for January 2018, up 15.2% sequentially and 9.9% on...

IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) is expected to post revenue growth of over 45% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018, as shipments for 7nm...

The fastest growing types of microprocessors in 2012-2017 were mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for smartphones and tablets, and microprocessors used in embedded-processing applications,...

Samsung Electronics reportedly will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which has expressed concerns over Samsung's...

Though not scoring good revenue and profit performances in most part of 2017, chipmakers Intel and MediaTek have both witnessed significantly improved gross margins in the fourth...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its IC backend business sales to register strong sequential growth in the second quarter and grow through the fourth quarter. The...

Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a subsidiary of backend service provider Advanced Semiconductor Engineer (ASE), saw its net profits surge 63.1% to CNY1.31 billion (US$208.7...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Cadence Design Systems have collaborated to release a system-in-package (SiP) EDA solution that addresses the challenges of designing...

Qualcomm has reported GAPP revenues of US$6.1 billion for its fiscal first-quarter 2018 (ended December 24, 2017), rising 1% on year and 3% sequentially. But it saw a GAPP loss per...