Smartphone solution providers are expected to face increasing uncertainty in 2018 as the global smartphone market has become more mature and will grow at a slow pace, if not shrinking,...

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has obtained financial support from the government to accelerate the development of its 14nm and more...

MediaTek has forecast revenues for the first quarter of 2018 will decline up to 20% sequentially, as smartphone demand in China continues to disappoint. A seasonal slowdown in IoT...

As global demand for smart voice assistant devices is estimated to soar sharply from 30 million units to 50 million in 2018 before hitting over 80 million in 2020, an increasing number...

Flexium Interconnect expects its sales to grow robustly in the first quarter of 2018 thanks to strong demand from its major clients, according to Cheng Ming-chih, chairman of the...

The sale of Faraday Technology's security control business boosted the Taiwan-based IC design service provider's profitability in 2017.

Robust memory chip demand boosted Samsung Electronics' profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017, when the vendor's net profits surged 72.9% on year to KRW12.26 trillion (US$11.5...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$41.69 billion (US$1.43 billion) for 2017, which represented on-year growth of 7.1% and...

Samsung has reportedly been contracted by a China-based firm to fabricate Bitcoin mining ASICs with volume production already kicking off in January.

Taiwan-based suppliers of analog ICs, MOSFET chips and protection components are braced for strong shipment growths in the first quarter of 2018 as demand for graphics cards for cryptocurrency...

Taiwan semiconductor firms will see major revenue boosts from the global cryptocurrency mining craze in 2018, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has landed sizable...

MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor saw its net profits climb to a record high of NT$926 million (US$31.7 million) in 2017. EPS for the year came to NT$4.10.

IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology's net profits fell 78% on year to NT$491 million (US$16.8 million) in 2017. EPS for the year came to NT$1.10, down from NT$5.01...

Taiwan-based fabless IC firm Himax Technologies has announced the acquisition of certain advanced nano 3D masters manufacturing assets and related intellectual property and business...

Taiwan-based Chimei Materials recently broke ground for a new plant in Xian, China where it will install its second 2,500mm polarizer production line.