Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology, a logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics specializing in MCU and PC peripherals, saw its net profits for 2017 climb to a seven-year high of NT$688...

Globalfoundries' 45nm RF SOI (45RFSOI) technology platform has been qualified and is ready for volume production, according to the pure-play foundry. Several customers are currently...

MediaTek is expected to land Wi-Fi ASIC orders for the next-generation HomePad devices to be launched by Apple in 2019, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has approved Qualcomm's application to pay a NT$23.4 billion (US$803.09 million) antitrust fine in 60 installments in five years.

Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, is expected to see multifold increases in its shipments of glass passivated package (GPP) bridge rectifiers for...

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together...

Taiwan-based processor IP provider Andes Technology has stressed that following a thorough review, none of its CPU products are affected by either Meltdown or Spectre bugs, according...

Qualcomm has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with four China-based smartphone vendors: Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi for the purchase of Qualcomm's RF front-end (RFFE) components...

HKC is planning to invest CNY40 billion (US$6.36 billion) to build an 11G LCD panel production line in Henan, China, according to industry sources. The China-based HKC's move comes...

Fabless IC firm Elan Microelectronics has been involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) chips with plans to assign a team of over 100 engineers to enhance further...

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to post substantial sequential growth in January revenues thanks to a pull-in of orders from China, according to industry sources.

Toppan Photomasks has announced that additional investment will be made in new, leading-edge equipment for mass production of advanced photomasks at Toppan Photomasks Company Shanghai...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.39 billion in billings worldwide in December 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...

Annual semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discretes, or O-S-D, devices) are expected to grow 9% in 2018 and top one trillion units for the first time,...

Second-tier wafer foundry houses including Episil Technologies, Mosel Vitelic and Hejian Technology are all optimistic about their revenue prospects for 2018 as they have enjoyed...