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...

Third-party smartphone application processor providers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to adopt a more conservative approach to promoting their...

Samsung Electronics plans to begin selling its in-house developed Exynos mobile processors to other smartphone vendors in order to expand the scale of its smartphone chip platform,...

Qualcomm's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are expected to decline slightly in 2018, as top-tier smartphone vendors' in-house-developed APs - which cater to their...

Year 2018 could become the beginning of the commercial application of foldable panels as Samsung Display has unofficially unveiled its 7.3-inch foldable (in-folding type) OLED panels...

Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip (GUC) has announced net profits of NT$854 million (US$29.16 million) for 2017, increasing 54.9% from a year earlier. The earnings...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to break ground this week for the construction of its new 5nm fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), where its...

With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) new 5nm fab ready to start construction, its partners in the fields of materials analysis, wafer testing and chemical consumables...

With the global PC market entering the traditional slow season and demand from China's automotive electronics market turning weak, medium- to high-power MOSFET chips have seen shipment...

Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) is expected to land more LCM (LCD module) orders from Apple, which reportedly plans to release an entry-level 13-inch MacBook in...

Global TV and STB (set-top box) supply chains are gearing up to embrace the expected replacement sprees associated with the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 that opens in June in Russia,...

Taiwan will begin construction of its first self-driving testing field in a smart green energy science town in Tainan, southern Taiwan, in February 2018 and it will be open in mid-2019,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will see its revenues grow 10-15% on year in 2018, mainly driven by the three major sectors of HPC (high performance computing),...

The massive build-ups of OLED panel production capacity by China-based panel makers are expected to bring business opportunities for Taiwan-based makers, including driver IC designers,...