Taiwan-based OSAT provider ASE Technology has recently gained orders shifted from backend plants located in Southeast Asia, where coronavirus lockdowns are imposed in several countries...

Chip resistors are seeing the tightest supply among passive components with book-to-bill ratios at suppliers rising to 1.8, higher than 1.5 for MLCCs, and major makers Yageo, Walsin...

Memory module makers have become increasingly uncertain about their outlook for the second quarter despite an influx of short lead-time orders for PCs, and continued strong demand...

TSMC has seen 28nm as well as 40/45nm process capacity utilization rates drop, due to a slump in chip demand for automotive and consumer electronics devices, according to sources...

Chip demand from the handset sector is set to be weak in the second quarter of 2020, as sales of smartphones in the end market have not yet recovered, according to sources at Taiwan-based...

Taiwan PCB makers' production for Intel's next-generation Whitley server platform is likely to be deferred to the second half of 2020 from the original schedule in middle or at the...

Handset PCB specialists' order visibility has extended only to May, and are still unsure about their overall sales results for second-quarter 2020 as orders for June are yet to be...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...

Gartner and IC Insights both in their recent reports revised downward their chip market growth projections this year to slight decreases.

PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its business prospect for the second quarter of 2020, as order visibility is clear through May but uncertain for...

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) saw first-quarter 2020 consolidated revenues surge 30.35% on year to hit the firm's second-highest quarterly level at NT$18.81...

MLCC and chip resistor supplier Yageo has received a green light from Taiwan's government to nearly double the investment amount for a previously approved expansion project aiming...

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology now give priority to shipping memory chips and devices for data centers and other server applications, as demand for smartphones...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported record revenues of NT$7.84 billion (US$260.9 million) for the first quarter of 2020, up 13.6% on year...

Apex International has disclosed plans to expand its existing production capacity in Thailand to better satisfy increasing PCB demand for automotive and household electronics applications,...