The emerging AI, IoT and 5G applications will be stimulating related chip and component demand, with a rebound likely to take place in the memory market next year, according to market...

Powertech Technology (PTI) with its fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology has obtained orders for high performance computing (HPC) solutions designed for AI and networking...

The global semiconductor market sales are forecast to increase 5-7% in 2020 following a decline this year, according to SEMI.

Leading IC backend house ASE Technology Holding will have its fan-out (FO) packaging technology ready in 2020 at the earliest for volume production of mmWave antenna-in-package (AiP)...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors plans to expand production capacity by around 5,000 6-inch wafers monthly in the second quarter of 2020 to meet ever-increasing compound semiconductor...

China- and US-based datacenter players are expected to replenish their HDD inventory beginning from fourth-quarter 2019 to first-quarter 2020, as demand for datacenter establishments...

The lead time for production of 7nm chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has extended to nearly six months from the previous two months because of strong demand,...

Investments in new fab projects starting construction in 2020 are expected to reach nearly US$50 billion, up about US$12 billion from 2019, according to SEMI.

Shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs), inclusive of traditional PCs and tablets, are expected to decline at a CAGR of 2.4% over 2019-2023, according to IDC. However, 2-in-1...

Taiwan-based Spirox, a distributor of packaging and testing equipment, has formed a partnership with National Instruments (NI) and expects their cooperation to bear fruit in 2020.

The brightest spot of Apple's launch for the iPhone 11 lineup turned out to be its new pricing strategy. Apple's move will not only help boost buying sentiment for the new iPhones,...

The worldwide handset market has shown signs of recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory, according to IDC...

Most Taiwan-based makers for optical communication components believe that their shipments of 5G devices will grow steadily starting the third quarter of 2019 before booming in the...

MediaTek is expected to see its September revenues climb to a record high, with revenues for the third quarter also hitting record-high levels, according to market observers.

Capex spending for memory ICs was the driving factor behind strong increases in industry-wide capex spending over the past two years. Most of those upgrades and expansion plans are...

PCB maker Apex International expects a relatively weak second half of 2019 due to limited seasonal stimulus and the appreciation of the Thai currency affecting its revenues and profits...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its capex this year reach around US$12.5 billion to satisfy robust chip demand in the 5G era, according to industry...

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed LED chips with lower power consumption and better light-emitting effect for smartphone panel backlighting and has won orders...

Touch module maker General Interface Solution (GIS) saw its revenues grow 9.5% on month and 23.97% on year to hit an 8-month high of NT$10.947 billion (US$348.57 million) in August...

TSMC has enjoyed a pull-in of chip orders demanding advanced 7nm node manufacturing, with order visibility stretching through the first half of 2020, according to sources in Taiwan's...

Spending on 300mm fab equipment will slowly recover in 2020 after the 2019 downturn and take off in 2021 to log a new record high topping US$60 billion, only to lag again in 2022...

Impacted by softening markets and rising uncertainty in global trade and economy, semiconductor spending of the world's top OEMs will face the steepest decline in a decade. According...

COF substrate makers and related packaging houses are expected to operate at full capacity through the end of 2019 on robust demand from smartphone vendors, and their revenues may...

Unimicron Technology has maintained its huge capex budgets for 2019 and 2020 are meant to strengthen its IC substrates technology upgrades and production capacity for the emerging...

Optical lens maker Kinko Optical reportedly will set aside a capex budget of NT$400 million (US$12.7 million) for 2020, the highest level since 2013.