Taiwan's automotive PCB suppliers have seen clear order visibility for over three months ahead, but their actual shipments may be dragged down by lingering shortages of automotive...

Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to wholly acquire fellow IC assembly and test service company UTAC Taiwan for NT$4.62 billion (US$165 million), and expects to complete...

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will be expanding production capacity for automotive chips at a gradual pace, with additional output to arrive as early as the third quarter of this...

Taiwan-based LED firms Everlight Electronics and Lextar Electronics, and LCD panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are stepping up efforts developing miniLED-backlit LCD automotive...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers are shifting their marketing strategies to focus more on automotive and surveillance applications seeking to ramp up profitability, according to...

Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are poised to embrace major growth momentum throughout 2021 as they have landed one-year...

Dutch chipmaker NXP will step up promotion for its multi-chip power amplifier (PA) modules for 5G small cells and Wi-Fi 6E SoCs in 2021, apart from automotive chips and modules.

Many carmaking plants in China have reduced production in the wake of serious shortages of automotive semiconductor components, according to industry sources.

With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...

Downstream clients have neither registered overly-high inventory levels for high-end PCB products nor overbooked capacity at PCB makers, as they are still striving to satisfy strong...

Taiwan-based Ventec International, which specializes in specialty CCL and automotive thermal materials, has expressed optimism that its revenue performance for first-quarter 2021...

Taiwan's automotive components makers are expected to expand their presence in the supply chain of Tesla, as some of them reportedly have regained orders for electric motor components...

Taiwan's major automotive PCB makers Ching-Poon Industrial, Tripod Technology and Dynamic Electronics are set to sustain high capacity utilization throughout first-half 2021, but...

Taiwan leadframe makers are likely to raise quotes for leadframes for packaging automotive chips and power modules by 5-10% to reflect increased material costs amid increasing demand...

PCB manufacturers have seen the visibility of orders for automotive electronics applications extended to at least 4-5 months, but labor shortages may dent their actual shipments,...

More automotive chipmakers have approached Taiwan-based foundry houses TSMC, UMC and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) seeking capacity support to meet a ramp-up in automotive...

Delivery lead times for wirebonding packaging equipment have extended to over six months, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Pure-play foundries have seen their supply for automotive ICs, including MCUs, storage controller chips and power management ICs, fall short of demand by 25-40%, according to industry...

Both TSMC and UMC are expected to sustain full capacity utilization for 28nm manufacturing process at their 8-inch and 12-inch fabs throughout third-quarter 2021, with gross margins...

Major automotive chip vendors including NXP are mulling adopting FOPLP (fan-out panel level packaging) technology to process part of their peripheral automotive chips seeking to reduce...

Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...

The output of Taiwan's PCB industry grew 5.6% on year to a record high of NT$667.2 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2020, bolstered by pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy in most of...

Taiwan-based automotive PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unitech and Dynamic Electronics are guardedly optimistic about their sales prospects this year after seeing revenues...

Along with fast growing demand for compound and Si-based ICs used in automotive sensor modules, Taiwan-based GaAs epitaxial wafer makers WIN Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor...

PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Tripod Technology have both seen strong HDI PCB shipment pull-ins from clients for handset, notebook and automotive applications, and are...