TSMC is firmly on track to move 5nm process technology to commercial production in the first half of 2020 and will kick off production of chips built using a newer 3nm process node...

BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) have both disclosed plans to stop their investments in LCD display technology development and capacity expansion.

The memory sector is expected to resume growth momentum in 2020 thanks to steady increase in demand for 5G and server applications, with DRAM and NAND flash to see supply shortfalls...

China's leading PCB makers Shennan Circuits and Wus Printed Circuit are expected to see their net earnings for 2019 double from 2018 on robust demand for high-layer-count (HLC) PCBs...

GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) is gearing up for capacity expansion to satisfy ever-expanding demand for 5G RF (radio frequency), PA (power amplifier), WiFi 6...

Leadframe specialist Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) plans to expand its offerings to include those for power devices in 2020 and is also set to kick off a NT$3 billion (US$98.38 million)...

Samsung Electronics' NAND flash bit supply growth is expected to drop below 30% and even 25% in 2020, down from 35-40% this year, according to industry sources.

Memory module manufacturers and backend service providers have seen end-market demand pick up recently, and are gearing up to meet 5G-driven demand with their sufficient supplies...

Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of about US$74.9 million for capacity expansions at its plants in China in 202...

ShunSin Technology, Foxconn Technology Group's IC backend service affiliate, will be ramping up its capex next year to better meet growing demand for packaging high-speed fiber-optic...

Supply of HDI (high-density interconnect) boards has fallen short of demand in the second half of 2019, with Taiwan makers having to reschedule shipments to fulfill mounting orders...

Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to invest an additional US$48 million in its factory in Kunshan, China, where the Taiwan-based company will expand ABF substrate production capacity...

China-based DRAM chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT, formerly Innotron) has managed to improve its 19nm process manufacturing yield rates to satisfactory levels, and is...

High-density interconnection (HDI) PCB specialists including Compeq Manufacturing and Tripod Technology are both scheduled to have their new production capacities come online in 2021...

Taiwan-based IC testing interface supplier WinWay Technology has entered the supply chains of major chipmakers in the US and China with high-end customized IC sockets and will venture...

Taiwan's backend specialists ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are all moving to ready additional capacities to...

Taiwan's white-box server shipments are expected to rebound in 2020 after public cloud datacenter players finish adjusting their inventory levels in 2019, according to sources from...

GaAs IC foundries including Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors have both seen their 6-inch fab capacity utilization rates ramp up, driven by robust demand...

CCL maker Elite Material (EMC) has reported its net profits climbed 47.3% from a year earlier to hit a record high of NT$960 million (US$31.5 million) in the third quarter of 2019...

Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...

Taiwan-based PCB maker Dynamic Electronics returned to profitability in the third quarter of 2019, with its net earnings skyrocketing 48.37 folds on year to NT$121 million (US$3.97...

Ingrasys Technology, a high-end server and cloud computing storage equipment manufacturing affiliate of Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced its new...

ABF substrate demand will stay robust throughout 2020 and beyond thanks to a diversity of applications arising with the advent of the 5G era, according to Jiang Xugao, a PCB expert...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has disclosed it is building new production capacity to meet strong customer demand coming in the first quarter of 2020.

United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...