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.

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...

Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) spending on blockchain solutions will reach US$522.7 million by 2019, an increase of 81% over 2018's US$289.48 million, according to IDC.

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...

The escalating tit-for-tat tariff war between the world's two largest economies has prompted Taiwanese firms with operations in China to return home for investments while also sharply...

Foundry chipmaker Powerchip Technology has reported net losses of NT$2.69 billion (US$85.7 million) in the first half of 2019. EPS was negative NT$0.85 for the six-month period.

HannStar Board has disclosed plans to invest about NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million) in its factory site in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan where the PCB manufacturer will build additional...

NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profit declined 11.4% sequentially and 36.8% on year to NT$781 million (US$25 million) in the second quarter...

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced it and its investment arm Konly Venture will jointly add stake investment of NT$1.65 billion (US$53.1 million) in Star Shining Energy, a Taiwan-based...

SK Hynix saw its operating profits fall 89% from a year earlier to KRW638 billion (US$540.8 million) in the second quarter of 2019, when consolidated revenues slid 38% on year to...

PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology through its subsidiary Avary Holding (Shenzhen) has made CNY350 million (US$50.9 million) worth of investment to fund HongQiSheng Precision Electronics...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 282 projects proposed by local investors looking to invest in China during January-June 2019, with total investment value of...

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is stepping up the construction of its new factory site in Tainan, southern Taiwan, while its application to set...

China-based IC design firm Sage Microelectronics (Sage Micro) recently raised CNY240 million (US$35 million) in capital investment, which will be used toward the development of high-end...

The supply chain of servers and network communication devices has continued shifting their production out of China with Taiwan and North America being the two major choices for the...

At MWC Shanghai 2019, Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu gave an update on Huawei's progress in 5G deployment, sharing concrete examples of how service innovation and cross-industry collaboration...

Wistron has been making new investments in India in the past couple of years and though the company currently still needs some more time to iron out differences with the Indian government,...

Taiwan-based touch module maker TPK Holding has announced that it is withdrawing from a consortium that pursues investment in the cash-strapped Japan Display (JDI), citing volatile...

E-paper solution provider E Ink Holding (EIH) has announced a strategic investment in Plastic Logic HK, which designs and develops electrophoretic display (EPD) products based on...

Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both have plans to expand additional new capacities for ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates judging from robust demand...

China's Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is likely to kick off volume production of 64-layer 3D NAND flash chips ahead of schedule, as it is striving to gain orders from Huawei,...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will acquire a land plot in Kaohsiung for building a smart plant to make servers and related products, as part of its efforts to enhance...

With the prospects of the financially-battered Japan Display (JUI) to secure new sources of funds in the Japanese market becoming dim after the company reported its fifth consecutive...

EMS provider Qisda has achieved growth by investing in firms whose businesses complement its own, with its 2018 consolidated revenues reaching a record at NT$4.576 billion (US$149...

TPK Holding expects to make a final decision on an investment deal with Japan Display (JDI) by the end of 2019, according to Michael Chiang, chairman of the Taiwan-based touch panel...