Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Kingpak Technology is expected to see its second-quarter revenues fall only slightly on quarter as its average capacity utilization...

After three consecutive years of growth, worldwide semiconductor revenues will decrease 7.2% to US$440 billion in 2019, according to IDC.

China-based Internet service provider Tencent Holdings has reported first-quarter 2019 consolidated revenues of CNY85.465 billion (US$12.66 billion), growing 0.67% sequentially and...

Motherboard makers have experienced sluggish demand coming from the PC DIY market, which is likely to shrink further as the US-China trade dispute escalates, according to industry...

Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...

Taiwan-based MOSFET firms Excelliance MOS and Sinopower Semiconductor have reported on-year increases of 49% and 51.5%, respectively, in net profits for the first quarter of 2019.

Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam, commenting on the US government's announcement of extending the 25% tariff to notebooks and smartphones imported from China, has pointed out that...

GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...

PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reported net profit surged 30.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.08 billion (US$34.7 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with EPS coming to NT...

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, has reported net profit hiked nearly 225% from a year earlier to NT$143.5 million...

EMS provider Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.535 billion (US$439 million) for April, decreasing 8% sequentially and 18.31% on year.

Fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies expects to post a revenue increase of 2-7% sequentially in the second quarter following a 14.5% drop in the first quarter. Gross margin is forecast...

Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of NT$20 billion (US$644.7 million) in R&D and expanding production capacity for advanced flip-chip (FC) substrates...

Taiwan's second-tier panel makers - Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Hannstar Display and Giantplus Technology - have all reported improved sales for April as compared a month earlier...

GaAs epi-wafer company Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which uses MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) growth technology, saw its revenues for April plunge 23.8% on month to...

TSMC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$74.69 billion (US$2.45 billion) for April 2019, down 6.3% sequentially and 8.8% on year.

Fabless IC firm Pixart Imaging expects to see its second-quarter revenues increase substantially, driven by robust shipments of its Bluetooth audio chips, according to industry sou...

AU Optronics (AUO) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.99 billion (US$678.29 million) for April 2019, down 13.9% on month and 14.3% on year.

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its April revenues climb to a six-month high, while revenues at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) reached...

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported revenues of NT$9.416 billion (US$304.2 million) for April, up 8.3% on month and 41.7% on year.

Flexible PCB specialist Zhen Ding Technology, which has been diversifying its offerings to include substrate-like PCBs and rigid-flex boards, saw its consolidated revenues for April...

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue increase of 17-19% sequentially in the second quarter of 2019, with gross...

Time-lapse camera player Brinno on May 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$76.5 million (US$2.48 million) for April, the highest monthly level on record with growth of 39.67% on...

LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects shipments of its high-ASP and high-margin TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips to top 20 million units...

Memory chipmakers Nanya Technology, Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have reported sequential increases in April consolidated revenues of 10.5%, 6.2% and 4.5%, respec...