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...

Apart from Samsung and Huawei, both of which rely heavily on chips developed in-house, other first-tier China-based smartphone vendors including Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and OnePlus are...

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,...

For PCB makers, especially those based in Taiwan, 5G business opportunities from smartphones may outrace those from base stations as demand for the latter has been dented by slowed...

Taiwan-based backend houses including KYEC and Chipbond expect to see stable growth in demand for baseband chips and LCD driver ICs for Apple iPhone.

Samsung Electronics is expected to be able to maintain its leading market position in the global high-end smartphone segment in the fourth quarter of 2019 despite the offerings of...

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...

IC backend house ASE Technology Holding is expected to generate sequential revenue increases through the last quarter of 2019, driven by orders for SoC chips for smartphones, wearables...

Apple has announced the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, a new pro line for the vendor's smartphone series, as well as the iPhone 11 featuring a dual-camera system.

Wistron chairman Simon Lin believes the US-China trade dispute is unlikely to end any time soon and therefore the company will continue running production lines in different parts...

Acer has announced consolidated revenues for August reached NT$20.21 billion (US$641.87 million), up 10.3% on month, but down 9.6% on year with year-to-date revenues slipping 4.7%...

Asustek Computer registered consolidated revenues of NT$30.64 billion (US$973.13 million) for August, growing 20.03% on month and 5.1% on year, with combined consolidated revenues...

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...

Asustek Computer will showcase results of its development of products for CAD and enterprise users as well as AIoT applications at IFA 2019 in Berlin from September 6-11.

The overall mobile phone market of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) experienced robust on-year unit growth of 11.5% in the second quarter of 2019, with shipments totaling 6.5 million...

LG Electronics has seen sales of its smartphones improve gradually in the Taiwan market and will continue to enhance its deployment by introducing new models into the local market,...

Handset shipments by Taiwan's brand vendors and ODMs totaled 13.8 million units in the second quarter of 2019, on par with those shipped a quarter earlier but down 33.2% on year,...

Asustek is expected to ship over 400,000 units of its ROG Phone II in 2019, accounting for over 50% of the global gaming smartphone shipments in the year, according to industry sou...

Taiwan-based component makers, despite seeing shrinking demand for notebooks, have found new opportunities from emerging businesses such as foldable smartphones, foldable-screen notebooks...

Dedicated optical fingerprint sensor chips suppliers Goodix Technology and Egis Technology (EgisTec) may see their monthly and quarterly revenues hit new highs in the second half...

TPK Holding is currently in talks with OLED panel makers in China and Korea for the development of silver nanowire-based bendable touch solution for handsets with the solution's commercial...

Global sales of 5G smartphones will reach 160 million in 2020 if 5G takes off as expected in China, according to Strategy Analytics. Huawei is best positioned to capture the majority...

Cooling module makers including Auras Technology, Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) and Taisol Electronics are all moving to expand their capacities for vapor chambers (VCs) to cash in...

Taiwan-based cooling modules supplier Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) has seen shipments for smartphones ramp up since the third quarter of 2019, expecting the revenue ratio for such...

Upgrades in smartphone specs and features such as facial recognition, all-screen design and enhanced camera capabilities continue to drive related chip and component demand this year,...