Eight-inch fab utilization rates continue to fall on weak demand for automotive and consumer ICs and are unlikely to rebound until the first half of 2020, according to industry sou...

Taiwan-based IC testing solutions providers including Keystone Microtech have seen a drastic pickup in 5G-driven orders from chipmakers in Taiwan and China for test interfaces such...

Growing chip demand for 5G- and AIoT-related applications will boost TSMC's revenues for 2020, which are expected to climb over 10% on year, according to industry sources.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics reportedly has teamed up with Germany-based Hella KGaA Hueck to develop matrix LED automotive headlights, with production to begin...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Xintec has put increased focus on high-profit segments of healthcare, industrial control and automotive CIS applications, and expects...

HDI PCB orders for automotive applications have picked up recently, and major makers Tripod Technology and Chin Poon Industrial are moving to increase their production ratio for such...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors, and backend houses Xintec and ShunSin Technology have started ramping up shipments for structured light 3D sensing components in the third quarter...

After reaching record-high sales in the last two years, the microcontroller (MCU) market slid lower in the first half of 2019 because of overall weakness in electronic systems, a...

LCD panel maker HannStar Display has reported net profit of NT$305 million (US$9.73 million) for the second quarter of 2019, up 66.67% on quarter but down 62.9% on year. EPS for the...

Despite a 38% sales decline expected this year, the DRAM market is forecast to remain the largest of all IC product categories again in 2019 with sales reaching US$62 billion, down...

PCB manufacturer Unitech Printed Circuit Board has reported net profit hiked 147% sequentially and 423% from a year earlier to NT$505 million (US$16.1 million) in the second quarter...

Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based IC backend service provider, has announced that volume production is kicking off at its new 12-inch wafer...

Lackluster terminal market demand has prompted Taiwan's leading passive components makers Yageo and Walsin Technology to step up implementing new development roadmaps for the next...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to post consolidated revenues of between US$9.1 billion and US$9.2 billion in the third quarter of 2019, up about 18% sequentially...

Largan Precision has decided to end development and production of automotive lens modules it has undertaken for over five years, according to Economic Daily News.

Rigid-flexible PCB maker Dynamic Electronics has dismissed a recent Chinese-language report indicating the company plans to sell its factory site in Taiwan to a fellow Taiwan-based...

Inspection equipment specialist Chroma ATE has signed a strategic cooperation MoU with Altair Engineering, under which the pair will work together to jointly develop tools for electric...

ASE Technology Holding, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Lingsen Precision Industries are among the Taiwan-based backend houses looking to benefit from robust demand for MEMS sensors...

Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has utilized up to 80% of its available rigid-flex PCB manufacturing capacity to fulfill orders for TWS (true wireless stereo) earbuds including...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers, after ending the first half of 2019 with lower revenues than a year earlier, are expected to significantly ramp up shipments in the traditional peak...

Cadence Design Systems has announced that its digital full flow has achieved certification for the Samsung Foundry 5nm low-power early (5LPE) process with extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...

Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...

Taiwan-based CCL (copper clad laminate) supplier Iteq is optimistic about its revenue performance for the second half of 2019, driven by growing demand from suppliers of 5G network...

Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.71 billion (US$248.3 million) for the first half of 2019, up 4.5% on year. The passive component vendor is optimistic...

Diode supplier Eris Technology, which has put increased focus on automotive electronics applications, has reported revenues for the second quarter of 2019 increased 12.6% sequentially...