Optical lens maker Kinko Optical has extended development to automotive applications including lenses for ADAS (advanced driver assistance system), rear parking, 360-degree AVM (around...

China ICT makers are keen on turning to Taiwan supply chain as they seek alternative import sources of discrete power semiconductor devices, especially medium- and high-end ones long...

PCB manufacturer Wus Printed Circuit has put increased focus on high-end offerings including those for automotive and network equipment applications, and the efforts are bearing fr...

Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) continues to enhance its pre-mold quad flat no-lead (QFN) leadframe offerings, and has developed pre-mold metal substrate (PMMS) technology for the emerging...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is optimistic about longer-term business prospects as it has enjoyed an increase of new clients amid the US-China trade war, although prospects...

Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek expects its sales for the second quarter of 2019 to come within the guidance given previously of 13-21% sequential growth.

PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reiterated its revenue target of a slight increase for 2019 amid unfavorable macroeconomic factors.

Innolux is to deepen its TV assembly business as it aims to have a better grasp of the end-market trend, and to ramp up revenues from the segment to account for 25% of its overall...

Micron Technology has introduced its new UFS 2.1 managed NAND products for automotive applications. The new Micron UFS 2.1 compliant managed NAND storage solutions deliver ultrafast...

Infineon's planned US$10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor will produce the world's largest automotive chip supplier, surpassing current market leader NXP and giving the...

Flat panel maker HannStar Display plans to shift about 20% of its automotive panel module production lines from the firm's Nanjing plant in China back to Taiwan, according to Hsuho...

Aluminum-alloy chassis maker Taiwan Hodaka Technology has entered the supply chain of US-based Boeing, passing its certification for alloying casting and extrusion process engineering,...

IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its capacity utilization rate rebound to over 80% recently, thanks to a pull-in of short lead-time orders from mainly China,...

Foxconn's upcoming 6G LCD plant in Wisconsin will initially use a-Si technology to produce IT and TV panels starting late 2020, and then shift to IGZO one year later for manufacturing...

COF packaging demand for automotive OLED displays has emerged, which may further tighten market supply as capacity expansion will remain quite limited in the short term, according...

Himax Technologies has launched its flexible OLED automotive display driver and timing controller for BOE Technology, according to the Taiwan-based fabless chipmaker.

The world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers all suffered year-over-year sales declines in the first quarter of 2019 as the global chip market posted its worst quarterly performance...

With 5G communication increasingly catching public attention in recent years, a small number of 5G-ready phones are finally making debut on the market beginning in 2019. However,...

Despite escalating uncertainties of the US-China trade war, the memory sector is expected to embrace the largest-ever bull market starting 2020, driven by massive 5G applications,...

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...

A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.

Polarizer supplier BenQ Materials has been striving to improve its product mix focusing on the development of high-margin products for applications including the PID (public information...

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...

Major memory chip vendors are on track to enter mass production of 90/96-layer 3D NAND products in the second half of 2019, according to industry observers.

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...