Robust demand for more content for mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), automotive and industrial applications will drive production of 700,000 200mm wafers from 2019 to 2022, a 14%...

Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...

Taiwan foundry houses see poor order visibility for the second quarter of 2019, as domestic and international IC design houses need more time to digest their chip inventories, according...

Largan Precision, a major supplier of lens modules used in Apple's smartphones, saw fourth-quarter 2018 revenues and operating profits both slip by over 20% mainly due to decreased...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its revenues fall to a 19-month low in January 2019, while niche-market DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics' revenues...

Hinge makers are set to expand their metal injection molding (MIM) capacity in 2019 to satisfy increasing demand from notebook vendors, according to sources from the upstream supply...

China-based IC production is forecast to exhibit a strong 2018-2023 CAGR of 15%, according to IC Insights. Considering that China-based IC production was only US$23.8 billion in 2018,...

Persisting robust demand for 8-inch wafer foundry services have prompted foundry houses to expand their capacities in this segment in various ways, including the latest move by Vanguard...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post a revenue decrease of 8-13% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, citing inventory adjustments...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has said plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in southern Taiwan are still on track despite some near-term headwin...

Taiwan ODM Compal Electronics is actively proceeding with capacity expansions in China, Taiwan and Vietnam despite global economic prospects clouded by US-China trade tensions, and...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen the delivery time for chips produced on its advanced node processes reduced to less than two months compared with over three...

Diode maker Actron Technology will start constructing a new plant dedicated to producing automotive insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan around mid-2019...

PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has decided to increase its capex budget this year by NT$2.32 billion (US$75.5 million) to total NT$8.3 billion, according to a...

Solid-state lithium ceramic battery (LCB) maker ProLogium Technology has disclosed it is constructing a factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan to expand annual production capacity from...

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has been requested by Huawei's semiconductor subsidiary HiSilicon to provide 20-30% more of the testing house's available production capacity in the first...

Server DRAM contract prices are expected to fall by more than 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, according to DRAMeXchange, which estimated previously a smaller 15% dro...

PV installations completed globally in 2018 totaled 103.3GWp in installation capacity, growing 4.9% on year, and the total in 2019 will grow 7.7% to 111.3GWp, according to EnergyTr...

Taiwan-based LED firms have been improving their production efficiency by upgrading manufacturing lines with more smart automation equipment in a bid to maintain competitiveness against...

Taiwan-based foundries including Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), Episil Technologies and Mosel Vitelic will continue to enjoy brisk demand for power discrete semiconductors...

Some China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have resumed capacity expansion since the start 2019, according to industry sources.

The global market for NAND flash memory will remain in oversupply in 2019, as the outlook for end-market demand stays weak, according to DRAMeXchange. NAND flash chipmakers have moved...

Semiconductor material distributors Topco Scientific and Wahlee Industrial have both reported on-year increases in consolidated revenues for 2018 of 21.4% and 23.4%, respectively.

With the strong popularity of the Apple AirPods, and chip developers including Qualcomm and Realtek offering solutions for true wireless earbuds, more earphone brands are expected...

Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is on track to expand production capacity by acquiring production equipment for its existing fabs in 2019, when the company...