Globalfoundries has announced that the foundry and silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers have struck a US$800 million agreement to add 300mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer manufacturing...

Global top-5 notebook brands, not including Apple, expect demand for notebooks to stay robust in the second half of 2021 and believe notebook shipments are unlikely to experience...

Macronix International has been putting increased focus on sales of its high-density NOR flash products, while stepping up its deployments in the automotive, industrial, and other...

Qisda is looking to form a business group that focuses on medical care covering the Greater China and Southeast Asia, according to company chairman Peter Chen.

Car OEMs continue to see their production disrupted by the ongoing shortage of related chips and components, with some forced to suspend their output due to chip supply constraints,...

Motherboard and graphics card maker Gigabyte Technology saw its net profits hike 150% sequentially to a record high of NT$2.76 billion (US$98.1 million) in the first quarter of 2021,...

SK Hynix is considering feasible plans to double its foundry capacity, according to company co-CEO and vice chairman Park Jung-ho.

While many Taiwan-based manufacturers have seen strong demand exceed their capacity, there will be much macroeconomic uncertainty in second-half 2021, according to Peter Chen, chairman...

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to invest a total of KRW171 trillion (US$151 billion) in its system LSI and foundry businesses through 2030, an increase of KRW38 trillion...

Taiwan-based telecom solution provider Chief Telecom will establish its fourth datacenter in northern Taiwan with the construction to begin in the second half of the year, according...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 4% sequentially to a record high of 3.337 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2021, according to SEMI.

Panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is already in talks about major orders for 2022, according to company chairman Paul Peng.

Power supply and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics expects sales in the second quarter to outperform the prior quarter's levels, judging from better order visibility...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to invest a total of NT$100 billion (US$3.58 billion) in the expansion of its 12-inch factory site in southern...

Taiwan stands a good chance of becoming a global top-3 exporter of machine tools in the next 7-10 years, up from its current foruth place, according to chairman Jimmy Chu for machine...

AU Optronics (AUO) has been diversifying its offerings and target markets, pursuing stable profit growth in the coming years, according to the Taiwan-based company.

BenQ Materials has sustained full capacity utilization for polarizer production, with its order visibility clear through the end of the second quarter or even the third quarter, according...

Quanta Computer's ECG smart medical solution has obtained certification from Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) and has been adopted by National Taiwan University Hospital...

Shortages of PC components should start easing in the second quarter of 2022, according to Young-Way Liu, chairman for Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai).

Foxconn will continue to invest in Wisconsin but will look for suitable business sectors there, according to company chairman Young-Way Liu in response to the firm's decision to downsizing...

Taiwan-based DRAM maker Nanya Technology has announced plans to establish a new 12-inch wafer fab designed for the company's in-house developed 10nm-class and EUV-based process man...

Acer has disclosed plans to acquire a stake in FocalTech Systems, a Taiwan-based display driver IC supplier, for up to NT$1.5 billion (US$53.21 million).

TSMC chairman Mark Liu, who participated in a virtual summit hosted by the Biden administration to discuss global chip shortages and the US plan to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing...

FitTech has received significant orders for equipment for probing, testing and sorting miniLED used in backlighting, with shipments scheduled until September 2021, according to company...

Taiwan-based NOR flash chipmakers have seen more of their clients eager to strike long-term supply agreements, according to industry sources.