Backend houses continue to enjoy strong demand for processing IP camera chips and CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips, with their order visibility clear through the fourth quarter of 2021,...

Demand for CMOS image sensor (CIS) and other sensors is set to be robust this year, driven by a surge in demand for video conferencing, security surveillance and automotive electronics...

PCB makers in Japan and South Korea have been shifting production focus to IC substrates from segments of traditional multi-layer rigid boards and even higher-end HDI, flexible PCB...

As international design houses of smartphone-use CMOS image sensors (CIS) including Sony, Samsung Electronics, OmniVision and On Semiconductor have shifted 2021 business focus to...

TSMC-invested backend house Xintec expects to enjoy a particularly strong first-quarter 2021 and stable revenue and profit increases for the entire year, thanks to brisk wafer-level...

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is gearing up to expand its business in the logic IC field in 2021 with focus placed on flip-chip packaging and bumping services,...

Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are poised to embrace major growth momentum throughout 2021 as they have landed one-year...

With demand for diverse chips solutions continuing to grow robustly, Taiwan's foundry houses, IC designers and even EMS providers are all strengthening tie-up with backend houses...

Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top management shakeup after...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is again seeking to expand its 8-inch wafer foundry capacity through acquisitions to meet ever-booming demand from vendors of power management...

Himax Technologies, dedicated to display driver ICs and timing controller (TCON) chips, is set to accelerate the development of AI chips in 2021 through a recent collaboration deal...

Sony has recently estimated its CMOS image sensor (CIS) sales for fiscal 2020 (April 2020-March 2021) to fall 11.8% on year compared to a 6.5% decline estimated earlier, due mainly...

ASE Technology's development of its CMOS image sensor backend business has been in a low profile, unlike the development of its other offerings such as wirebonding and system-level...

China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) will step up efforts to expand its logic IC business, aiming to boost the revenue ratio for the segment from nearly 30% to over 40%, according...

Major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including Samsung Electronics and OmniVision reportedly have been pushing sales of midrange CIS components to Chinese handset brands due to...

China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...

With major CMOS image sensor (CIS) vendors including On Semiconductor and Sony set to put increased focus on automotive applications, Taiwan-based backend houses including Tong Hsing...

The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is expected to lower CMOS image sensor sales for the first time in 10 years, but new record-high revenues are seen next year, according...

Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has reportedly kicked off mass production of its in-house developed 50nm SPI NOR flash...

Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...

Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...

It was a year when global semiconductor revenue fell by the greatest percentage in at least two decades, when eight of the top-10 chip suppliers suffered revenue declines and when...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec are expanding capacity seeking to satisfy growing demand for multi-lens camera pho...