Huawei is looking to step up purchases of memory chips from its Japan- and South Korea-based suppliers, including Toshiba Memory and SK Hynix, according to industry sources.

About 10 notebooks built to Intel's Project Athena design specifications will be unveiled at the upcoming Computex 2019 later in May, and are expected to hit market shelves in the...

Passive component vendor Yageo has reported sequential decreases in both revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2019, and remains cautious about its performance in the second...

Ruggedized PC vendor Getac Technology expects its sales to increase by a double-digit percentage on year in 2019, and the company has been offering full-set platform solutions to...

Taiwan-based suppliers of MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to see demand pick up gradually later in the second quarter of 2019, with factory utilization rates rebounding, according...

Passive components vendor Chilisin Group has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.27 billion (US$41.3 million) for March 2019, up 27.5% sequentially, with its aggregate revenues...

An explosion hit metal chassis maker Waffer Technology's plant in Kunshan, China on March 31, with seven people reported to have died and another five injured.

Taiwan-based IC designers, MCU suppliers and back-end packaging and testing service providers are all optimistic about the business opportunity brought by true wireless stereo (TWS)...

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS), which designs and manufactures power semiconductors for a broad range of applications, will start production at its new 12-inch wafer plant...

Speculation has circulated recently in Taiwan's industry about a new company that will be set up jointly by the local LCD panel and driver IC companies to specialize in the manufacture...

Polarizer maker Cheng Mei Materials Technology has said that the installation of production equipment at a new polarizer production line in Kunshan, China has not been disrupted by...

The supply of polarizers is getting tight recently as flat panel makers have been ramping up their capacity utilization rates to meet increasing demand for panels, particularly small-...

Passive component supplier Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues fell 30.1% sequentially but grew 27.8% on year to NT$998 million (US$32.3 million) in February 20...

Getac's new production lines for automotive components are expected to begin operation in the second quarter of 2019 to boost its overall shipments in 2019, and the company is looking...

Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the...

Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec expects a significant sequential revenue pickup in the second quarter of 2019 due mainly to faster inventory adjustments at 3D sensor supply...

Lite-On Semiconductor has set up a new business unit to combine its discrete component and power management IC offerings, the company has disclosed.

The ban on the use of 5G equipment from Huawei by US-led allies and telecom operators on concern of information security is casting shadows on the near-term prospects of Taiwan-based...

Battery maker AcBel Polytech, an affiliate of the New Kinpo Group, saw its consolidated revenues pick up 5.23% on year to come to NT$18.73 billion in 2018 despite a drop in profitability...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is striving to cut its operating costs this year, and has been in talks with its equipment and materials suppliers about lowering...

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...

As international IDMs still dominate the market for IGBT, the core power component for new energy vehicles and hybrid vehicles, Taiwan makers of discrete power devices are keen to...

Passive component supplier Chilisin Electronics has reported December revenues fell 13.7% sequentially, but revenues for all of 2018 still hit a record high.

Discrete component vendor Vishay plans to make NT$2.61 billion (US$84.8 million) worth of investment in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan for building additional production lines, and has...

Component orders from China's handset vendors have become dull recently due to slow sales in the end market and the impacts of persisting US-China trade disputes, according to sources...