It has become an irreversible trend to incorporate third-generation semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) into power devices and modules for electric vehicles (EV)...
Several research teams in Taiwan are studying ways to improve material properties to help the country lower its dependence on rare earth minerals imported from China.
XSemi, a joint venture between Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) and Yageo, has acquired a nearly 30% stake in Advanced Power Electronics (APEC), becoming the largest shareholder...
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) expects its IC fabs dedicated to producing automotive chips and third-generation semiconductors to come online in 2023.
Six-inch IC foundries, such as Mosel Vitelic and Nuvoton Technology, continue to run their fabs at full capacity utilization despite a recent slowdown in orders for LCD driver chips...
Taiwan-based gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundries and epi-wafer suppliers have started delivering epi-wafer samples, which are used in power amplifiers (PA) for Wi-Fi 7 radio-frequency...
III-V compound semiconductor wafer foundry service provider Unikorn Semiconductor may return to monthly profits by the end of 2022, according to company chairman Wayne Shih.
Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) expects to start generating gains from its investment in Unikorn Semiconductor, a compound...
GlobalWafers continues to strike long-term deals with customers demanding 8- and 12-inch silicon wafers, and compound wafers through 2025, according to company chairperson Doris Hs...
Foxconn Technology will move to incorporate AI-based smart manufacturing solutions to tackle bottlenecks encountered in manufacturing third-generation semiconductors including SiC...
Smartphone demand in the second quarter of 2022 continues to be bleak. Inventory pressure and shrinking consumer spending in China's domestic market mean China-based mobile phone...
FitTech has extended product development and production from LED probing/testing and sorting equipment to compound semiconductor wafer testing equipment and has developed 6-inch GaN...
Taiwan-based GEM Services, dedicated to packaging MOSFET and other semiconductor power devices, is guardedly optimistic about its business prospects for 2022 as its new plant in China's...
Taiwan's "five shortages" have been thrust back into the spotlight recently due to power outages and climate change. The "five shortages" refer to shortage of water, electricity,...
Government policy and financial support are the largest driving force behind the move of Sanan Optoelectronics Group to transform into an RF IDM through its compound semiconductor...
