China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenue grew 18.7% on year and 3.7% sequentially to US$938 million in the second quarter...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits increased 24.3% sequentially and 9.9% on year to a record high of NT$2.03 billion (US$69.1 million)...

Optical film supplier Wah Hong Industrial has reported strong sales for July and expects the momentum to last through the third quarter, bolstered by surging panel demand supporting...

PCB maker Apex International has expressed optimism about its performance in the third quarter of 2020 thanks to pandemic-induced robust demand for TVs and networking devices, and...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which runs only 8-inch wafer fabrication lines, has already seen its supply fall short of demand with order visibility...

Taiwan's CCL maker Elite Material (EMC) expects to see its third-quarter 2020 revenues sequentially grow at least 10% on strong demand for flagship handset and 5G infrastructure applications,...

Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers has reported net profits grew 18% sequentially to NT$3.4 billion (US$115.5 million) in the second quarter, with net profit margin hitting a...

China-based chipmakers, such as GigaDevice, have stepped up their deployments in the automotive and other high-end NOR flash market segments eyeing a more significant market share,...

Global shipments of servers are estimated to contract 5.6% sequentially in the third quarter of 2020 due to a deceleration in demand for cloud servers from datacenter operators and...

With TSMC scaling up its 7nm and 5nm chip output, related silicon wafer materials and equipment suppliers have seen significant orders from the pure-play foundry and are ramping up...

ASE Technology Holding expects to generate sequential revenue growth through the fourth quarter of 2019, judging from a substantial pick-up in orders for communications chips.

DRAM and NAND flash are expected to repeat as the two largest IC segments again in 2020 after holding the same positions in 2019, according to IC Insights.

CCL firms including Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) are cautious about the third quarter, due mainly to a slowdown in demand for 5G base station equipment from China, according...

Chroma Ate, which provides integrated and customized solutions for test and measurement instruments, has reported net profits increased 24% sequentially to NT$580 million (US$19.8...

Global demand for collaborative robots has turned weak due to the coronavirus pandemic and the stagnancy is expected to remain until year-end 2020 or early 2021, according to Mark...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics returned to profitability in the second quarter of 2020, ending a streak of two consecutive quarterly losses.

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects 8-inch foundry quotes to be favorable to the company in 2021, judging from the already tight capacities at 8-inch foundries...

Passive component maker Walsin Technology has seen its order visibility for the third quarter extend, particularly for the notebook segment, according to the Taiwan-based company.

MOSFET chip specialist Excelliance MOS saw its revenues for second-quarter 2020 spike 52.6% sequentially and 25.6% on year to a record high of NT$534 million (US$17.80 million), and...

Most Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers have seen their order visibility improve as handset brands gear up for the launch of new models in the third quarter, and PC and notebook...

The global semiconductor packaging materials market will expand from US$17.6 billion in revenue logged in 2019 to US$20.8 billion in 2024, a 3.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR),...

Pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors expects to post a mid single-digit sequential increase in third-quarter revenues, with gross margin staying above 40%.

Fabless chipmaker Elan Microelectronics, which specializes in touchscreen controller chips and fingerprint sensors, expects robust shipments for Chromebook to boost its revenue in...

Taiwan's Economic Affairs Minister Mei-hua Wang, in response to the Japan and India governments' call for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to set up wafer foundries...

Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers are optimistic about demand for notebook applications in the second half of 2020, judging from the outlook given by notebook ODMs.