TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to post consolidated revenues of between US$7.55 billion and US$7.65 billion in the second quarter of 2019, up 6.4-7.8% sequentially...

BenQ Materials is striving to ramp up sales of its hydrophobic contact lenses, making the medical care business a new growth driver in addition to incumbent polarizer products, according...

Chip demand for more-than-Moore device applications has been picking up, lifting 8-inch fab utilization rates at a rapid pace recently, according to industry sources.

MediaTek is expected to post revenues of between NT$56 billion (US$1.82 billion) and NT$61 million in the second quarter of 2019, representing a 7-14% sequential increase, with gross...

Uncertainty in end-market demand has caused PCB firm Tripod Technology to remain conservative about its performance in the second quarter of 2019.

IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by a pull-in of orders for IoT and automotive electronics applications, according to sources at...

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...

Demand for LCD interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in China has been rising, attracting panel makers in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and local players to step up efforts seeking larger shares...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$12.83 billion (US$415.8 million) in the first quarter...

Demand for UV-C LED modules for disinfection applications is likely to take off in second-half 2019, as a ban on production, exports and imports of mercury-containing goods will take...

DRAM ASPs are forecast to fall 15-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2019, and drop another 10% in the third quarter, according to DRAMeXchange.

COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...

China-based solar poly-Si wafer maker GCL-Poly Energy, in response to shrinking demand, has focused marketing on black poly-Si, quasi-mono-Si models and mono-Si wafers, according...

Memory market demand is expected to pick up in the second half of 2019, according to Miin Wu, chairman for flash memory and mask ROM chipmaker Macronix International.

Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) substrate demand will remain robust and be even more bullish in the era of 5G, when a diverse range of applications emerges, according to industry sou...

CPU shortages continued driving down global PC shipments in the first quarter of 2019 and even blurring order visibility for the second quarter. This, in turn, is seen to dim business...

E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has reported that its earnings hit a 7-year high in 2018 thanks to robust demand for its electronic shelf label (ESL) products.

Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) prices, which saw significant increases in 2018, have come under downward pressure due to a slowdown in demand, according...

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...

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors expects to see its capacity utilization rate recover starting the second quarter, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones rolled out by Asia-based...

Taiwan-based FineMat Applied Materials, a maker of common metal masks (CMM) needed for OLED panel production, is actively expanding capacity to meet increasing demand for OLED applications...

Recent concerns over market conditions, coupled with a sharp downturn in average selling prices, will lead the DRAM market to reach just US$77 billion in 2019 - a 22% year-over-year...

In the wake of concerns about hardware oversupply amid weak demand for the Apple iPhone, TH Tung, chairman of Pegatron and Taipei Computer Association (TCA), has pointed out that...

Continued sluggish demand for servers and notebooks, Intel's ongoing CPU shortages and unfavorable global trade conditions are casting a shadow over Inventec's business outlook this...