US-headquartered companies held 52% of the total worldwide IC market in 2018, followed by their fellow South Korea-based companies with a 27% share,...

China ICT makers are keen on turning to Taiwan supply chain as they seek alternative import sources of discrete power semiconductor devices, especially medium- and high-end ones long...

The order visibility for Taiwan-based IC design houses for the third quarter of 2019 is unclear with prospects of seeing demand from the handset sector further soften later on, as...

Taiwan's dedicated semiconductor materials and devices analysis, testing and verification labs, including Integrated Service Technology, (iST), Materials Aanalysis Technology (MA-tek)...

Wahlee Industrial with its distributed optical communication components and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials has entered the supply chain for 5G devices including antenna modules,...

Six-inch foundries including Mosel Vitelic and Episil Technologies have seen their customers mainly those engaged in the power IC sector turn cautious, placing mostly short-term orders...

Unimicron Technology is scheduled to break ground for a new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan in July followed by equipment move-in a year later. The new facility is designed for...

Taiwan-based JMC Electronics, which uses both subtrative and semi-additive processes to manufacture chip-on-film (COF) substrates, has strength to better compete with its larger international...

Silicon wafer demand has stayed robust from China's chipmaking industry in line with the country's ongoing efforts to increase self-sufficiency in semiconductors, according to sources...

Wafer test solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has expressed caution about its shipments in the fourth quarter of 2019, judging from poor order visibility for the...

A new supply chain for China IT firms may gradually take shape in Asia in the future as they are seeking to wean themselves off US suppliers of crucial components and facilitate their...

Taiwan IC designers have turned conservative about their revenue performances for the second half of 2019 as uncertain fallouts of the US-China trade war and trade sanctions against...

China semiconductor firms including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) and Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) are still proceeding with their capacity expansion plans...

China's Shennan Circuit has managed to generate profits from its IC substrate business, and has expanded its IC substrate offerings to include those for handset-use application processors...

Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have reported sequential increases in May consolidated revenues of 2.8% and 30.6%, respectively.

IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its capacity utilization rate rebound to over 80% recently, thanks to a pull-in of short lead-time orders from mainly China,...

Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both have plans to expand additional new capacities for ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates judging from robust demand...

Backend house Ardentec recently broke ground for the second-phase construction of its factory site in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan. The new facility construction is scheduled to complete...

Taiwan-based GaAs IC foundries and epitaxial wafer suppliers intend to diversify their client portfolios to lower their reliance on Apple and Huawei, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to report impressive sales results for May, thanks to the roll-outs of their new products and a seasonal pick-up in orders for consumer...

Robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips to China have boosted revenues at ZillTek Technology in May, inspiring the Taiwan-based IC designer to expect its monthly and quarterly revenue...

Flash device controller IC supplier Phison Electronics expects a pick-up in demand for SSDs to drive its revenue growth in the third quarter, with the demand driven by the rollout...

The IC market is likely to stage a strong rebound in the third quarter of 2019, following sequential drops over the previous three quarters, according...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced plans to delist its American depositary shares (ADS) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The decision was made...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has signed a new contract with National Instruments (NI) under which Spirox will sell NI's STS (semiconductor...