NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post revenues of between US$114 million and US$120 million in the third quarter of 2020, down 12-17% sequentially,...

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...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter of 2020, with its capacity utilization rate remaining...

Memory demand for smartphones remains sluggish, and demand from the data center and server segment is slowing down, pushing up inventory levels at memory...

Memory chipmakers have seen their inventory levels start swelling amid continued weak demand for smartphones, according to industry sources.

Samsung Electronics maintained its lead in the smartphone memory market with 50% revenue share in the first quarter of 2020, followed by SK Hynix and Micron Technology, according...

Defying a decline in market revenue, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2020, as they benefitted from a...

NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...

Taiwanese supply chain makers, to cope with the US-China trade disputes and coronavirus pandemic, must carefully manage their inventory before completing production relocations from...

Sensor shipments for handset camera lens are expected to drop further in the second quarter of 2020, due to a plunge in end-market demand and excess inventory in the supply chain,...

Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron are all expected to enjoy strong shipments in the second quarter, but prolonged impacts from the coronavirus...

Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers expects to post flat sequential growth in second-quarter shipments, and has expressed uncertainty about its outlook this year.

Memory module manufacturer Team Group has reported net profits hiked 264.2% from a year earlier to NT$151 million (US$5.05 million) in the first quarter of 2020, when gross margin...

Major China-based LED chipmakers, due to shrinking demand arising from the coronavirus pandemic, have seen inventory pileups, according to industry sources.

Western Digital reportedly is raising its prices for enterprise-use HDDs to reflect increased costs from production and logistics with mainstream products expected to see more than...

IC testing interfaces vendor Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has set up VPC (vertical probe cards) smart production lines aiming to better meet clients' expectations for delivery...

DRAM and NAND flash prices are facing increasing downward pressure, due to a slump in demand for consumer electronics devices, according to industry sources.

IC Insights has forecast that worldwide IC unit shipments will register their first-ever back-to-back annual decline in 2020.

Despite strong rebounds in March revenues, industrial PC (IPC) makers are still cautious about demand for IPCs for the rest of 2020, according to sources from the upstream supply...

Notebook ODMs are expected to witness a completely different seasonal pattern in 2020 and will see shipments in April to remain at levels similar to those in March, according to sources...

Notebook ODMs have been stocking extra parts and components, as they are wary of limited availabilities of cables/wires, connectors and passive components amid the coronavirus pandemic,...

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled US$419.1 billion in 2019, down 12% from 2018, according to final results by Gartner. Intel regained the top position in the market as the downturn...

Global silicon wafer market sales could dip if uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 to the semiconductor industry persists, or could climb on the strength of rebounding...

Server ODMs have continued to stock up component inventory judging from clear order visibility through the third quarter or even the fourth quarter this year, according to industry...

PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its business prospect for the second quarter of 2020, as order visibility is clear through May but uncertain for...