LCD driver IC and MOSFET chip prices are set to rise over 10% in fourth-quarter 2020 and will continue their rally in the following two quarters to reflect tight supply and rising...

Rohm has unveiled its ultra-compact MOSFET chips sized 1.0x1.0mm, including RV8xxx- and BSS84XHZG-series that meet AEC-Q101 reliability standards for automotive electronics applica...

IC design house Sonix Technology is expected to post record-high revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to strong demand for video conferencing, according to industry sourc...

Taiwan's vendors of LCD driver ICs and MOSFET chips are mulling raising their quotes to reflect increased costs resulting from tight capacity at 8-inch or even 12-inch wafer fabs,...

Taiwanese IC designers are likely to raise their quotes for power management ICs and MOSFETs for notebooks, desktop PCs and servers to reflect increased costs resulting from tight...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs,...

Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, with many of them contracting SMIC to manufacture their chips supplied to the Chinese market, are mulling shifting orders away from the China-based...

Automotive diode demand has started picking up since July after staying stagnant for months, and Taiwanese makers are stepping up deployments in IGBT and SiC power components seeking...

Diode maker HY Electronic (HYE) has taken a number of measures to maintain its sales momentum amid global economic uncertainty in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to...

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...

Following a wave of rush orders in April-May, Taiwanese suppliers of protective components for notebooks and tablets have seen orders pick up again starting July, as brand vendors...

Taiwan's suppliers of MOSFET chips and ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection devices, after ending the second quarter of 2020 with impressive revenue increases, are expected to...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chipmakers including Advanced Power Electronics, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Sinopower Semiconductor are gearing up for volume shipments for new PCs...

The supply of SiC wafers may become insufficient to satisfy demand for electric vehicles (EV) in the near future, prompting Taiwan-based silicon wafer makers including GlobalWafers,...

The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric...

China-based Leadrive Technology, specializing in third-generation semiconductor power modules for electric vehicles, has teamed up with Japan's IDM Rohm Semiconductor to set up an...

As China's car market has started picking up gradually since the second half of April, demand for auto-use passive components, diodes and MOSFET devices is expected to grow significantly...

Pure-play foundry Mosel Vitelic is expected to return to profitability in the second quarter of 2020, thanks to robust orders for sensors for use in infrared thermometers, and MOSFET...

MOSFET backend specialists, such as GEM Services, have seen orders start pulling in since March and expect the momentum to persist through June, according to industry sources.

IDMs in Europe, the US and Japan are keenly moving to farm out their operations, particularly backend IC testing, to Taiwan OSAT firms, thanks to their plants in the regions and in...

Taiwan-based six-inch foundries including Mosel Vitelic and Episil Technologies have enjoyed growing demand for power devices such as MOSFET chips for use in notebooks and servers,...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip specialists, which ship mainly to PC and notebook application segments, are striving for capacity support from their foundry partners particularly 6-inch...

Panasonic has agreed to sell its semiconductor business to Nuvoton Technology, a Taiwan-based MCU specialist majority owned by memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics.

Taiwan-based leadframe maker Jih Lin Technology expects its revenues to resume growth in 2020 on renewed demand for diverse leadframes from international IDMs for packaging automotive...

Power semiconductor demand is about to hit its bottom and start picking up, as Infineon and other IDMs have lowered their power chip inventories to healthy levels, according to industry...