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...

Discrete power components supplier Panjit International is set to release its second-generation SiC diodes in February 2020 to tap the lucrative market for wide band-gap (WBG) power...

SiC MOSFETs sees fast development and growing demand due to needs for high-voltage and high-power operating environment, but it is quite impossible for them to completely replace...

Taiwan-based Episil Holdings, which specializes in the manufacture of silicon epitaxial wafers and 5- and 6-inch foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, expects SiC wafer...

Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), specialized in offering semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, has seen its revenues stay at high levels since...

Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST) has maintained it has injected a lot of manpower and resources into in-house development of technologies while sticking to its established...

Wafer reclaim and thinning specialist Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has filed a lawsuit with the Taiwan IP court against Integrated Service Technology (iST) accusing it of infringing...

With Intel's CPU shortages easing, many Taiwan-based vendors of chips for PCs and notebooks expect to post sequential double-digit revenue increases in the third quarter after seeing...

Taiwan-based IC testing service providers including Integrated Service Technology (IST), Materials Analysis Technology (MA-Tek) and Sporton International, have seen customers' demand...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have seen demand from the PC and notebook segments pick up, with improved order visibility for the second half of 2019, according to industry sou...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip specialists, which ship mainly for PC and notebook applications, may have seen their sales hit bottom for 2019 in April and May. Sales have started picking...

Diode maker Taiwan Semiconductor has revved up efforts to develop total automotive power components solutions since the beginning of 2019, covering SiC Schottky diodes, ESD (electro-static...

Taiwan power semiconductor MOSFET supply chain players are expected to see notable revenue pickups in the third quarter of 2019 with order visibility stretched through mid-August,...

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...