Taiwan's 6-inch wafer foundry houses such as Mosel Vitelic have been landing rush orders from China - probably from the Huawei camp - in May for processing MOSFET chips for use in...

A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based MOSFET firms Excelliance MOS and Sinopower Semiconductor have reported on-year increases of 49% and 51.5%, respectively, in net profits for the first quarter of 2019.

MOSFET chip specialist Excelliance MOS has reported net profits slipped 3.5% sequentially but surged 49% from a year earlier to NT$69.62 million (US$2.25 million) in the first quarter...

GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...

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...

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...

TSMC's new 8-inch wafer fab to be built in Tainan will have its capacity mostly fulfill robust orders for automotive chips from STMicroelectronics and other dedicated chipmakers,...

Taiwan-based MOSFET suppliers have turned cautious about their business outlook for the first half of 2019, as graphics card makers are still maintaining relatively high inventory...

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...

Smart cars will integrate four core elements, collectively dubbed CASE (connected, autonomous, shared and services, and electric), which has become a common goal being sought after...

Infineon, now the world's largest supplier of MOSFET chips, is ramping up production of such chips at its new 12-inch plant, inspiring more IDMs to follow suit in 2019, a move that...

Delivery lead times for MOSFET chips have been shortened thanks to more available 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.

Backend house GEM Services, which specializes in packaging services for semiconductor power devices, is expected to enjoy another year of record-high revenues in 2019 thanks to robust...

As international IDMs still dominate the market for IGBT, the core power component for new energy vehicles and hybrid vehicles, Taiwan makers of discrete power devices are keen to...

Taiwan-based foundries including Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), Episil Technologies and Mosel Vitelic will continue to enjoy brisk demand for power discrete semiconductors...

Lite-On Semiconductor has obtained contract manufacturing orders from China-based MOSFET suppliers, and is expected to see its 6-inch fab utilization rate climb to 70-80% in 2019...

Taiwan MOSFET suppliers expect stable shipment and revenue increases in the first quarter of 2019, due partly to sufficient 8-inch wafer foundry support and partly to clients' mass...

Defying slack demand from smartphone and the impact of the US-China trade war, foundry houses in Taiwan and China are rushing to expand capacities at their 8-inch wafer fabs seeking...

Taiwan-based GEM Services, dedicated to packaging MOSFET and other semiconductor power devices, is expected to tap deeper into the sectors of automotive-use and industrial-control...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service firm Kingpak Technology has seen its order visibility extend to the first half of 2019, and will see its capacity utilization rate rebound...

Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential decreases in November consolidated revenues of 3.1% and 8.1%, respectively,...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip firms Excelliance MOS and Sinopower Semiconductor have reported sequential increases in November revenues of 14% and 2%, respectively.