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...

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...