Demand for ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates continues to be strong while demand for other IC substrate and PCB products is being affected by seasonal factors, according to...

Taiwan-based backend firms have seen orders from MediaTek fall around 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, but expect them to start rebounding in January with substantial...

MediaTek has reported November consolidated revenues fell 10.4% sequentially to a nine-month low of NT$18.67 billion (US$604.2 million). Consolidated sales for the first 11 months...

Wireless charging devices for smartphones have experienced a remarkable decline in demand in 2018 due to poorer charging performance than traditional charging, and Taiwan MLCC suppliers...

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

Overall revenues from Taiwan's server sector are expected to rise over 20% on year in 2018 with server shipments increasing over 10% on year, according to Digitimes Research figures...

LED driver IC supplier Macroblock is cautious about its business prospects for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first-quarter 2019 judging from a continued slowdown in customer order...

Li-ion battery and Li-ion polymer battery maker Synergy ScienTech was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at an initial price of NT$18 (US$0.58) per share on December 5, according...

Samsung Display reportedly plans to convert one of its 8.5G LCD fabs, the L8-1, into a production base for the development of QD-OLED (quantum dot-OLED) panels with the transition...

The combined augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) headset market grew 9.4% on year in the third quarter of 2018, according to IDC. The VR headset market returned to growth...

Notebook makers are expected to raise the adoption of soft-package li-polymer battery modules to 80% of all their machines in 2019 from over 50% in 2018, in line with rising demand...

DRAM maker Nanya Technology expects to post an around 15% sequential decrease in bit shipments for the fourth quarter, a downward revision from its previous estimate of flat growth...

Global shipments of wearable devices reached 32 million units in the third quarter of 2018, up 21.7% from the previous year, according to IDC.

ASML expects some delay in deliveries during the start of 2019, due to a fire at one of its suppliers of electronics components and modules.

Smartphone vendors intend to promote their all-screen models in 2019 to boost their unit sales amid stagnant global demand for smartphones. With all-screen smartphones adopting TDDI...

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is gearing up for robust component semiconductor demand for 5G infrastructure and devices, according to the Taiwan-based company specializing...

Taiwan makers of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and aluminum solid capacities are moving to develop new industrial applications for their passive components, as their shipments...

Demand for 100G/400G switches are expected to take off in 2019, earlier than expected, along with increasing hyper-scale datacenter establishments, prompting Taiwan-based PCL Technologies,...

Africa's mobile phone market declined 2.1% on quarter in the third quarter of 2018 according to the latest figures announced by IDC. Overall shipments for the quarter totaled 52.6...

Taiwan-based IC design houses expect to see a new wave of orders from downstream PC and notebook clients before the Lunar New Year holidays in early February at the earliest, as the...

A fire broke out at diode firm Actron Technology's factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan in the early hours of November 26. The company expects the incident to have no material impact...

Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has delivered samples of its optical fingerprint identification solutions to China and Korea smartphone vendors for validation,...

Taiwan-based Weltrend Semiconductor may see its annual shipments of USB power delivery (PD) controller chips for 2018 double from a year earlier to reach 50 million units as the shipments...

The supply of high-end NOR flash memory chips continues to be tight though the supply of low-end ones has risen substantially to affect the chip prices, according to Macronix International...

Taiwan's monitor shipments grew 7.5% on year in the third quarter of 2018 and are expected to continue enjoying a similar level of on-year increase in the fourth quarter, according...