Niche IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics is reportedly engaged in the development of AI chips for accelerating edge computing at smartphones and other devices, according to industry...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which runs only 8-inch wafer fabrication lines, has already seen its supply fall short of demand with order visibility...

Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China are expected to grow 9.3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2020, driven by a pick-up in shipments of 5G-enabled phones...

Global shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones are expected to reach over 250 million units in 2020, accounting for over 20% of global smartphone shipments for the year, according to...

Huawei shipped more smartphones worldwide than any other vendor for the first time in the second quarter of 2020, marking the first quarter in nine years that a company other than...

Smartphone shipments to the China market more than doubled sequentially in second-quarter 2020 following a period hard hit the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year, according...

Passive component maker Walsin Technology has seen its order visibility for the third quarter extend, particularly for the notebook segment, according to the Taiwan-based company.

Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to decline both sequentially and annually in the third quarter of 2020, after experiencing a robust on-quarter growth in the...

The global semiconductor packaging materials market will expand from US$17.6 billion in revenue logged in 2019 to US$20.8 billion in 2024, a 3.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR),...

China's handset vendors as a whole are expected to see their combined shipments experience a double-digit decline annually in the second half of 2020 as their export shipments would...

Taiwan-based backend houses and IC test interface solutions providers have started scaling up their output for midrange 5G smartphone chips designed by MediaTek for the China market,...

Major handset brands including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Asustek Computer and Lenovo have been keen on developing foldable and gaming models, with specs and designs of...

Memory chipmakers have seen their inventory levels start swelling amid continued weak demand for smartphones, according to industry sources.

Asustek Computer has launched its next-generation gaming phone, the ROG Phone 3, as the vendor moves to further sharpen its competitiveness in the segment.

Unit prices for some SoC chips used in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have fallen below US$1, and are still under downward pressure this year due to fierce competition among China-...

TSMC has revised upward its 5G smartphone penetration rate forecast for 2020 to 17-19%, but expects the overall smartphone shipments this year to decline 11-13%.

Taiwan-based suppliers engaged in the supply chains of Apple and TSMC may still be able to see their sales performance follow seasonal patterns in the third quarter - traditionally...

Smartphone shipments in the China market decreased 17% on year to 28.6 million units in June, with 5G models accounting for 17.5 million units or 61% of overall shipments in the month,...

TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 16nm and more mature processs pick up recently, and has demanded sufficient supplies from related materials providers through October,...

The outlook for the handset market in second-half 2020 remains highly uncertain and messages coming from the supply chain have been rather mixed. Samsung's upstream partners have...

Samsung Electronics will unveil its next-generation 5G flagship smartphones - likely the Galaxy Note 20 5G series products along with other devices such as the Galaxy Watch 3 - during...

DRAM and NAND flash memory prices will turn weak and start falling over the next two to three quarters, if smartphone sales buck seasonal trends and disappoint in the second half...

HTC saw its revenues surge 63.8% sequentially to a six-month high of NT$649 million (US$22.1 million) in June, bolstered by the release of its mid-tier smartphone, the Desire 20 Pro,...

Taiwan's first-tier IC design houses, such as MediaTek, have demanded more capacity support from their foundry partners recently, according to industry sources.

Chinese handset vendor Xiaomi reportedly will work more closely with MediaTek to jointly develop customized SoCs for 5G smartphones after having its Redmi 10X series adopt the chipmaker's...