Commenting on the US-China trade tensions and how they are affecting the ICT upstream supply chains in Taiwan, Japan and Korea, Digitimes president Colley Hwang has pointed out that...

US-headquartered companies held 52% of the total worldwide IC market in 2018, followed by their fellow South Korea-based companies with a 27% share,...

The development of China's homegrown DRAM industry is on track despite the escalating US-China trade war resulting in a slowdown in demand for end-market applications including handsets,...

GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...

Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 14% from US$56.62 billion in 2017 to an all-time high of US$64.5 billion in 2018, according to SEMI.

The global semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% in 2018, propelling semiconductor materials revenues to US$51.9 billion to eclipse the previous high of US$47.1 billion set in...

Brand smartphone vendors may see their profits fall significantly in 2019 as they are investing heavily in upgrading their models despite sluggish terminal market demand, according...

Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...

The huge annual trade deficit of up to US$375 billion is definitely a major reason for the US to raise tariffs on goods imported from China, but the trade war seems to be more of...

South Korea is a global semiconductor powerhouse, with semiconductor output recording an increasing ratio of its total annual exports, surging from 12.6% in 2016 to 17.1% in 2017,...

The US-China trade war, a key threat to the global economy in 2018, will continue to play a pivotal role in 2019. But what does it mean to the world's biggest manufacturer and market,...

The South Korea government has cooperated with the private sector to boost upgrading of manufacturing industries and aims to increase the number of smart factories from about 5,000...

Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to US$62.1 billion in 2018, exceeding the historic high of US$56.6 billion set last year,...

SK Hynix has reported net profits of KRW4.69 trillion (US$4.12 billion) on consolidated revenues of KRW11.42 trillion for the third quarter of 2018. Both hit record-high levels.

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has disclosed plans to build new production lines for 12-inch wafers at its existing plant in South Korea.

Demand from China's semiconductor industry is set to witness robust growth, according to fab toolmaker KLA-Tencor, which expects China to become its largest market in 2019.

BenQ Dialysis Technology (BDT) has disclosed it has obtained a license from South Korean authorities allowing it to begin supplying its Qflux Dialyzer hemodialyzers in the country...

SK Hynix has reported net profits of KRW4.33 trillion (US$3.87 billion) on consolidated revenues of KRW10.37 trillion for the second quarter of 2018. Both results hit record-high...

Taiwan-based backend firm Chipbond Technology is expected to see revenues generated from orders for OLED panel driver ICs make a substantial contribution to company revenues in 2019...

China-based Xiaomi launched its latest smartphones including the flagship Hongmi Note 5, in Seoul, South Korea, priced KRW200,000-300,000 (US$190-285), in cooperation with local telecom...

Samsung Electronics will expand its capex for NAND flash memory to around US$9 billion in 2019, up from about US$6.4 billion in 2018, a recent Chosun Ilbo report quoted industry...

China will unseat South Korea as the largest market of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2019, when global sales hit another record-high levels, according to SEMI.

GlobalWafers has reached a MoU with the government of South Korea for the silicon wafer company to expand production capacity at its local plant in South Korea, according to company...

Most Korea-based LCD equipment makers saw their revenues hit high in 2017, driven by expansion projects initiated by Samsung Display and LG Display to ramp up their OLED panel production...

Taiwan's machinery exports, after surging 21.1% on year to US$25.6 billion in 2017, soared 18.3% from a year earlier to US$6.43 billion in the first quarter of 2018, with China remaining...