The most important evolution in the LCD driver IC packaging sector in 2018 is that the COF (chip on film) package process has become a crucial alternative to COG (chip on glass) for...

Competition in the in-display fingerprint sensor market is heating up as more IC design-houses, smartphone vendors and other companies are jumping into the bandwagon in order to get...

After Google's Chrome OS-powered mobile computing devices have scored a dominant share of the K-12 education market in the US, the tech giant is moving to tap the business PC market...

Apple and China-based smartphone vendors are expected to compete fiercely to ramp up their market share in India, China and other emerging markets in 2018 before the advent of the...

Apple is redesigning chargers and related interface for its next-generation iPhone and iPad devices, and will likely have its 2019 series of iPhones come with USB Type-C support,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...

Sales of smart speakers integrating artificial intelligence (AI) analyses and targeting wide-ranging smart home application scenarios have performed outstandingly in 2017-2018. According...

Apple is reportedly to tighten its grip on the supply chains of new MacBook models through direct pricing negotiations with third-party suppliers of non-key parts such as screws,...

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 5% on year to US$20.2 billion in 2017, while the tablet AP market grew 3% to US$2 billion, according to Strategy...

Pegatron is likely to land orders from Apple to produce an ARM-based MacBook model, codenamed Star with a series number N84, according to industry sources.

Worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments drop around 30% sequentially in April primarily due to seasonal factors, but compared to the same month in 2017, the volumes...

Taiwan-based VCSEL application solutions provider HLJ Technology has decided to invest NT$2.7 billion (US$90.08 million) to build a 6-inc epi wafer fab at its plant complex in northern...

Flexible PCB specialist Career Technology swung to net profit of NT$33.95 million (US$1.14 million) in the first quarter of 2018 from loss of NT$85.29 million a year earlier. EPS...

With USB Type-C connector gaining momentum to become a mainstream interface for smartphones, PCs and notebooks, global market demand for Type-C chips is estimated to see an annual...

Quanta Computer has announced its first-quarter 2018 financial results with its profits, gross margin and operating profit margin all slipping from the same quarter a year ago, with...

Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK and General Interface Solution (GIS), both iPhone supply chain partners, have mixed prospects for the second quarter of 2018, with the former likely...

Intel's new-generation H310 desktop processors fabricated on 14nm process reportedly have run out of supply in less than one month after the chipset was launched in early April 2018,...

Smartphone shipments in China fell 34% sequentially and 13.4% on year to below 90 million units in the first quarter of 2018, affected by reduced production during the Lunar New Year...

Global notebook shipments for the second quarter of 2018 are likely to see a lower sequential growth than recorded in the same period of 2017, and may fall by over 5% on year, Digitimes...

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal second-quarter 2018 (ended March 31, 2018), posting quarterly revenues of US$61.1 billion, an increase of 16% from the year-ago...

Global shipments of tablets hit a new quarterly low of 33 million units in the first quarter of 2017, falling 28.2% sequentially and 14.9% on year, due partly to insufficient stimulation...

Apple will defer the volume production of its new budget-type MacBook Air for 2018 to the second half of the year from the originally-scheduled second quarter, supply chain sources...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has disclosed its gross margin fell 8.3pp on year and 5.2pp sequentially to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2018, the lowest level...

Smartphone brands are expected to increase their adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors, which allow phones to have full-screen displays with an invisible fingerprint feature,...

The competition among wireless charging standards did not come to an end when Apple decided to choose Qi of the WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) for iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices in...