China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenues grew 6.4% on year to a record high of US$3.1 billion in 2017. Net profits, however,...

Clevo expects its notebook shipments to reach 1.52 million units in 2018, up from 2017's 1.27 million units, driven mainly by demand for gaming models and orders from emerging markets,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its March revenues rebound to over NT$100 billion (US$3.43 billion), driven by a ramp-up of 16nm and 12nm chip...

Pegatron chairman TH Tung has disclosed that the company has a product maintenance plant in the US which can be quickly converted into a manufacturing base to cater to short-term...

Toshiba has approved Toshiba Memory's proposed investment in production equipment for Fab 6 at its Yokkaichi operations in Mie (Japan), where Toshiba Memory will be making 3D flash...

Taiwan-based Ardentec is expected to enjoy growing revenues generated from orders for automotive MCUs in 2018, according to industry sources. The IC testing company has seen orders...

Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of DowDuPont's specialty products division, held recently a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its phase-four expansion at its Asia CMP Manufacturing...

Inventec expects its first-half 2018 revenues to grow by a single-digit percentage on year and is planning to cut its overall manufacturing costs by 20% from a year ago in 2018 mainly...

Taiwan-based cleanroom maker United Information Systems (UIS) has enjoyed strong orders placed by its panel and semiconductor clients since 2018, and expects its revenues this year...

Worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach US$19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 54.2% over the amount spent in 2017, according to IDC....

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 95.57 for February 2018, decreasing 18.46% sequentially and 2.86% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...

IPC firm Advantech has announced an investment of NT$299 million (US$10.18 million) to acquire 17.5 million shares of AzureWave at a unit price of NT$17.10 via private placement.

Apple plans to launch a new 5.85-inch OLED iPhone this year as an upgrade to the existing iPhone X, but the vendor has managed to reduce the new device's initial manufacturing bill...

Chip-on-film (COF) packaging demand will start to grow substantially in the second half of 2018, driven by the arrival of new smartphones featuring an edge-to-edge display, according...

Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...

GPU demand from the cryptocurrency mining industry is showing signs of slowdown recently and Nvidia has started taking measures to minimize possible damage, according to some market...

Consolidated revenues at pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fell to a 10-month low of NT$64.64 billion (US$2.2 billion) in February 2018.

In addition to orders for 7nm chips, robust orders for cryptocurrency mining ASICs from China-based Bitmain Technologies are expected to drive Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...

PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.12 billion (US$106.7 million) for February 2018, down 31.1% on month and 15.1% on year.

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 117.45 for January 2018, increasing 2.03% sequentially and 10.84% on year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...

Samsung Electronics has enhanced its tie with Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, to boost further the competitiveness of its foundry operations,...

Semiconductor manufacturers around the world have closed or repurposed 92 wafer fabs from 2009-2017, according to data compiled by IC Insights.

Taiwan-based diode makers have raised their quotes by 7-15% to reflect increases in costs for materials such as copper and silicon epi wafer and for wafer fabrication, with prices...

The worldwide PCB industry output value grew 11.7% to US$65 billion in 2017, according to data compiled by Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA). The on-year growth was the highest...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's Shaoxing government and Shengyang Group have formed a joint venture named Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics (Shaoxin...