Mid-tier 5G phones priced about CNY4,000 (US$572) are likely to become mainstream products in China's 5G smartphone segment in 2020, according to sources from Taiwan-based IC-design...

Taiwan- and China-based foundries have seen increases in orders for display driver ICs and sensors for use in 5G smartphones and other devices recently, with 12- and 8-inch fab utilization...

While planning to unveil its second sub-6 GHz 5G chip on December 25, MediaTek is also eyeing to introduce its first mmWave 5G chip in the second half of 2020, according to sources...

Taiwan-based industrial memory module maker Innodisk has acquired a 43% stake in Sysinno Technology, becoming the largest shareholder the Taiwanese sensor technology developer.

NAND flash contract market prices are expected to rise 10-15% in the first quarter of 2020, thanks to suppliers' output controls and a pick-up in demand for datacenter applications,...

Although demand for 5G smartphones is expected to pick up dramatically in 2020, prices of related SoC are expected to stay unfriendly for the first half of 2020 and are unlikely to...

Unit prices for 5G mobile SoCs may begin to ease off in the second half of 2020, according to industry sources.

Robust orders for advanced fabrication and packaging services at TSMC have prompted the foundry to team up with Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) and Integrated Service Technology...

Fingerprint recognition will continue to be a major feature for smartphones next year, with optical and ultrasonic in-display sensors to be two main options for device vendors. Taiwan-based...

Hisilicon Technologies, a chip arm of Huawei, will be ready to sell its IoT chip modules on open market in early 2020 at the earliest, according to company technology vice president...

Cisco has unveiled further details behind its technology strategy for building a new Internet - one designed to push digital innovation beyond the performance, economic and power...

Goodix Technology is set to ramp up shipments of its optical in-display fingerprint sensors in 2020, and has reportedly reserved sufficient 8-inch fab capacity from TSMC, according...

Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a member of Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding, has disclosed plans to acquire fellow EMS company Asteelflash for around US$450 million.

Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their shipments ramp up in most of fourth-quarter 2019 with...

SoC solutions supporting 5G mmWave technology are unlikely to make a meaningful presence in the 5G chip market until the second half of 2020, according to industry sources.