Belgium-based investment fund Sogepa has signed a framework agreement with Hong Kong-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Thunder Power EV to invest US$150 million in the latter, according...

Officials from China's Anti-Monopoly Bureau of Ministry of Commerce have recently held a meeting with Micron Technology to "express concerns" about continued price increases for PC...

The output value of China's IC design industry sector is expected to exceed US$35 billion in 2018, driven by a combination of positive factors including continued growth in shipments...

China-based mono-Si solar cell makers are expanding production capacities for PERC cells that offer higher conversion rates, sending fellow poly-Si cell makers have following suit,...

Globalfoundries has denied recent rumors indicating the company is looking for a strategic partner or buyer to transfer the ownership of its 12-inch wafer plant in Chengdu, China.

Unmanned stores are experiencing a burgeoning development worldwide, with globally leading e-commerce players or retail chains including Amazon, Walmart, Alibba, and JD.com all jumping...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, recently held its 2018 China Technology Forum at Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai in Shanghai,...

Taiwan-based pure-play foundry UMC plans to invest a total of US$1.25 billion in its China-based plants where production capacity will be expanded to meet local demand, said company...

China's IC industry output value grew 20.8% from a year earlier to CNY115.29 billion (US$18.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the China...

China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has signed a deal which calls for an investment of up to CNY42.68 billion (US$6.682 billion) to build a new 11G flat panel plant - the...

Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...

The Bosch Group is looking to continue its growth in China, where the Germany-based supplier of technology and services achieved sales of EUR14.9 billion (US$17.44) in 2017 - a double-digit...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics, and memory foundry specialist Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are all gearing up for transition to...

Sanan Optoelectronics and HC SemiTek - the two largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers - and Epistar, their biggest counterpart in Taiwan, have seen inventories piling...

Pure-play foundries in China and Taiwan intend to encourage their fabless firms to transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing as their 8-inch fab capacity has been extremely tight,...