Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 48% on year and 5% sequentially to a record high of US$24.9 billion in the second quarter of 2021, according to SEMI.

Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, saw its August revenue drop 27.2% sequentially due to the impact of COVID outbreaks in Southeast...

Taiwan recorded a total export value of US$39.55 for August 2021, hitting a monthly record for the second consecutive time with a growth of 4.2% on month and 26.9% on year. The corresponding...

More China- and South Korea-based smartphone vendors are expected to adopt vapor chambers (VCs) for their new models slated for launch in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to...

LED driver IC design house Macroblock has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until year-end of 2021 with quotes its products for rising due to tight supply of wafer foundry...

OmniVision plans to cut back substantially its orders placed with Taiwan's IC manufacturing sector, according to market sources.

As order visibility for many market segment, such as 5G and EV, has already extended to 2025, foundry houses are eager...

Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Ventec Electronics all saw their revenues register double-digit on-year increases...

Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Nan Ya PCB is poised to generate sequential revenue increases through the fourth quarter of 2021, as robust ABF-based as well as BT substrate demand...

Unisoc has become an alternative source of smartphone AP supply for Chinese smartphone brands.

LCD driver IC design houses will hike quotes to reflect continually increased costs for wafer foundry services but have been faced with reluctance from clients, LCD panel makers,...

Pure-play foundries have accelerated their capacity expansions as they have seen promising demand for cloud computing, AI, EV, 5G and IoT related applications, with order visibility...

IC design houses are caught between rising foundry costs and weakening end-market demand. The IC designers' sales and...

Taiwan IC design houses are expected to slow down their shipments in the fourth quarter of the year, as downstream clients have recently started to soften their shipment pull-in momentum,...

New Apple Watch and MacBook series reportedly are facing headwinds in production, but Taiwan's PCB makers in the supply chain of iOS devices are not concerned about possible delays...