Macronix International has announced that STMicroelectronics is using Macronix International's 8-bit I/O serial NOR flash memory for ST's new STM32L4+ microcontroller discovery kits...

China's dedicated mining ASIC supplier Bitmain has squeezed into the list of the nation's startup unicorns, and its quarter-by-quarter shipment growth of mining ASICs as well as its...

China-based companies have shown the largest fabless IC market share gain since 2010, according to IC Insights. China-based fabless chipmakers collectively captured an only 5% share...

Taiwan and international IC designers have advanced fabrication orders with foundry houses to early 2018 to support shipments in the traditional boom season in the second half, amid...

As Apple has reportedly decided to continue using 3D sensor-based face recognition in its new iPhone devices in 2018, Taiwan suppliers in the 3D sensor supply chain, including those...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.41 billion in billings worldwide in February 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...

Nasdaq-listed Taiwan-based Silicon Motion Technology is a leading supplier of NAND flash controller chips, long quietly driving the upgrades of the global flash memory sector with...

Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of 8- and 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers, saw its net profit hit a 10-year high of NT$2.24 billion (US$76.8 million)...

Taiwan-based GEM Services, a backend house dedicated to MOSEFET chips and power modules, plans to expand monthly production capacity at its plant in Hefei, China by 30-50% to better...

Smartphone vendors in the Android camp are rushing to incorporate in-display fingerprint recognition technology into their 18:9 all-screen models as they have turned conservative...

The new Samsung Galaxy S9+ equipped with 64GB of NAND flash memory (model number SM-G965U1) carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost of US$375.80, much higher than for previous versions...

Samsung Electronics has announced the availability of its latest application processor (AP), the Exynos 7 Series 9610, built using the company's 10nm FinFET process.

Sharp reportedly will realign its LCD panel production lines in 2018 with plans to ramp up the output of IGZO and OLED panels, and at the same time to pare down LTPS and a-Si panel...

Memory backend specialist Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) has obtained new orders for USB PD (power delivery) chips from Weltrend Semiconductor, according to industry source...

The growing application of AI to terminal devices has triggered a new wave of IC design and IP resources reorganization, with device makers showing increasing demand for ASICs, either...