Demand for parts and components by first-tier China-based smartphone vendors has rebounded recently, and some supply chain makers have reportedly landed short lead-time orders from...

China-based Unigroup Spreadtrum RDA, a merger of IC designers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics under Tsinghua Unigroup, is poised to perform better in the smartphone...

Innolux is set to commercialize its new active matrix (AM)-based mini LED products by the end of 2018, according to Ting Chin-lung, senior vice president and head of the technology...

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported decreased consolidated revenues for January due to declines in LCD panel prices. January revenues totaled NT$2.594 billion (US$88.74 million),...

In a clear sign of recovery from a disappointing downturn just two years ago, global spending on semiconductors rose to a five-year high in 2017, spurred by a hike in the pricing...

LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to see its first-quarter revenues decrease 10-14% sequentially as a result of seasonality.

Touch panel makers TPK Holding and General Interface Solution (GIS) both have reported sequential decreases in January consolidated revenues due to seasonality.

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) has decided to drastically expand a supply system for EUV lithography mask blanks at one of its group companies, AGC Electronics, in 2018, according to the Japan-based...

The global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling US$412.2 billion in 2017, the industry's highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to the 2016 total, according...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported net profits declined 18.7% from a year earlier to NT$4.51 billion (US$153.6 million) in 2017, when consolidated...

Qualcomm and Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Sao Paulo. This joint...

Taiwan-based MCU supplier Nuvoton Technology is ready to cash in on the growing market demand for wireless charging microcontroller units (MCUs) in 2018 as it is capable of offering...

Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.87 billion (US$131.9 million) for January 2018, up 15.2% sequentially and 9.9% on...

IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) is expected to post revenue growth of over 45% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018, as shipments for 7nm...

The fastest growing types of microprocessors in 2012-2017 were mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for smartphones and tablets, and microprocessors used in embedded-processing applications,...