LCD driver IC firm Novatek Microelectronic expects to post revenues of between NT$11.7 billion (US$371.4 million) and NT$12.1 billion for the third quarter of 2016 representing sequential...

Falling revenues dragged down profitability at IC design services provider Global Unichip in the second quarter of 2016.

Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC/SoC and silicon IP provider, expects to post a revenue decline of 14-18% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016. The company attributed its pessimistic...

Analog IC vendor On-Bright Electronics has reported net profits of NT$226 million (US$7.13 million) for the second quarter of 2016, increasing 142% from the previous quarter. Second-quarter...

IC Insights has forecast that semiconductor industry capital spending will increase by only 3% in 2016 after declining by 2% in 2015. However, driven by the top three spenders, Samsung,...

Faraday Technology and United Microelectronics (UMC) have jointly announced the availability of Faraday's 12.5Gbps programmable SerDes PHY IP on UMC's 28HPC process technology. The...

Notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has reported net profits of NT$180 million (US$5.673 million) for the second quarter of 2016, down 3.7% on quarter and 40% on year. Second-quarter...

Sony will reduce its equipment investment for CMOS image sensors to JPY70 billion (US$691.53 million) in fiscal 2016, while maintaining its sensor production capacity at 70,000 12-inch...

Shipments of smartphones by China-based Oppo may fall short of its revised goal of shipping 90-100 million units in 2016 due to insufficient supply of AMOLED panels from Samsung Display,...

MediaTek expects its 2016 revenues to increase 25% on year, an upward revision from the about 10% growth estimated previously.

IC material testing company Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) saw its net profits grow 43.9% on quarter and 77.2% on year to NT$66 million (US$2.08 million) in the second quarter...

MediaTek's gross margin continued to slide in the second quarter of 2016 reaching a record-low 35.2%.

Consumer IC design specialist Generalplus Technology has reported net profits of NT$170 million (US$5.4 million) for the second quarter of 2016, the highest quarterly levels since...

IC distributor WPG Holdings has reported operating profits of NT$2.4 billion (US$75.9 million) for the second quarter of 2016, a record high.

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$79.1 billion during the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 1.0% over the previous quarter but a decrease of 5.8% compared to the second...