Taiwan-based IC test equipment supplier Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$740 million (US$24.90 million) for the first quarter of 2018, surging 36% sequentially but declining 6% on year.
Downward movement of prices for solid state drives (SSDs) and growing requirement for higher storage capacities have prompted notebook vendors such as HP and Dell to boost the adoption ratio of SSDs in their products, and 256GB is...
Coretronic Intelligent Robotics, a robot-manufacturing arm of BLU maker Coretronic, is expected to begin volume production of smart drone products designed for surveillance purposes in July, according to company sources.
Thanks to the booming development of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and applications, Taiwan-based specialists in semiconductor materials analysis, IC test and verification services, including Integrated Service Technology (iST),...
Taiwan-based suppliers of smartphone solutions, LCD driver ICs, analog and power management (PWM) chips, are expected to post double-digit sequential revenue growth in the second quarter of 2018 thanks to a significant pick-up in orders...
Pure Storage has worked with Nvidia and Arista Networks to jointly create AI Ready Infrastructure (AIRI) that is able to assist its clients with demand for AI applications.The company's FlashBlade series servers will be the initial...
With its large foundry and advanced packaging base, Taiwan was the largest consumer of semiconductor materials for the eighth consecutive year in 2017, according to a recent SEMI report.
EMS provider Qisda has adopted smart factory solutions at its factory in Taoyaun, Taiwan, and has been promoting such solutions to other manufacturers, according to company chairman and CEO Peter Chen.
NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics is expected to see its shipments for SSDs grow nearly 100% in 2018 topping 40 million units, according to company sources. Robust shipments for SSDs will also enable Phison to...
Epistar has dislosed it is setting up production capacity for 6-inch epitaxial wafers mainly for making VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) and GaN LED chips for power devices, with completion scheduled for June 2018 and...
The largest China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has entered the LED automotive lighting market segment through its Taiwan subsidiary, MLS Taiwan.
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits of NT$3.4 billion (US$114.3 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 92% sequentially and 48.7% on year.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continued to lead the global IC foundry market in 2017, with sales of US$32.2 billion, according to IC Insights. TSMC's 2017 sales were over 5x that of second-ranked Globalfoundries and...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.42 billion in billings worldwide in March 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings figure is 0.4% higher than the revised February 2018...
TeraPower Technology, a re-invested chip probing affiliate of Taiwan's memory backend service specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), is actively tapping into the automotive electronics segment and may land orders from Japan IDMs keen on...
Corning has reported net loss of US$589 million for first-quarter of 2018, an improvement from the net loss of US$1.412 billion for the previous quarter.
IC packaging specialist Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has reported net profits of NT$240 million (US$8.1 million) for the first quarter of 2018, down 83.9% sequentially and 75.9% on year.
Seen as an extension to the ongoing bilateral trade spats, the US Department of Commerce has imposed a ban on ZTE for sanctions violations, prohibiting American firms from selling components to the China telecom equipment maker for seven...
Techman (TM) Robot, Quanta Storage's own brand vendor of collaborative robots, is exhibiting the latest model, TM12, at Hannover Messe 2018 during April 23-27.
The competition among wireless charging standards did not come to an end when Apple decided to choose Qi of the WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) for iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices in 2017. Instead, the move has pushed the member companies...
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits for the first quarter of 2018 increased 5.4% sequentially and 65.8% from a year earlier to NT$841 million (US$28.4 million).
Taiwan-based graphics card makers including Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and TUL are expected to see their shipments for April plunge over 40% on month, as many clients have suspended taking shipments in response...
Winbond Electronics, a supplier of specialty DRAM and flash memory, has reported net profits surged 118% from a year earlier to NT$1.57 billion (US$53.1 million) in the first quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.40.
Speculation about Apple cutting back its orders for iPhone devices and related components has been fueled by revelations by more Taiwan-based suppliers that their orders from the US client for its smartphones have been reduced or...
Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen its order visibility extend to the third quarter of 2018, but expressed concerns that tight supplies of certain components and materials will affect its supply.
Blank optical disc maker Ritek will undertake outsourced production of business-use blank CD-R and DVD-R discs for Japan Disc for three years, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News .
Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled US$420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6% increase from 2016 revenues of US$345.9 billion, according to Gartner.
China-based semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has signed a deal with Nanchang city government, central China, to set up an MOCVD R&D and production base.
Digital camera ODM and digital imaging solution developer Altek will issue up to 60 million new shares to introduce strategic partners through private placement or private subscription for domestic or overseas convertible bonds,...
Networking device maker Sercomm plans to issue either 48 million new shares or NT$3 billion (US$101.25 million) worth of corporate bonds through private placement, according to a company announcement.
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the first quarter of 2018, with the market growing 0.6% and totaling 17.5 million units, according to IDC....
Major China-based solar mono-Si wafer makers have constructed additional production capacities in the western province of Yunnan, where abundant hydraulic power enhances competitiveness in product pricing and lowers carbon footprints.