Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...

MediaTek is expected to start shipping its first-generation 5G SoC chips later in the fourth quarter of 2019, for which the chipmaker is likely to post a slight drop or flat growth...

China's de-Americanization campaign, a move aimed at cutting reliance on the US suppliers of crucial semiconductor components and technologies, has emerged as the largest black swan...

Taiwan-based DRAM memory maker Nanya Technology saw its September revenues remain above NT$5 billion (US$161.6 million). Revenues for the third quarter of 2019 came to nearly NT$14.8...

IC design houses ALi and Rafael Micro have seen demand for set-top boxes (STB) pick up substantially with further improvements in order visibility for the fourth quarter, according...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology, specialty DRAM and flash memory specialist Winbond Electronics and mask ROM and flash chipmaker Macronix International are expected to post substantial...

China-based semiconductor firms are keenly luring talent away from chipmakers in Taiwan and South Korea by offering much higher pays, seeking to shorten time for technology development...

Leading IC backend house ASE Technology Holding will have its fan-out (FO) packaging technology ready in 2020 at the earliest for volume production of mmWave antenna-in-package (AiP)...

MediaTek is set to unveil a new office building in northern Taiwan in mid September, which will be dedicated to the development of 5G chip technologies while also serving as the chipmaker's...

China-based DRAM chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT, formerly Innotron) has kicked off 12-inch fab equipment move-in in the third quarter, aiming to start commercial runs...

Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have reported sequential increases in August consolidated revenues of 24.9% and 3.1%, respectively.

IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) saw its consolidated revenues for August 2019 increase 7.4% sequentially and 16.1% on year to a record high of NT$367...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has revised upward its bit shipment guidance for the third quarter of 2019 to over 25% growth sequentially from the mid-teen percentage increase estimated...

Development of 5G technologies and products has become a key direction for Huawei's operation with its orders for 5G-related...

Huawei's chipmaking arm Hisilicon is expected to become not only the largest Asia-based fabless chipmaker but also TSMC's biggest client in 2020, according to industry sources.