The year 2022 did not go easy on the automotive industry. Most companies saw their market capitalization shrink due to worldwide inflation, chip shortages and other supply chain disruptions...

Taiwan filed a request on Jan 3 expressing its desire to join a World Trade Organization (WTO) consultation regarding China's protest of the "certain measures on certain semiconductors...

For years, China was the world's biggest spender on chip incentives, a scale unmatched from Washington to Tokyo. Now, the effort to combat Covid and deal with the threat of a global...

Japanese semiconductor equipment suppliers Canon, Ulvac, Advantest, and material maker Sumitomo Bakelite are accelerating the R&D of back-end process products. Rapidus, a chip...

Taiwan OSATs including ASE Technology and Lingsen Precision Industries are set to enjoy stable backend orders for MEMS sensors from international clients, thanks to increasing penetration...

Asia's semiconductor companies are now facing the challenge of a global economic slowdown, as the pandemic-driven demand growth fades away, indicated the latest '2023 Asia Supply...

Samsung Electronics issued a preliminary earnings statement on January 6 saying that its 4Q22 operating profit fell by 69% to KRW4.3 trillion (US$3.4 billion), hitting an 8-year low...

Solar cell and photovoltaic (PV) module makers in Taiwan have seen their operations threatened by more imports from Southeast Asia, according to Doris Hsu, chairperson of Sino-American...

South Korea recorded an unfavorable trade balance of US$47.3 billion in 2022, the historically highest annual level, South Korea-based Aju Business Daily and