Worldwide shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an on-year increase of 27.2%, according to IDC.

Globalfoundries has announced it is partnering with Bosch to develop and manufacture next-generation automotive radar technology, according to the companies.

High-end automotive and server applications will be new growth drivers for Taiwan's HDI PCB makers in the 5G era, apart from current consumer applications such as handsets, notebooks...

Taiwan's backend service firms will see their ratios of revenues from processing automotive chips ramp up through at least the third quarter 2021, according to industry sources.

The global top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments, excluding those of detachable models, decline 8% sequentially in February while the top-3 notebook ODMs' combined shipments...

Mixed signals about notebook demand are coming from the upstream supply chain, according to industry sources.

TSMC has seen its production capacity during the second quarter filled by a strong pull-in of orders for 5G, HPC and automotive electronics chips, according to industry sources.

Pandemic-driven demand for notebooks supporting remote work and study has brought explosive growths in orders for CPUs, power management ICs (PMIC), display driver ICs (DDI), and...

The semiconductor market saw strong growth in 2020 as the industry marked its third year in the last four of double-digit expansion, despite turmoil from the coronavirus that disrupted...

There may be uncertainty lying ahead for the notebook market in second-half 2021 amid overbooking concerns and speculations about stay-at-home needs waning later this year. But currently...

Taiwan's automotive PCB makers are taking a hit from worsening shortages of car chips, with their actual shipments and revenues being deferred despite strong order momentum from clients,...

Taiwan-based passive, protective and quartz component makers remain confident about orders from notebook ODMs for the rest of the first half of 2021, as they see inventory levels...

Taiwan's notebook PCB suppliers are experiencing a rapid increase in the ratio of shipments for high-end applications and will see their overall shipments grow quarter by quarter...

PC OEMs are expected to increasingly adopt DRAM-less SSDs in their entry-level and mid-range models for cost reasons, according to industry sources.

Brand notebook vendors and OEMs continue to step up their pace of chip orders, including those for memory chips and devices, despite overbooking concerns, according to sources at...