Analog IDMs have prolonged their delivery lead times to as long as 40 weeks as they probably have given priority to producing automotive chips that have been in severe short supply,...

Although many Taiwan-based IC design houses have joined Foxconn Technology's MIH platform to tap the global automotive chip market, it remains to be seen when efforts initiated by...

Global automotive chips shortages worsened by a recent fire damaging Renesas' plant in northern Japan are casting clouds over normal shipments at Taiwan's automotive PCB vendors as...

Automotive PCB specialist Chin-Poon Industrial expects capacity utilization at its plant in Changshu, China to rise above 90% as early as April, thanks to additional workforce support,...

POS (point of sale/service) device maker Flytech Technology has launched the in-house-developed cloud computing-based UEM (unified end-point management) solution to tap the IoT market...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) will provide automotive chips vendor Renesas Electronics with additional capacity support starting April, as the IDM's backend bumping capacity...

A recent fire that struck one of Renesas' plants in Japan may lead to a further tightening in the world's available production capacity for automotive chips, according to industry...

PCB maker Dynamic Electronics is optimistic about its revenue and profit prospects for 2021, with automotive applications, particularly for EVs, to be its main growth driver, according...

Shortages of copper foils for making copper clad laminates (CCL) and PCBs have become severe, according to industry sources.

Demand for 8-inch silicon wafers has been rising significantly along with increasingly tight capacity supply at foundry fabs, but prices for such wafers are not expected to rise in...

MediaTek has announced its MT7921 Wi-Fi 6 chipset is powering Asustek Computer's new ROG and TUF gaming notebook series, which will hit market shelves starting March 2021.

Asustek Computer saw its net profits jump 119% on year to a record high of NT$26.56 billion (US$938 million) in 2020, thanks to pandemic-driven demand.

Acer and Asustek are set to see strong notebook shipments in first-half 2021, with order visibililty becoming clear...

Taiwan-based graphics card makers including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) are expected to generate handsome profits in 2021, thanks to pandemic-driven...

As international design houses of smartphone-use CMOS image sensors (CIS) including Sony, Samsung Electronics, OmniVision and On Semiconductor have shifted 2021 business focus to...