TSMC has revised downward its global semiconductor market outlook this year to flat growth or a slight decrease, compared to the 8% increase estimated in January. The outlook excludes...

Despite rising shipments for servers, notebooks and game consoles recently due to increasing stay-at-home needs, sources from brand vendors expect the momentum for consumer-related...

Shipments of 5G smartphones in the China market reached 14.06 million units in the first quarter of 2020, making it the world's largest 5G phone market, according to data compiled...

It remains premature for Taiwan's IC substrate makers to expect AiP (antenna in package) substrate shipments for mmWave 5G smartphones to contribute positively to their revenues in...

The coronavirus pandemic has had an adverse impact on the global IC market, particularly the smartphone segment, but sales of 5G smartphones will be key to the overall demand recovery...

Taiwan-based OSAT provider ASE Technology has recently gained orders shifted from backend plants located in Southeast Asia, where coronavirus lockdowns are imposed in several countries...

Global silicon wafer market sales could dip if uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 to the semiconductor industry persists, or could climb on the strength of rebounding...

Taiwan's IC testing and certification service labs have seen orders from the non-Apple camp ramp up drastically for inspecting and analyzing HPC chips demanding advanced-node manufacturing,...

Cooling fan module maker Sunonwealth Electric Machine expects its operation to grow sequentially and on year in the second quarter driven by demand from notebook, server and communication...

Taiwan-based IC substrates makers including Unimicron and Na Ya PCB are expected to see their capacities, especially those for ABF substrates, fully booked till fourth-quarter 2020,...

Chip resistors are seeing the tightest supply among passive components with book-to-bill ratios at suppliers rising to 1.8, higher than 1.5 for MLCCs, and major makers Yageo, Walsin...

Demand for high-end IC manufacturing materials remains robust with clear order visibility stretching into the third quarter of 2020, bolstered by growing adoption of advanced fabrication...

Wistron Information Technology & Sevices (ITS), a CMML (capability maturity model integration) Level 3 IT outsourcing software service provider, expects 5G, AI and IoT to drive...

Taiwan-based backend houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will see orders for HiSilicon's 5nm chips for 5G base stations ramp up substantially in the third quarter of 2020...

Handset PCB specialists' order visibility has extended only to May, and are still unsure about their overall sales results for second-quarter 2020 as orders for June are yet to be...