Most Taiwan-based IC-design companies have continued to cut or delay their wafer start orders with the upstream foundry houses as their order visibility from downstream customers...

After being suspended for nearly 5 years and with more than US$10 billion of investment engaged, GF's 300 mm (12-inch) wafer foundry in Chengdu, China, is said soon to be taken over...

Taiwan's National Science Technology Council (NSTC) and Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will jointly conduct the NSTC-BMBF semiconductor chip design academic...

The recent AI chip frenzy has not only skyrocketed Nvidia's popularity, but also led to a surge in demand for self-developed AI chips from various cloud and networking giants, making...

Car semiconductor shortages linger while automotive sales have recovered since the second half of 2022. According to Nikkei, although Japan-based carmakers have reduced new...

Inventec Corp. announced the launch of its Minima series of MCU products to seize new opportunities brought forth by AI computing. It is targeting automotive chip customers by positioning...

Monitor brand vendors are expected to increase their purchases of display panels in the second half of 2023, catering to back-to-school demand and holiday shopping, according to industry...

Major panel makers in Taiwan and Korea are scheduled to hold their respective investor conferences in the coming days, providing an outlook for the displays market, where demand is...

Copper clad laminate (CCL) suppliers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) expect server upgrades driven by the AI craze to boost their businesses, as well...

According to the latest earnings report, NXP posted better-than-expected results thanks to strong growth in automotive chips as well as other segments that performed better than an...

IC design houses are coming under strong pressure from customers for lowering product prices, amid an increasingly conservative outlook for the traditional peak season in the third...

Despite the US' decision to allocate massive funds for upgrading the country's network infrastructure, related IC design houses will still have to wait before business opportunities...

TSMC's deployments have been designed to minimize geopolitical risks, according to industry sources. The world's number-one pure-play foundry house is leading in advanced chip manufacturing...

On July 23, 2023, two months after its announcement, Japan's 23 measures to tighten controls on exports of semiconductor equipment came into effect. This is the official start of...

Semiconductor equipment maker Spriox announced an investment in startup ALES Tech, signing an exclusive distribution contract in China for ALES's core business areas of "nano probes"...