Unit prices for Wi-Fi modules have been rising by nearly 5-fold to US$16-17 in the third quarter from US$3.5 in late 2020 amid widening chips shortage, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Unimicron Technology, Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Nan Ya PCB are all poised to generate substantial revenue increases in the second half of 2021, as strong order momentum for...
Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both saw their July revenue hit record highs, reaching NT$18.37 billion (US$659.7...
Phison Electronics has managed to obtain more capacity support from two foundry service providers, and will see its output for 2022 jump 200% from this year, according to KS Pua,...
A major glass substrate maker began annual maintenance in August 2021 and thus its production capacity has decreased by 15-20%, resulting in a short global supply of glass substrates...
Notebook PCB specialist HannStar Board, after posting impressive revenue and profit gains for first-half 2021, remains upbeat about its business prospects for the second half of the...
Foxconn has just signed an agreement to buy Macronix's 6-inch wafer fab, which is expected to pave the way for the EMS giant to embrace an automotive...
Shortages of automotive MOSFET and power management ICs are getting worse as many IDMs including Infinenon and On-Semi are operating at reduced capacity at their plants in Malaysia,...
Facing the challenges from chip shortages, inventory adjustments by Chinese handset suppliers, and lockdowns in some Southeast Asian countries, revenues of PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing...
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group, through its NT$2.52 billion (US$90.67 million) acquisition of Macronix International's 6-inch wafer fab and equipment, will be able to meet a market...
TSMC has notified customers about 15-20% price hikes for its 12-inch wafer fabrication services for vendors of LCD driver ICs starting August, which in turn will prompt the vendors...
Himax Technologies, a vendor of display driver ICs and timing controllers, has reported its revenues, gross margin and EPS all reached record highs in second-quarter 2021.
China's regulators investigating the alleged price gouging by Chinese distributors of automotive MCUs is good news for Taiwan-based MCU maker Nuvoton Technology and other local peers,...
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to edge down 1.1% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021 after growing 11.7% in the second quarter, according...