The overall demand for handset PCBs is being affected negatively by the global deceleration in smartphone sales. However, rising adoption of multi-lens cameras by smartphones is set...

A healthcare foundation founded by Foxconn Group chairman Terry Guo has signed an MoU with the Merck Group for establishing H.Spectrum & Merck Innovation Lab to develop bio-chip...

USB Type-C interface devices are increasingly applied to a variety of consumer electronics gadgets, prompting major Taiwan IC design houses to deepen their deployments in related...

Despite slack demand in China's smartphone market and unclear global outlook, China-based vendors Huawei and Xiaomi have estimated their smartphone shipments for 2019 to surge over...

Suppliers of glass substrates and liquid crystal materials for Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) are likely to incur the highest amounts of arrears due to the recent shutdown of CPT's...

The board of directors of flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect has approved plans to budget NT$8 billion (US$259.5 million) in capex for 2019, which will be utilized for capacity...

Taiwan-based PCB makers are trialing AI-based recognition modules to hike accuracy for automatic optical inspection (AOI), according to industry sources.

Ambarella, which develops high-resolution video processing and computer vision semiconductors, has announced it is partnering with Hella Aglaia, a developer of intelligent visual...

China-based PCB makers are eyeing bright business prospects for 2019, bolstered by numerous 5G base stations actively under construction in the country and their close partnerships...

Total fab equipment spending in 2019 is projected to drop 8%, a sharp reversal from the previously forecast increase of 7% as fab investment growth has been revised downward for 2018...

Flat panel makers including Innolux, HannStar Display and BOE Technology are likely to land windfall orders for small- to medium-size applications after Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)...

Prices for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) solutions and optical fingerprint sensors will be dragged down by increasingly intense competition in both chip segments during...

Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has reportedly offered "extremely low" quotes to vie for orders from Samsung Electronics for the smartphone vendor's new smartphones...

Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is promoting the development of quantum computer technologies by subsidizing research by academics with assistance from industrial...

With the AI and 5G markets set to flourish, chip demand for HPC, IoT and cloud servers is expected to enjoy substantial growth in 2019, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC dist...