Qualcomm has unveiled its Snapdragon 855 mobile platform to enable commercial 5G networks and mobile devices in early 2019.

Trade tensions between the US and China may not seem to have a direct impact on the semiconductor industry, but subsequent developments of the row - if the two giants fail to make...

The trade war between the world's two economic giants has lasted over a year since the US Trade Representative Office initiated in August 2017 a Section 301 investigation into imports...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$41.8 billion for the month of October 2018, up 12.7% compared to year-ago levels and 1% sequentially, according to the Semiconductor Industry...

Smartphone vendors intend to promote their all-screen models in 2019 to boost their unit sales amid stagnant global demand for smartphones. With all-screen smartphones adopting TDDI...

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has announced it is teaming up with Winbond Electronics to develop eSIM and other secure elements for IoT devices.

Corning and SCH Electronics (Shanghai) have jointly announced they have signed a sales agency agreement focused on semiconductor glass carriers in China.

Samsung is expected to have the largest capex budget of any IC supplier again in 2018, according to IC Insights. After spending US$24.2 billion for semiconductor capex in 2017, Samsung...

The global semiconductor industry revenue grew 7.4% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, reaching a record US$129.8 billion, according to IHS Markit. Semiconductor growth occurred...

ASML has expanded its operations in Taiwan by opening a new country headquarters in Hsinchu, and plans to grow its total workforce stationed in Taiwan to over 2,500 by the end of...

The supply of polarizers has fallen short of demand recently and will stay tight throughout 2019, when several China-based panel makers are set to kick off commerical operation of...

Order visibility for the pure-play IC foundry sector for the first half of 2019 appears to be low. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started negotiating with its...

Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) swung to net profits of NT$256 million (US$8.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses a year ago, thanks to rising fab utilization rates...

ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), plans to set up an IC testing service...

Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of 8- and 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers, is expected to continue running at full capacity in the first quarter of...