Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, is expected to see multifold increases in its shipments of glass passivated package (GPP) bridge rectifiers for...

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together...

Taiwan-based processor IP provider Andes Technology has stressed that following a thorough review, none of its CPU products are affected by either Meltdown or Spectre bugs, according...

Qualcomm has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with four China-based smartphone vendors: Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi for the purchase of Qualcomm's RF front-end (RFFE) components...

HKC is planning to invest CNY40 billion (US$6.36 billion) to build an 11G LCD panel production line in Henan, China, according to industry sources. The China-based HKC's move comes...

Fabless IC firm Elan Microelectronics has been involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) chips with plans to assign a team of over 100 engineers to enhance further...

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to post substantial sequential growth in January revenues thanks to a pull-in of orders from China, according to industry sources.

Toppan Photomasks has announced that additional investment will be made in new, leading-edge equipment for mass production of advanced photomasks at Toppan Photomasks Company Shanghai...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.39 billion in billings worldwide in December 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...

Annual semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discretes, or O-S-D, devices) are expected to grow 9% in 2018 and top one trillion units for the first time,...

Second-tier wafer foundry houses including Episil Technologies, Mosel Vitelic and Hejian Technology are all optimistic about their revenue prospects for 2018 as they have enjoyed...

Third-party smartphone application processor providers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to adopt a more conservative approach to promoting their...

Samsung Electronics plans to begin selling its in-house developed Exynos mobile processors to other smartphone vendors in order to expand the scale of its smartphone chip platform,...

Qualcomm's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are expected to decline slightly in 2018, as top-tier smartphone vendors' in-house-developed APs - which cater to their...

Year 2018 could become the beginning of the commercial application of foldable panels as Samsung Display has unofficially unveiled its 7.3-inch foldable (in-folding type) OLED panels...