China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has teamed up with China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund), IPV Global...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has set up a semiconductor subgroup, which is mulling 12-inch fab construction, industry sources have claimed.

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will continue expanding production capacity at its 8-inch fabs, and is still evaluating the feasibility of building 12-inch production lines,...

Shipments of large-size LCD panels (9-inch and above sizes) by Taiwan-based panel makers (excluding Foxconn's affiliate Sharp) are expected to slip 1.4% sequentially in the second...

BOE Technology is a formidable competitor to AU Optronics (AUO) as far as its diversified business operations are concerned, according to AUO chairman and CEO Paul Peng.

About half of new smartphone models launched by China's smartphone vendors, including the top-four players Huawei, Xiaomi Technology, Oppo and Vivo, as well as other brands, by the...

Egis Technology (Egistec) and Goodix have both obtained fingerprint sensor orders for Samsung's Galaxy smartphones with shipments already kicking off, according to industry sources...

Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to grow 8.6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018, driven by increased panel demand from China-based smartphone...

Goodix Technology has announced its entry into the supply chain for Samsung's smartphones.

Texas Instruments (TI) was again the leading supplier of analog integrated circuits in 2017, with US$9.9 billion in revenues and an 18% market share, according to IC Insights.

Taiwan's major MCU supplier Holtek Semiconductor expects shipments of its wireless charger A/D flash MCUs for the second quarter of 2018 to double from three million units in the...

With major international IDMs including STMicroelectronics failing to ease the prolonged lead time for MCU shipments, Taiwan-based MCU makers will continue to benefit from the ensuing...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) new 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing has started shipping its first batch of wafers to Bitmain Technologies, according to a recent...

NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2018 to register increases of 3-8% sequentially and 1-6% on year,...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to The Semiconductor...