Sony will reduce its equipment investment for CMOS image sensors to JPY70 billion (US$691.53 million) in fiscal 2016, while maintaining its sensor production capacity at 70,000 12-inch...

Shipments of smartphones by China-based Oppo may fall short of its revised goal of shipping 90-100 million units in 2016 due to insufficient supply of AMOLED panels from Samsung Display,...

MediaTek expects its 2016 revenues to increase 25% on year, an upward revision from the about 10% growth estimated previously.

IC material testing company Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) saw its net profits grow 43.9% on quarter and 77.2% on year to NT$66 million (US$2.08 million) in the second quarter...

MediaTek's gross margin continued to slide in the second quarter of 2016 reaching a record-low 35.2%.

Consumer IC design specialist Generalplus Technology has reported net profits of NT$170 million (US$5.4 million) for the second quarter of 2016, the highest quarterly levels since...

IC distributor WPG Holdings has reported operating profits of NT$2.4 billion (US$75.9 million) for the second quarter of 2016, a record high.

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$79.1 billion during the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 1.0% over the previous quarter but a decrease of 5.8% compared to the second...

IC design house FocalTech Systems returned to profitability in the second quarter of 2016 with pre-tax profits reaching NT$78.21 million (US$2.48 million). Pre-tax EPS for the quarter...

Qualcomm and GuangDong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, according to the companies.

MediaTek, which enjoyed stronger-than-expected revenue growth in the second quarter of 2016, will see its revenues grow at a slower pace in the second half of the year, according...

With demand for panels returning stable in the third quarter of 2016, Innolux's utilization rate is currently full. The company will focus on selling whole-set products instead of...

Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its quad-core LTE mobile chipset, the SC9830i, has been adopted for a new Samsung smartphone slated for launch shortly.

Mixed-signal IC design house Parade Technologies expects to post revenues of between US$63 million and US$69 million for the third quarter of 2016, which would represent flat growth...

Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics specializing in MCU products, has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2016 increased 62.5% on year to...