Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) expects new US trade sanctions against Huawei not to significantly affect its operations, but it will take 1-2 weeks for the company...

Taiwan-based optical component suppliers so far have not seen their short-term shipments being affected by the US government's fresh trade restrictions on Huawei, believing prospects...

IC fabrication and backend materials distributors are expected to face a slowdown in shipments starting third-quarter 2020 at the earliest due mainly to impacts of the coronavirus...

TSMC is expected to kick off volume production of chips manufactured on an enhanced version of its 5nm FinFET process, dubbed tentatively 5nm Plus, in the fourth quarter of 2020,...

Global tablet shipments are forecast to climb 45.5% sequentially and 9.9% on year in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a recovery in the related supply chain's capacity in China...

In the contest to offer the world's most popular smartphone, it seems like the only competition that Apple has these days is Apple itself, according to Omdia.

Taiwan-based Sporton International has been busy fulfilling orders from MediaTek for testing and certifying its 5G sub-6 GHz mobile SoCs as well as orders from Chinese handset vendors...

US vendors remain dominant players in the global front-end semiconductor equipment market segment, which will be a critical factor blocking China's ambition of raising self-sufficiency...

Memory spot market prices have stopped falling, indicating consumer sentiment could be improving, according to industry sources.

Competition in China's 5G phone market has extended to the entry-level to mid-range segments earlier than expected as vendors including Huawei, Xiaomi and Hisense have rolled out...

Taiwan IC analysis and inspection labs are expected to see demand from US chipmakers and Huawei/HiSilicon weaken in the second half of the year on uncertainties arising from the coronavirus...

The real target of the US sanctions against Huawei is its 5G equipment deployments, rather than its smartphone business, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments totaled 47.69 million units in the first quarter of 2020, down 19.3% sequentially and 12.3% on year.

Memory backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down recently, with the orders likely to remain stagnant till June as their clients, mainly makers of memory modules, are...

Digitimes Research has lowered its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4% from 2019's 1.36 billion because of the impacts from the coronavirus...