China is not just accelerating the resumption of manufacturing to prevent its economy from being stalled further by the coronavirus pandemic; it is also keen to boost local consump...

Taiwan-based King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), dedicated to IC testing services, has reported that its net profit for 2019 shot up 69.4% on year to a record high of NT$3.04 billion (US$100.81...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has moved 14nm FinFET process to volume production with orders from Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, and is gearing up for its next-generation...

The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 82.3% in the fourth quarter of 2019, reaching a new high of 118.9 million devices shipped, according to IDC.

TSMC is set to kick off volume production of chips built using 5nm process technology in April, and has already seen the process capacity fully booked by clients, according to industry...

Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments went down slightly on quarter, but more than 5% on year to arrive at 59.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019.

China-based PCB manufacturer Shennan Circuits has reported net profits surged 76.8% from a year earlier to CNY1.23 billion (US$177.7 million) in 2019, when revenues climbed 38.4%...

Smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors came to 197 million units, down 5.9% on year and 7.7% on quarter.

Huawei has been strengthening its in-house chip design capability aiming to further reduce its dependence on US technology, according to industry sources.

BOE Technology is expected to continue to enhance its presence in the flexible AMOLED panel sector as handset brands including Samsung Electronics and Huawei remain committed to rolling...

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted 0.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to Gartner. Full-year 2019 smartphone sales declined by 1.0%.

Taiwan-based conductive paste supplier Ample Electronic Technology (ATE), after seeing its 2019 revenues fall 17.3% on year to NT$589 million (US$19.61 million), is expected to see...

Samsung Electronics, which is currently behind Huawei in 5G phone shipments, could see its shipment gap against Huawei widen in 2020 should the Korea-based brand fail to boost significantly...

China is reportedly to launch a 5G handset subsidy policy to stimulate consumer purchases amid the coronavirus outbreak, a move expected to significantly benefit Taiwan-based compound...

Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to drop 1.2% sequentially...