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Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China vendors in fourth-quarter 2018 declined 10% on quarter with system manufacturers adjusting shipment targets downward. As system manufacturers adjusted shipment targets downward by an average of...

Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the high-end segment, strong development for ADAS, electric vehicles and...

First-tier China-based PV makers who are eyeing overseas markets are likely to adopt silver paste free from patent issues to avoid litigation over their exports, according to industry sources....

Brand smartphone vendors may see their profits fall significantly in 2019 as they are investing heavily in upgrading their models despite sluggish terminal market demand, according to industry sources....

Swancor Holding has disclosed Spain-based Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has completed production of blades for offshore wind turbines using its epoxy resin....

Delivery lead times for MOSFET chips have been shortened thanks to more available 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources....

Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec expects a significant sequential revenue pickup in the second quarter of 2019 due mainly to faster inventory adjustments at 3D sensor supply chain, according to company chairman and president CH Chen....

Taiwan startup Osense Technology has launched a smart baseball stadium app integrating all related O2O (online to offline) services, which can be simultaneously utilized by a large audience with the assistance of fast 5G transmission....

Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers Jih Lin Technology and Shuen Der Industry (SDI) are both expected to see sales generated from the automotive sector climb substantially as a proportion of company revenues this year, according to industry sources....

As shipments of mini LED backlighting units (BLUs) began in the second half of 2018, mini LED-backlit devices are expected to be launched at the end of the second quarter or in the third quarter of 2019, according to industry sources....

China smartphone vendor Oppo is gearing up to extend its sales tentacles into Europe countries, particularly the UK, Turkey and Poland in 2019, as part of its efforts to pursue new growth momentum....

Contract prices of DRAM products across all major application markets already registered declines of more than 15% sequentially in January, according to DRAMeXchange. Prices will continue their downward trend through March resulting in an over 20% se...

Along with rampant IoT development, MEMS-based sensing solutions will be increasingly applied to diverse segments such as smartphones, wearable electronics devices, and automotive electronics. And an "MEMS Environment Sensing Hub" project is being un...

Taiwan-based cooling solution developer Yen Sun Technology will see its plants in Dongguan soon enter pilot production for certification by its car vendor client and begin mass production in April with maximum capacity to reach over one million units...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has decided to distribute a total of NT$10 (US$0.32) cash dividend per share this year....

PC and peripherals vendors have been aggressively expanding into the gaming markets of some Southeast Asia countries where e-sport has received much government support, with vendor including Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Acer, Hew...

The top-5 notebook brands saw better-than-expected results with combined shipments falling 21% on month in January 2019, as the market has entered the slow season in the first quarter, helping ease Intel CPU shortages. The top-5's shipments also rep...

CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service provider Kingpak Technology is expected to enjoy revenue growth of 10-15% in 2019 with higher profits than year-ago levels, according to market observers....

Pure-play foundries are gearing up for robust demand for mature and specialty node processes, with many of them planning 8-inch fab capacity expansions....

Shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels by Taiwan-based makers (excluding Sharp) reached 62.38 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 3.7% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments are expected to fall anot...

The government in Taiwan will complete the first-stage release of 5G spectrum licenses by 2020 at the latest to embrace global explosions of 5G applications and smartphone shipments, premier Su Chen-chang has announced....

Shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels by Taiwan makers are expected to decline 11.6% sequentially and 28.5% on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to Digitimes Research....

Handset vendors have been keen to develop a variety of differentiated solutions for their smartphones to stimulate replacement demand from consumers, and hole-punch screen and in-display fingerprint sensor may become top-choice features of flagship m...

Ample Electronic Technology's PV conductive silver paste for PERC solar cells is now being validated by several potential clients, with shipments expected to begin in the second half of 2019, according to company chairman and president Tseng Tsung-i...

Zhen Ding Technology, reportedly among the flexible PCB suppliers for Apple's iPhones, saw its revenues for January 2019 plummet 20.57% on month and 38.02% on year to NT$7.50 billion (US$243.19 million)....

Globalfoundries has named Americo Lemos, who previously held executive positions at Qualcomm and Intel, as its China country manager on the heels of speculation about layoffs and a likely shutdown of the foundry's joint-venture wafer fab in Chengdu....

As the global handset market is entering the 5G era in 2019, leading vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are moving aggressively to launch 5G smartphone models in the first half of the year to build a preemptive presenc...

Taiwan touch panel maker TPK Holding expects to score better revenue performance in 2019 as the company will manage to increase its market shares by adopting new materials, creating new business models, and developing new applications to meet fiercer...

Taiwan touch panel specialist TPK Holding is slated to start volume production of touch panels using silver nano wire material in the fourth quarter of 2019 at the earliest to cash in on increasing demand for flexible OLED handset screens, according ...

NAND flash prices are likely to stop falling and begin to rise as early as the second quarter of 2019, thanks to a pick-up in replenishment demand from device vendors, according to sources in Taiwan's memory industry....

Taiwan-based backend houses are expected to ramp up production capacity for chip-on-film (COF) packaging in the third quarter of 2019 to satisfy growing demand for smartphone panel chips, according to industry sources....

Time-lapse camera maker Brinno has adopted in-house-developed ICs for its product lines since the fourth quarter of 2018, reducing production cost and shortening time to market, according to company chairman and president David Chen....

Solar wafer maker Danen Technology has announced it will write off cumulative loss by reducing capital by NT$2.361 billion (US$76.7 million) or 67.53% to NT$1.135 billion....

First-tier China-based optical lens and CCM (compact camera module) maker Sunny Optical Technology expects to post net profit of CNY2.47-2.55 billion (US$363-375 million) for 2018, declining 12-15% on year. Fellow CCM maker Q Technology estimates its...

Panel makers in Taiwan have mostly reported weak results for January due to seasonality, but HannStar Display saw an almost 60% increase in sales for the month thanks to extra orders from clients switching suppliers....

IC design house MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$16.24 billion (US$527.1 million) for January 2019, down 24.1% sequentially and reaching the lowest in 11 months....

Major Taiwan-based LED firms have all reported on-year declines in January sales, including: epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar, Opto Tech and Tyntek; packaging service providers Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto Technology and Harvatek; and ver...

Microcontroller unit specialist Holtek Semiconductor expects to see sales generated from the India market to grow robustly in 2019....

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to see its revenues rebound to sequential growth in the second quarter of 2019, as the visibility of its orders on hand has extended to two and a half months, according to in...

Major Taiwan-based so PV firms have mostly reported decreases in January revenues, with cell and module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) being the only one posting an on-year growth, and conductive paste supplier Giga Solar Materials the only one ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has revised downward its first-quarter 2019 guidance following the completion of an assessment of all wafers recently affected by a batch of problematic photoresist material....

Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom (APTG) has diclosed its 5G accelerator program is incubating 15 startups developing innovative services covering application of smart city solutions and AI, IoT technologies, gaming and entertainment, AR/VR, traffic ...

Taiwan's export value totaled US$27.3 billion in January 2019, dropping 4.6% sequentially and 0.3% on year, while import value for the month reached US$26.39 billion, the third highest-ever monthly level with increases of 10.4% sequentially and 0.8%...

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics will cooperate with IT system integration service provider Syscom Computer Engineering to upgrade Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp's (THSRC) passenger information system, with t...

China's software industry consisting of 37,776 companies generated revenues totaling CNY6.306 trillion (US$954 billion) in 2018, growing 14.2% on year, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)....

Besides IT and semiconductor industries, Taiwan has opportunities of developing another globally-competitive sector in smart medical care, according to Acer founder Stan Shih....

Sakai SIO International Guangzhou, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, is scheduled to have its 10.5G LCD plant kick off volume production in October 2019, according to the company....

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues fell 13.1% sequentially to NT$78.09 billion (US$2.53 billion) in January, the lowest in six months....

Flexium Interconnect is gearing up for the commercialization of 5G with related products and technologies, such as antenna module solutions, according to the flexible PCB specialist....

Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to decrease only 12.9% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019 as vendors are still seeing some unfulfilled demand created by the CPU shortages. The CPU shortage gap is also expected to shrink to below one ...