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Adoption of e-SIM technology is expected to be driven mainly by handset applications in the next few years as consumers can switch their telecom service providers easily with the technology, but the machine to machine (M2M) sector is where the e-SIM technology…

In the competitive smartphone maket, product differentiation is one of the crucial factors to attract customers. Handset vendors are now looking to customized chips to achieve such production differentiation, with Xiaomi reportedly working closely with…

IPC solution provider Adlink Technology will set up a joint venture for developing AMR (autonomous mobile robot) software with Foxconn Electronics, company chairman and CEO Jim Liu.

The supply of SiC wafers may become insufficient to satisfy demand for electric vehicles (EV) in the near future, prompting Taiwan-based silicon wafer makers including GlobalWafers, Wafer Works and Tainergy Tech to step up deployments in the new segment,…

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is urging international material and equipment makers to invest in Taiwan where demand for semiconductor equipment, especially from the wafer foundry sector, is expected to surge in the next few years.

Taiwan's IC designers are mulling raising quotes for TV SoCs and driver ICs amid increasingly tight supply as Korean vendors gradually quit production of LCD panels and TVs as well as related chips solutions, according to industry sources.

Apple is likely to adopt mini LED backlighting for its new product models to be launched in the second half of 2020 and this is expected to bring orders for Taiwan-based display driver IC design houses and backend service providers, according to industry…

Taiwan-based E&R Engineering has enjoyed a surge in wafer-level laser cutting equipment orders from major chipmakers recently and also begun investing in R&D of equipment for heterogeneous chip integration, according to industry sources.

Chinese handset vendor Xiaomi reportedly will work more closely with MediaTek to jointly develop customized SoCs for 5G smartphones after having its Redmi 10X series adopt the chipmaker's Dimensity 820 mobile processor, according to industry sources.

Nokia has announced that it has been selected by Taiwan Mobile (TWM) as the sole supplier of its 5G network in a three-year framework deal worth approximately EUR400 million.

End-market demand for IT products such as LCD monitors remained robust during the 618 shopping festival in China as figures from research firm AVC Revo show LCD monitor sales in China totaled 640,000 units during the event, up 14% on year.

Advantech has announced the establishment of a joint venture subsidiary in Mexico with the Taiwan-based IPC maker's major channel partner Interlatin. Advantech and Interlatin will hold 60% and 40% stakes respectively of the new subsidiary.

Delivering a glimpse into the future of data center architectures, Kioxia America has demonstrated an E3.S full-function development vehicle in conjunction with a leading server OEM. It said this breakthrough enterprise and datacenter SSD form factor (EDSFF),…

Touchscreen solution and fingerprint sensor specialist Elan Microelectronics has reported revenue climbed 60.4% sequentially and 62.2% on year to an all-time high of NT$3.54 billion (US$120.1 million) in the second quarter of 2020.

TSMC is the clear leader in the semiconductor foundry sector, and Samsung is keen to close the gap. The Korean giant reportedly plans to skip the 4nm node and jump directly from 5nm to 3nm in a bid to beat the Taiwanese rival in the tech advancement race.…

SK Hynix has announced the mass production of HBM2E DRAM, which was introduced in August 2019.

Thin-film optical filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics has seen clients in Japan, China and the US begin testing optical filter samples for 6G communication, as optical filers for communication applications usually require 5-6 years to develop.

NAND flash contract prices are expected to hold flat in the third quarter of 2020, but prices for 3D 3bits/cell (TLC) NAND chips have come under increasingly downward pressure due to a further slowdown in consumer SSD demand, according to industry sources.

Taiwan's niche-type IC designer PixArt Imaging has tapped into the supply chain of Lego's third-generation Mindstorms robots for kids with diverse optical and MEMS sensors, according to industry sources.

FIH Mobile, Foxconn Electronics' affiliated handset OD M, has partnered with US-based Ossia to promote the patterns wireless charging technology.

PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials will merge with Exojet Technology, a maker of conductive paste for passive components, PCBs and touch panels, with the former to be the surviving company.

Samsung Electronics maintained its lead in the smartphone memory market with 50% revenue share in the first quarter of 2020, followed by SK Hynix and Micron Technology, according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron captured almost 84% revenue…

IC test solutions provider Keystone Microtech is looking to expand its production capacity at its plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan to satisfy growing demand for networking chips, RFIC, Wi-Fi solutions and 5G mobile chips, according to industry sources.

China's top-3 OSAT providers - Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics - are expected to see their combined revenues increase 8% on year in 2020, mainly bolstered by 5G infrastructure construction,…

Taiwan's flexible PCB makers Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect reportedly have entered the supply chain of Apple's upcoming mini LED-backlit iPad Pro and MacBook series and will compete with their South Korean peer Young Poong Electronics for a…

Taiwan-based Eternal Materials continues to utilize as high as 90% of its dry-film photoresist production capacity, thanks to brisk PCB demand for base stations, servers, notebooks and games consoles.

Noodoe has developed a cloud-based operating platform for managing electric vehicle charging stations, according to company chairman John Wang.

The Chinese government's UHD (ultra high definition) industry policy promoting 4K display applications based on its homegrown standards will be instrumental to advancing the country's 8K content industry after 2022.

Samsung Electronics has revised its foundry process roadmap, skipping 4nm and jumping directly to 3nm from 5nm, according to industry sources.

The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric vehicles (EV), power supplies and photovoltaic (PV) inverters, according to Omdia.