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6 days ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Alchip Technologies Ltd (世芯), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designer specializing in server chips, expects revenue to decline this year due to sagging demand for 5-nanometer artificial intelligence (AI) chips from a North America-based major customer, a company executive said yesterday.
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang /
Staff Reporter Msscorps Co (汎銓科技), which provides advanced semiconductor materials and failure analyses to semiconductor firms, said its US subsidiary, MSS USA Corp, opened its first advanced lab in Silicon Valley yesterday, to serve US customers from Apple Inc to Nvidia Corp, Applied Materials Inc and Lam Research Corp.
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang /
Staff reporter Novatek Microelectronics Corp (聯詠), which designs display drive integrated circuits used in TVs and PCs, expects revenue growth to moderate this quarter due to a weakening demand for electronics in China and the ebbing front-loading demand ahead of the imposition of US tariffs. Revenue is expected to grow 4 percent sequentially at best to US$866 million this quarter, Novatek president Steve Wang (王守仁) told an online earnings conference yesterday.
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
OCEANIA-BOUND: The new EV models are expected to become available in New Zealand and Australia from the second half of next year, Foxtron Vehicle said By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Yulon Motor Co (裕隆汽車) yesterday said it is to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) in Taiwan for Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp based on a model developed by Foxtron Vehicle Technologies Co (鴻華先進), its joint venture with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密).
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang /
Staff Reporter GlobalWafers Inc (環球晶圓), the world’s third-largest silicon wafer supplier, yesterday reported that net profit more than tripled quarter-on-quarter to NT$1.46 billion (US$48.2 million) last quarter, although it was still down 58.8 percent year-on-year. The company attributed the annual profit decline primarily to increased depreciation costs.
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
GROWTH: Demand for computing chips is picking up, while capital spending remains focused on its Singapore facility, the company said By Lisa Wang /
Staff Reporter Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp (世界先進), a foundry service provider specializing in power management and display driver chips, yesterday said that its revenue would grow up to 5 percent sequentially this quarter, driven by recovering demand in the communications, industrial and automotive sectors.
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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter New vehicle sales in Taiwan tumbled about 12 percent sequentially last month in a warning that the proposed 32 percent tariffs by the US are weighing on local consumption and new vehicle demand, auto market researcher U-Car said yesterday. Despite a 90-day reprieve, the levies are posing a risk to the nation’s economy, along with the global economy, leading to stock market routs and volatility in foreign exchange markets globally, the researcher said.
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2 weeks ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
TARIFF OVERHANG: The panel supplier is monitoring US tariff developments and would work with customers closely to adjust manufacturing sites, its chairman said By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Flat-panel display supplier AUO Corp (友達) on Wednesday said it was monitoring the potential fallout from US tariff uncertainty after reporting a profit for the second straight quarter, as customers rebuilt inventory while others pulled in orders ahead of new tariffs.
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2 weeks ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
NOT OVERLY PESSIMISTIC: While consumer electronics demand remains volatile, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai said that tariffs would have limited effect on the company By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) yesterday said revenue this quarter would contract by 4 percent sequentially in the worst-case scenario on softer smartphone demand.
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2 weeks ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter ASE Technology Holding Inc (日月光投控) yesterday said revenue from its core chip assembly and testing manufacturing (ATM) business would grow up to 11 percent sequentially this quarter as customers step up inventory buildup to address potential tariff risks. However, the company expects a 10 percent annual reduction in revenue for its electronic manufacturing service business this quarter on seasonal factors, ASE said.
