SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $1.55 billion in orders worldwide in November, up 25% from a year ago.

TAIPEI -- Revenues of Taiwan's major board fabricators fell an aggrate 0.63% year-over-year in November, TPCA said.

PALO ALTO, CA – VR headset shipments are expected to exceed two million units worldwide in 2016, according to Canalys. This number is forecast to grow to 20 million by 2020.

TAIPEI – Global shortages of NAND flash have intensified in the fourth quarter, according to DRAMeXchange. Factors contributing to the shortage include strong smartphone shipments, growing SSD demand, and the increase in the average memory density of eMMCs and eMCPs.