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Thursday 23 July 2020
Tripod to supply super-thin rigid PCBs for Apple mini LED-backlit devices
PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reportedly cut into the supply chain for Apple's upcoming mini LED-backlit iPads and MacBooks and will offer super-thin rigid boards for the...
Wednesday 15 July 2020
Jumping on the EUV bandwagon: Q&A with Gudeng chairman Bill Chiu
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a member of TSMC Grand Alliance and Taiwan's first semiconductor equipment maker allowed to join SEMI in setting next-generation equipment standards after...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
Synaptics to acquire rights to Broadcom wireless IoT connectivity biz
Synaptics has announced the signing of definitive agreements under which Synaptics will acquire certain assets and manufacturing rights associated with the wireless IoT business of...
Monday 6 July 2020
TSMC fab tool suppliers see promising outlook
Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers engaged in TSMC's supply chain are set to be among the beneficiaries of the foundry house's advanced process capacity expansion with...
Wednesday 1 July 2020
Chang Wah to raise stake in Tian Zheng
Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE), a Taiwan-based distributor of packaging material and equipment, has disclosed plans to grow its stake in Tian Zheng International Precision Machinery,...
Monday 29 June 2020
IC equipment maker Group Up upbeat about 3Q20
Group Up Industrial (GP) has clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2020, thanks to growing demand from its PCB and IC substrate clients looking to ramp up their offerings...
Monday 29 June 2020
QCT joins Open RAN for 5G development
Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a datacenter solution provider, has joined Open RAN Policy Coalition, a group of companies formed to promote policies that will advance the adoption...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Innolux to develop smart manufacturing solutions, PLP packaging process
Innolux plans to expand its business beyond the current focus of panel manufacturing to include automation equipment and semiconductors leveraging the expertise it has gained from...
Monday 1 June 2020
Delta announces acquisition of Trihedral
Delta Electronics has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to fully acquire Trihedral Engineering, a Canadian SCADA and IIoT software company, for CAD45 million (US$32.84...
Friday 29 May 2020
TI remains top analog IC supplier
With analog sales of US$10.2 billion and a 19% market share, Texas Instruments held a firm grip on its position as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2019, according to IC...
Friday 29 May 2020
IPC maker DFI to deepen deployments in AIoT, 5G
IPC maker DFI, an affiliate of Qisda, saw its revenues for the first four months of the year shoot up 41.86% on year to NT$2.862 billion (US$95.40 million), the highest for the same...
Friday 15 May 2020
Industry 4.0 driving demand for pneumatic automation components: Q&A with Taiwan Chelic chairman Barton Yu
As pneumatic automation components are essential parts of automated equipment, demand for them is expected to be on the rise along with ongoing development of Industry 4.0-based industrial...
Thursday 23 April 2020
CHPT incorporates AI into vertical probe cards production
IC testing interfaces vendor Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has set up VPC (vertical probe cards) smart production lines aiming to better meet clients' expectations for delivery...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
FII, Luster LightTech to jointly develop smart production solutions
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) has made a strategic investment of CNY250 million (US$35.25 million) in China-based Luster LightTech, a specialist in vision imaging and fiber optics,...
Monday 6 April 2020
Wafer-level memory burn-in test crucial for cutting backend cost
With the advent of the 5G era, global DRAM bit-based consumption is expected to approximately double by 2023, and wafer-level memory burn-in test services will become increasingly...