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Thursday 30 June 2022
Memory chip price drops widen
Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips have started falling rapidly since late June, as downstream module and device companies offload their excess inventories, according...
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Taiwan panel makers face another hit from rising electricity costs
Taiwan-based panel makers, which have been strapped by falling panel prices and waning demand, will bear the brunt of planned electricity rate hikes starting July, according to industry...
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Taiwan PMIC firms shift focus to non-consumer markets
Taiwan-based power management IC (PMIC) suppliers have shifted their focus away from the consumer electronics market, where their China-based peers are growing their presence, according...
Wednesday 29 June 2022
Small-signal MOSFET inventory swelling
Weakness in demand for consumer electronics devices has pushed up small-signal and general-purpose MOSFET inventories, according to industry sources.
Monday 27 June 2022
Taiwan IC test supply chain gaining from HPC chip boom
Taiwan's suppliers of high-end IC test interface solutions are poised to enjoy growing HPC chip demand for AI, datacenter and server applications, particularly now that Chinese chipmakers...
Monday 27 June 2022
Asustek, Gigabyte sharply lower motherboard shipment goals for 2022
Taiwan's motherboard vendors including Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have sharply revised downward their shipment goals for 2022 as they can hardly bundle sales of motherboards...
Monday 27 June 2022
Chipmakers focus on heat dissipation in manufacturing process upgrades
High heat dissipation and other thermal management technologies are increasingly required for both front- and back-end chipmaking processes by companies engaged in the automotive,...
Friday 24 June 2022
LCD panel maker Giantplus sees clear order visibility for 3Q22
Giantplus Technology has seen clear order visibility for the third quarter of 2022 despite macro headwinds hitting consumer electronics demand, according to company president Koji...
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Taiwan foundries to see fab utilization rates stay above 90% in 2H22
TSMC and other major Taiwan-based foundries have been running their fabs at full capacity utilization, but may see their fab utilization rates drop in the third quarter due to cutbacks...
Tuesday 21 June 2022
IC design houses cut wafer starts at foundries for 3Q22
Many IC design houses, particularly those engaged in the consumer electronics sector, have moved to adjust their wafer starts at foundries amid concerns about a potentially weak third...
Monday 20 June 2022
NAND flash price falls may widen to double-digit levels in 3Q22
The 2021 peak demand for NAND flash has passed, and continued downturn in consumer applications is expected to widen price falls for such memory chips to double-digit levels in the...
Monday 13 June 2022
Notebook prospects vary with device models, supply chain segments
As a whole, the notebook market has seen a reversal in demand, with consumer models bearing the brunt of sales downturn. Shipments of education-use Chromebooks, which played a pioneering...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Network device makers guardedly optimistic about 2H22
Network device manufacturers including Accton Technology, Sercomm and Arcadyan Technology saw their May revenues rebound with sequential increases, and are guardedly optimistic about...
Monday 6 June 2022
Taiwan ICT supply chain players keen to upgrade product mixes
Consumer ICT market is not sweet anymore, driving supply chain players to adjust and optimize their product portfolios, with such efforts further accelerated by uncontrollable factors...
Thursday 2 June 2022
Cutting DDI production orders not an easy deal: Q&A with Chipbond Technology chair Fei-Jain Wu
Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology, now holding the world's largest backend capacity for panel display driver ICs (DDI), continues to deepen cooperation with local OSAT Orient Semiconductor...