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Monday 12 October 2020
Walsin-affiliated PCB makers see impressive September sales
Taiwan PCB makers HannStar Board, Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) and Career Technology, all affiliated with Walsin Technology Group, saw their September shipments significantly bolstered...
Monday 5 October 2020
5G, mini LED opportunities in 2021: Q&A with K&S executive VP CP Chong
For the world, 2020 has been a roller-coaster year, but that has not dampend the prospects of some new tech applications such as mini LED backlighting which are expected to begin...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Chip vendors striving to get foundry support
Increasingly tight 8-inch and 12-inch foundry capacity and resultant foundry quote hikes have posed mixed impacts on chip vendors in Taiwan, with second-tier ones struggling to get...
Monday 28 September 2020
Driver IC, MOSFET prices to go up amid tight foundry capacity
Taiwan's vendors of LCD driver ICs and MOSFET chips are mulling raising their quotes to reflect increased costs resulting from tight capacity at 8-inch or even 12-inch wafer fabs,...
Monday 28 September 2020
China eyeing self-supply more on 5G base station and server chips
China is moving at full throttle to boost its semiconductor self-sufficiency with focus placed on chips solutions for 5G base stations and servers, with concrete fruits likely to...
Friday 18 September 2020
Leadframe makers see OSAT vendors step up pace of orders
Leadframe makers have seen OSAT providers including ASE Technology and Greatek Electronics step up their pace of orders for QFN (quad flat no-lead) leadframes to meet robust wire-bonding...
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Quartz crystal maker TXC to build four new production lines in 1Q21
Taiwan-based quartz crystal components maker TXC has reported its monthly revenue surpassed NT$1 billion (US$34.2 million) for the first time in August 2020, and has disclosed plans...
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Unimicron resuming seasonal shipment momentum in September
Unimicron Technology, after seeing its August revenues decrease 2.1% sequentially and 6.13% on year to NT$7.48 billion (US$255.29 million), has resumed peak-season shipment momentum...
Friday 11 September 2020
Pegatron posts increased August revenue
Pegatron has reported consolidated revenues grew 7.3% on year and 1.6% sequentially to NT$105.61 billion (US$3.61 billion) in August 2020 with the amount for the first eight months...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
OSAT providers to enjoy impressive SiP sales growth in 2020
Leading OSAT providers, such as ASE Technology, are expected to see revenues generated from their SiP businesses climb about 30% in 2020, driven by demand for 5G, AI and HPC device...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Component suppliers see growing orders from wearables and automotive electronics
Orders for components and materials from makers of consumer electronics products such as true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, wearables and smartwatches have begun picking up, as previously...
Tuesday 1 September 2020
USI obtains new SiP orders for Wi-Fi 6E modules
Taiwan-based Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a subsidiary of ASE Technology, has reportedly grabbed major system-in-package (SiP) orders for Wi-Fi 6E chip modules for 5G 6GHz...
Monday 31 August 2020
LiDAR to see increasing penetration in consumer electronics devices
LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology, now mostly applied to the automotive electronics sector, is expected to be increasingly adopted for consumer electronics applications,...
Thursday 27 August 2020
MCU to make modest comeback after 2020 drop
Far-flung microcontrollers used in vehicles, industrial and commercial equipment, home appliances, consumer electronics, and many other embedded systems applications are suffering...
Wednesday 26 August 2020
China PCB makers expanding capacity for lower-end HDI boards
China-based PCB makers have been expanding production capacities for HDI boards for lower-end handset and consumer electronics applications, but they can hardly develop significant...