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Tuesday 25 February 2020
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2019
The fourth quarter of 2019 was a traditional slow season for the small- to medium-size panel industry, but Taiwan's shipments still grew 16.6% sequentially in the quarter thanks to...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Padauk looking to ship 1.3 billion MCUs in 2020
Taiwan-based MCU maker Padauk Technology expects its shipments of MCU products to grow by over 20% on year to reach 1.3 billion units in 2020, according to company Tang Tsan-bih.
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Light + Building show postponed to September
Light + Building tradeshow, originally due to be kicked off in Frankfurt in March, has been rescheduled for September in response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the orga...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Uncertainty grows over global memory chip supply
The rapid spread of coronavirus in Korea has raised increasing concerns about global supply of memory chips in 2020 as Korean makers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, account for...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
MLCC, chip resistor prices set to rise through 2020
Prices for MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to rise through the fourth quarter of 2020 as supply will increasingly fall short of demand for 5G applications while fallouts of...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
ODMs asked to install additional server production capacity in Taiwan
ODMs have seen more requests from their server clients for installing additional SMT lines in Taiwan as China's coronavirus outbreak has been impacting server supply from the country,...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Digitimes Research cuts 5G smartphone shipment forecast
Digitimes Research has revised downward its 5G smartphone shipment forecast for the second quarter and also all of 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus impact.
Tuesday 25 February 2020
PCB drill bits maker Topoint posts revenue, profit falls for 2019
Taiwan-based Topoint Technology, dedicated to PCB drill bits and drilling services, has reported that its revenues for 2019 fell 8.4% on year to NT$3.01 billion (US$98.71 million)...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Memory price outlook still upbeat
Industry observers are generally upbeat about memory chip prices this year, despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday 24 February 2020
PCB makers with plants in Hubei calm about further delay in production resumption
Taiwan-based PCB makers with manufacturing operations in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, have stayed calm about further postponement of production...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan PCB makers urged to accelerate capacity relocation amid outbreak
Taiwan's PCB makers are facing higher risks from the coronavirus outbreak thanks to relatively heavier production deployments in China than their peers in Japan and South Korea, prompting...
Monday 24 February 2020
China-based XMC reportedly scales down output for 1Q20
Twelve-inch foundry Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) has reportedly scaled down its chip output amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday 24 February 2020
LED makers concerned about virus impact on SID 2020
As new micro LED products are expected to be unveiled at SID Display Week 2020 to take place in San Francisco during July 9-11, LED makers are worried that the coronavirus outbreak...
Monday 24 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak may not affect 2020 5G capex if contained by mid-year, Digitimes Research says
While the cancellation of MWC 2020 and the locked-down management in many cities in China due to the coronavirus outbreak have raised concerns about the development of 5G, the epidemic...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan IC sector bracing for looming tougher trade ban on Huawei
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain players are bracing for stricter trade restrictions being mulled by the US against Huawei, which could create even worse impacts than those brought...
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