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Friday 31 July 2020
Taiwan CCL makers cautious about 3Q20
CCL firms including Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) are cautious about the third quarter, due mainly to a slowdown in demand for 5G base station equipment from China, according...
Friday 24 July 2020
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility through 2021
ABF substrate suppliers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have all seen their order visibility extend into 2021, thanks to continued robust...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Nittobo plant fire may disrupt global ABF substrate supply
A recent fire that broke out at one of Nittobo's plants in Fukushima, Japan is expected to impact the already-tight supply of ABF substrates worldwide and push up quotes for them,...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Support for startups: Q&A with Arm Taiwan president CK Tseng
Following the release of Flexible Access in 2019, Arm, a subsidiary of SoftBank, is opening up the project to startups with no charge, helping newcomers to reduce costs for product...
Friday 17 July 2020
Top China backend firms gaining significant expansion momentum
China's top-3 backend houses JCET, Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics, now all among the world's top-10 IC assembly and testing firms, are gaining increasing business...
Thursday 16 July 2020
TSMC expects 3Q20 revenue to increase 9%, raises outlook
TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$11.2 billion and US$11.5 billion in the third quarter of 2020, which is a 9.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Friday 10 July 2020
Imec, GF claim breakthrough in AI chip
Imec and Globalfoundries (GF) have jointly announced a hardware demonstration of a new artificial intelligence chip. Based on Imec's analog in memory computing (AiMC) architecture...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
Consumer MCU demand picking up
Taiwan-based MCU specialists have seen orders for TWS Bluetooth earbuds and other consumer electronics applications pick up substantially since the start of third-quarter 2020, according...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
CCL maker Iteq to maximize output at new China plant in August
Copper clad laminate (CCL) specialist Iteq will ramp up output at its new plant in in Jiangxi, China seeking to achieve full capacity utilization in August to meet strong demand...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
Taiwan IC testing houses poised for strong 3Q20
Taiwan's IC testing houses Ardentec, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are expected to see their production lines run at high capacity in the third quarter...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
China EV power charging market highly competitive
Demand for EV (electric vehicle) power charging stations and piles is growing fast in China, but Taiwan-based suppliers can hardly play significant roles there, according to industry...
Monday 6 July 2020
PCB makers cautious about 2H20 shipments to Chinese handset vendors
Taiwan's PCB makers have turned cautious about their shipments for non-Apple handset applications in the second half of the year as most Chinese vendors have yet to give clear shipment...
Thursday 2 July 2020
East Tender sees major players begin testing filters for 6G
Thin-film optical filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics has seen clients in Japan, China and the US begin testing optical filter samples for 6G communication, as optical filers...
Thursday 2 July 2020
China top-3 OSAT firms to see combined revenues rise 8% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
China's top-3 OSAT providers - Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics - are expected to see their combined revenues increase...
Wednesday 1 July 2020
Kioxia completes acquisition of Lite-On SSD unit
Kioxia has completed its takeover of Lite-On Technology's SSD business - Solid State Storage Technology - and its affiliated companies today (July 1), according to the Japan-based...