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Monday 29 June 2020
Backend firms raising capacity support for MediaTek
Taiwan's backend firms are moving to increase capex in the second half of 2020 to expand capacity to fulfill additional orders from MediaTek which is strengthening presence in 5G SoCs,...
Monday 8 June 2020
High-res CIS demand promising
The market for high-resolution CMOS image sensors is set to boom starting later in 2020, thanks to a rise in the popularity of high-spec smartphones and other mobile devices, according...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Taiwan IC testing houses see RF chips orders spike from IDMs
Taiwan-based IC testing houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec have seen orders for RF chips ramp up recently from Taiwanese IC designers...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Fresh US ban on Huawei to impact TSMC and more starting late September
TSMC and other Taiwanese suppliers of Huawei are expected to see their revenues start to suffer in late September from fresh US sanctions blocking companies around the world from using...
Monday 1 June 2020
Wi-Fi 6 ecosystem fast taking shape
As network connectivity is growingly necceary for users of notebooks and other electronics devices in their remote work and learning activities, a new ecosystem associated with the...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Taiwan backend houses expect Huawei orders to drift starting 4Q20
Taiwan-based OSAT firms will continue to fulfill chip orders from Huawei/HiSilicon in the third quarter of 2020, but are unsure about the orders in the fourth quarter as the Chinese...
Thursday 7 May 2020
IDMs gearing up to outsource IC test business amid pandemic
IDMs in Europe, the US and Japan are keenly moving to farm out their operations, particularly backend IC testing, to Taiwan OSAT firms, thanks to their plants in the regions and in...
Thursday 7 May 2020
Backend specialists uncertain about 3Q20
Most Taiwan's backend specialists remain uncertain about their business prospects for the third quarter of the year, as whether demand for devices enabling remote working and learning...
Wednesday 6 May 2020
OSAT firms see robust demand for healthcare MCUs, server chips
Strong demand for healthcare MCUs and commercial notebook chips driven by the coronavirus pandemic has significantly boosted capacity utilization at Taiwan's backend houses, with clear...
Friday 17 April 2020
Taiwan IC backend firms gearing up shipments for new iPhone SE
Taiwan's IC backend service suppliers are benefitting from Apple's recent release of its second-generation 4.7-inch iPhone SE, ramping up their capacity utilization rates and revenues...
Tuesday 14 April 2020
HiSilicon to ramp up 5nm chip orders with backend houses in 3Q20
Taiwan-based backend houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will see orders for HiSilicon's 5nm chips for 5G base stations ramp up substantially in the third quarter of 2020...
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...
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Backend firms see stable demand for TV, STB, gaming, server chips
Backend service firms have seen stable orders for processing chips for TVs, set-top boxes (STB), game consoles, cloud servers, and IP network cameras, while demand for packaging smartphone...
Monday 16 March 2020
KYEC posts record profit for 2019 on 5G infrastructure demand
Taiwan-based King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), dedicated to IC testing services, has reported that its net profit for 2019 shot up 69.4% on year to a record high of NT$3.04 billion (US$100.81...
Thursday 12 March 2020
IC backend firms see strong demand from non-handset 5G segments
IC backend houses are enjoying stronger demand from 5G infrastructure, server and datacenter segments than the handset sector that is being increasingly hit by the fast spread of the...