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Wednesday 23 February 2022
ASE eyeing backend orders for Apple-designed 5G modem chips
ASE Technology, which owns Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is in preliminary talks with Apple for backend orders associated with...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Sercomm to showcase 5G, O-RAN product lines at MWC 2022
Broadband networking/communication device maker Sercomm will showcase 5G and O-RAN product lines as well as cloud broadband analytics at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 during February...
Friday 18 February 2022
Silicon photonics gaining ground in datacenter applications
Demand for silicon photonics, mainly used in high-bandwidth optical transceivers, continues to gain momentum to support proliferating high-performance computing (HPC) applications...
Friday 18 February 2022
CCL makers keen to develop high-frequency offerings for car applications
Taiwan's copper-clad laminates (CCL) makers including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, and Taiwan Union Technology are all gearing up their deployments in high-frequency offerings for...
Thursday 17 February 2022
Kinsus to expand production capacity for ABF substrates in 2022, 2023
Kinsus Interconnect Technology is on track to expand its production capacity for ABF substrates by 30-40% in 2022, and by another 40% in 2023, to meet ever-increasing demand for processing...
Thursday 17 February 2022
NCC to issue 5G enterprise-use private network licenses in 1H22
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) is expected to issue operating licenses for 5G enterprise-use private networks in the first half of 2022, according to industry so...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Pegatron to post on-year revenue growth in 1Q22
Pegatron, which saw its revenue climb nearly 50% on year in January 2022, is poised to see its first-quarter revenue register a substantial on-year increase, according to industry...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
China smartphone market, 4Q 2021
Fourth-quarter 2021 smartphone shipments to the China market amounted to 80.5 million units. The volume represented a 9.5% increase from the prior quarter, driven by inventory preparation...
Thursday 10 February 2022
FPCB maker Flexium expects single-digit revenue growth in 2022
Flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect expects to see its revenue register a single-digit on-year increase to set another record high in 2022, partly driven by robust demand...
Thursday 10 February 2022
TSMC turns active in seeking more long-term contracts
TSMC has become actively involved in its pursuit of long-term order commitments from customers, sparking concerns that the market, particularly for mature process nodes, which it...
Thursday 10 February 2022
Taiwan government funding for 5G, LEO satellites to continue
The government in Taiwan has earmarked NT$105.7 billion (US$3.8 billion) for its Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program in 2022, including continued subsidies for 5G infrastructure...
Monday 7 February 2022
MediaTek readies growth roadmaps for next three years
MediaTek has completed its growth plan for the next three years, and plans to achieve medium double-digit sales increases in multiple product lines rather than just handset SoCs,...
Monday 7 February 2022
Telecom players conservative about open RAN technology
Companies in the Taiwanese telecom supply chain are holding conservative views about demand in the open RAN (open radio access network) market despite the growing popularity of the...
Tuesday 1 February 2022
Taiwan 2021 netcom output value over NT$1.2 trillion
Taiwan-based networking/communication supply chain makers generated total output of NT$1.255 trillion (US$45.0 billion) in 2021, according to government sources.
Friday 28 January 2022
MediaTek expects revenue to grow at 15% CAGR through 2024
MediaTek expects to post a revenue surge of about 20% in 2022, with handset SoCs, smart edge chip solutions, and power management ICs (PMICs) as its three main growth drivers, and...