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Monday 31 August 2020
Taiwan LTCC makers keen on capacity expansions for 5G
With LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) demand for 5G handsets to grow at least 30-40% from 4G handsets, Taiwan's makers in the segment are actively proceeding with capacity...
Monday 31 August 2020
APD's customized lithium-ion UPS targets medical, 5G and IoT applications
The COVID-19 crisis has taken a heavy toll on hospital resources all over the world, seriously challenging medical devices' ability to maintain full-load operation over extended periods...
Friday 28 August 2020
Brogent creates 5G cloud-based VR gaming system
Brogent Technologies has created a 5G cloud computing-based dynamic simulation VR gaming system and set up such a gaming facility at Kaohsiung Software Technology Park in southern...
Friday 28 August 2020
Kinsus to run new ABF substrate production lines in 4Q21
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology will build ABF substrate production lines at a plant it recently acquired from the bankrupt Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) in Yangmei,...
Friday 28 August 2020
Order momentum for 5G, datacenter optical components to pick up in 4Q20
Demand for optical components from the datacenter and 5G sectors has been slow in third-quarter 2020, but order momentum may start picking up in the fourth quarter, according to industry...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Taiwan makers poised to scale up AiP substrate shipments in 2021
Taiwan-based IC substrate makers Unimicron, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect are expected to significantly scale up their AiP (antenna-in-package) substrate shipments in 2021, driven...
Thursday 27 August 2020
PCB makers to see steady shipments for 5G handsets till November
PCB makers will enjoy steady seasonal demand from the handset sector through November as handset makers are expected to launch more 5G devices, according to industry sources.
Thursday 27 August 2020
US trade ban to impact China 5G smartphone AP shipments, says Digitimes Research
The US trade restrictions on Huawei are set to affect the overall shipments of 5G mobile APs to the Chinese market in fourth-quarter 2020, and to significant change the landscape...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Lenovo provides real-time, fast and accurate smart edge computing solutions, enabling digital transformation for enterprises
With the 5G era fast approaching, the market generally expects AIoT applications to rapidly become widespread across different industries mainly because large-scale connectivity is...
Thursday 27 August 2020
ONF announces 5G SD-RAN project
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has announced a SD-RAN (software defined radio access network) project to pursue the creation of open source software platforms and multi-vendor...
Wednesday 26 August 2020
Win Semi reiterates positive 3Q20 outlook
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors has reiterated its third-quarter 2020 revenues will post a sequential growth of 4-6% with gross margin staying at over 40%, despite uncertainty in...
Wednesday 26 August 2020
Geared towards 5G mmWave: Q&A with Flexium chairman MC Cheng
Taiwan's flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect has seen its business operations improve significantly, reportedly as a result of entering the supply chain of flexible MPI (modified...
Tuesday 25 August 2020
STSP expects 2020 revenues growth of 15.7% on TSMC 5nm fab production
Government-developed Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) expects its revenues for 2020 to grow 15.7% on year to NT$860 billion (US$29.3 billion), mainly driven by TSMC ramping up...
Tuesday 25 August 2020
SiP+FPCB may be adopted for iPhone battery modules
SiP (system in package) combined with flexible PCB may be gaining ground in the supply chain of Apple devices, as the vendor reportedly will adopt the combination for its 5G handset...
Monday 24 August 2020
TSMC makes 1 billionth defect-free 7nm chip
TSMC has marked the manufacture of the one-billionth good die on the foundry's 7nm technology, which means one billion functional, defect-free 7nm chips.