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Tuesday 18 August 2020
Samsung announces silicon-proven 3D IC technology
Samsung Electronics has announced the immediate availability of its silicon-proven 3D IC packaging technology, eXtended-Cube (X-Cube), for today's most advanced process nodes.
Monday 17 August 2020
Egis sees rush orders for handset fingerprint chips
Fingerprint ID chips vendor Egis Technology expects a surge in shipment pull-in from Chinese handset vendors in the third quarter of 2020, but whether this can generate a sequential...
Monday 17 August 2020
NeoGene unveils MagicWick-Inside platform for fabricating ultra-thin vapor chamber used in 5G smartphone thermal management applications
As demand for 5G mobile phones increases, the vapor chamber (VC) is emerging to become a key component in 5G smartphone thermal management. Competition is keen among vapor chamber...
Friday 14 August 2020
Qualcomm-equipped 5G smartphones fastest, says Strategy Analytics
Tests of 5G smartphone downlink speed in the US and UK by Ookla show that smartphones using the 5G millimeter wave bands, on average, achieve blazingly fast downlink speeds 20 times...
Friday 14 August 2020
Xintec sees 12-inch wafer probing as new growth driver
Taiwan-based CIS and 3D sensor packaging specialist Xintec has kicked off volume production at its newly-installed 12-inch wafer probing lines since July, and expects the new business...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan 5G subscriber penetration rate to be higher than global average in 2025
The number of 5G service subscribers in the Taiwan market is expected to total 14.3 million by 2025, representing a penetration rate of 48%, higher than a global average of nearly...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan could develop into a mmWave industry base, says Qualcomm executive
Taiwan has an opportunity to become a base for the development of mmWave technology, leveraging its established industry foundations, OEM/ODM technologies and related talent, according...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2020
Small-to-medium-size panel shipments by Taiwan-based manufacturers soared 37.5% quarter-over-quarter and 28.9% year-over-year in second-quarter 2020.
Thursday 13 August 2020
IC material suppliers see clear order visibility through 2021
Taiwan-based semiconductor material suppliers and distributors have enjoyed strong demand from their foundry clients for advanced-node manufacturing, and have seen clear order visibility...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
HDI PCB maker Tripod sees robust demand for handsets, servers in 3Q20
HDI PCB specialist Tripod Technology expects its revenues for the third quarter of the year to grow sequentially on seasonal demand, with its capacity fully loaded thanks to increasing...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 169.9 million units, down 20.6% year-over-year but up 25.8% quarter-over-quarter.
Wednesday 12 August 2020
China handset players launch 5G phones in Taiwan
China's handset brands including Realme and Oppo have launched new 5G phones in the Taiwan market.
Tuesday 11 August 2020
IC testers KYEC, Sigurd gearing up for robust MediaTek demand
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are both gearing up to satisfy robust demand for MediaTek's chips in the fourth quarter of 2020 following...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
Taiwan PCB makers look to servers, notebooks for 3Q20 growth
Taiwan-based rigid PCB manufacturers including HannStar Board, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Tripod Technology are expected to see stable increases in shipments for server, networking...
Tuesday 11 August 2020
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2020
Smartphone shipments to the China market in second-quarter 2020 were doubled sequentially, as the coronavirus pandemic in China was eased, while the economy was benefited by the re-opening...