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Monday 29 June 2020
China-based Luxshare rising fast with potential threats to iPhone assemblers
China-based AirPods assembler Luxshare Precision Industry has seen increasing presence in the supply chain of Apple devices, and may have a chance of winning Apple Watch assembly...
Monday 29 June 2020
QCT joins Open RAN for 5G development
Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a datacenter solution provider, has joined Open RAN Policy Coalition, a group of companies formed to promote policies that will advance the adoption...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Panasonic to expand CCL production capacity in China
Panasonic plans to expand its high-frequency and high-speed CCL production capacity at its plant in China's Guangdong seeking to satisfy Chinese demand for 5G infrastructure applications,...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Top-10 semiconductor suppliers defy weak market conditions in 1Q20
Defying a decline in market revenue, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2020, as they benefitted from a...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
IntelliEPI gearing up to tap demand for 5G devices
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, will complete installing new equipment and facilities and is gearing up to scale...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
PCB equipment maker Chime Ball conservative about 2H20
PCB equipment maker Chime Ball Technology (CBT) has expressed caution about its shipment prospects for the second half of 2020 due mainly to uncertain pandemic impacts on consumer...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
Backend firm FATC optimistic about demand for 5G, AI chips
Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC), an affiliate of memory maker Na Ya Technology and specializing in memory chips packaging and testing, remains upbeat about backend demand for...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
Cooling module makers expect vapor chamber demand from 5G phones to emerge in 2021
Taiwan-based cooling module providers remain optimistic about sales prospects of vapor chamber (VC) products for applications in 5G phones in 2021 although their expectations for...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
China IC sector to thrive on 5G, AIoT, EV applications
The year 2020 may become the watershed in the evolution of global supply chains with regionalization and demassification in high gear posing major changes to the world, and the semiconductor...
Monday 22 June 2020
5G smartphone chip prices likely to fall more slowly in 2H20
Unit prices for 5G smartphone chips, which have been pushed down to between US$70 and US$80 from over US$100 previously, will continue dropping but likely at a slow rate in the second...
Monday 22 June 2020
Askey announces development of small cell solutions utilizing Qualcomm 5G RAN platform
Askey, a Taiwan-based ICT solutions provider for businesses and service providers, announced plans to develop 5G mmWave and sub-6GHz small cell products for public venues and private...
Monday 22 June 2020
Qualcomm ramps up 7nm wafer production at TSMC, sources say
Qualcomm has increased its 7nm chip orders placed with TSMC looking to regain its 4G SoC market share, according to industry sources.
Friday 19 June 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC to start making 5G iPhone chips
TSMC is expected to the start production of A14 processor on 5nm process later this month for Apple's upcoming iPhone, which sources say will adop Qualcomm's X60 modem, allowing the...
Friday 19 June 2020
TSMC to start chip production for next-gen iPhones
TSMC will enter production using 5nm process technology later in June for Apple's custom-designed A14 processor and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 modem, with both set to power the upcoming...
Thursday 18 June 2020
APT to team up with local peers for commercial 5G services
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) will cooperate with its peers in Taiwan to roll out commercial 5G services through shared spectrums and networks, according to company chairman Lu Fang-m...