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Thursday 18 June 2020
Nan Ya PCB looks to ABF, SiP substrates for profit growth in 2020
Nan Ya PCB will be striving to boost its profits in 2020 by focusing more on shipments of high-value products such as ABF and SiP substrates, according to company chairman CC Wu.
Thursday 18 June 2020
NOR flash ASP likely to drop in 2H20, says DRAMeXchange
NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
HTC launches 5G phone in Taiwan
HTC has launched its first 5G smartphone, the HTC U20 5G, in Taiwan ahead of 5G commericialization in the local market starting July.
Wednesday 17 June 2020
PCB maker Career Tech expects 3Q20 sales to follow seasonal patterns
Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Career Technology has seen clear order visibility for the third quarter and expects its sales for the period to see a seasonal surge, according to...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
IC analysis lab MSS enters TSMC supply chain
Taiwan-based Material Science Service (MSS), which provides IC material and failure analysis as well as FIB circuit repair/editing services, has entered the supply chain for TSMC's...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Chipbond to strengthen non-driver IC backend services
Display driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology is constructing a new plant designed mainly for processing RF and PA components for use in 5G devices, which will significantly...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Samsung unlikely to partner with Huawei
Samsung Electronics is unlikely to be a foundry partner of Huawei to support the Chinese vendor's "de-Americanization" of its supply chain in the wake of the US trade sanctions, according...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
No peak season for consumer chips in 2H20: Q&A with WT chairman Eric Cheng
Renesas Electronics has announced a decision to delegate IC distribution rights to only a few partners, with Taiwan's WT Microelectronics among them. WT is now also a main sales agent...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Win Semi eyes 5G applications as growth driver for 3Q20
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors will see third-quarter 2020 business improve sequentially, as 5G infrastructure construction is set to regain momentum in many countries beyond...
Monday 15 June 2020
CCL makers gear up to tap hydrocarbon demand for 5G antennas
Hydrocarbon and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) materials are expected to co-exist in high-frequency antenna applications, with the latter now dominated by US-based Rogers, prompting...
Monday 15 June 2020
Ventec gaining from new orders for niche PCB materials in 2020
Ventec International has seen its shipments of auto-use thermal aluminum substrate materials significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic's impacts on global car sales in the...
Friday 12 June 2020
Dell launches new enterprise PCs in Taiwan
Dell has launched several enterprise notebooks, workstations and desktops in Taiwan including the top-end Latitude 9510 notebook, which puts a 15-inch display into a 14-inch notebook...
Friday 12 June 2020
ABF substrate shortages may widen into 2021
ABF substrate supply shortfalls are likely to widen further into 2021 as demand for 5G infrastructure, networking and high-end GPU and CPU applications has outgrown capacity expansions...
Friday 12 June 2020
MediaTek firmly confident about business growth in 2020
MediaTek is firmly confident about its business growth in 2020, and expects end-market demand to pick up fast later this year, according to top company executives.
Friday 12 June 2020
Pegatron to see strong growth in 2Q20 shipments
Pegatron has announced revenue growth for May and is turning optimistic about its shipments in the second quarter of 2020.