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Wednesday 8 January 2020
Nan Ya, Kinsus see bright prospect for diverse IC substrates in 2020
IC substrate makers Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect are both expected to post significant revenue and profit increases in 2020 as robust demand from segments of smartphones, servers,...
Wednesday 8 January 2020
SK Hynix unveils PCIe NVMe SSDs
At the ongoing CES, SK Hynix has unveiled its PCIe NVMe consumer SSD series. The drives are built with SK Hynix' 128-layer 4D NAND flash, just six months after the company announced...
Wednesday 8 January 2020
MediaTek intros mid-range 7nm 5G mobile SoC
MediaTek has introduced its Dimensity 800 series, a new 7nm SoC designed for mid-range 5G smartphones slated for launch later in the first half of 2020.
Tuesday 7 January 2020
Quanta, Wiwynn to demo x86 servers for 5G at MWC 2020
At the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020, Quanta Computer and Wiwynn will both showcase their new x86-based servers for 5G networks.
Tuesday 7 January 2020
Win Semi, VPEC poised to embrace robust 1Q20
GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), which manufactures epitaxial wafers, both saw revenues increase by over 20% in 2019 and are expected...
Tuesday 7 January 2020
Taiwan CCL makers to see strong 1Q20 on 5G commercialization
Taiwan-based CCL makers are expected to see stronger-than-expected shipment momentum in the fourth-quarter 2019 persist into the first quarter of 2020 thanks to robust demand for...
Tuesday 7 January 2020
Adata sees SSD revenue surge in December
Memory module firm Adata Technology has reported consolidated revenues surged about 19% from a year earlier to NT$2.48 billion (US$82.5 million) in December 2019. During the month,...
Monday 6 January 2020
China AI chip development to spur ABF substrate capacity expansion
Taiwan IC substrate makers will have no time to lose in expanding their ABF substrate capacities as demand for such substrates will grow substantially in 2020 and beyond along with...
Monday 6 January 2020
Global SOI market to double by 2024 on 5G-driven applications, says Digitimes Research
Global SOI (silicon on insulator) market scale is expected to double by 2024 from 2019 thanks to significant expansion in applications to mobile devices, communication infrastructure,...
Monday 6 January 2020
Good year ahead for pure-play foundries
With silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers recently expressing optimism about its order visibility for the first quarter of 2020, TSMC and other pure-play foundries are also expected...
Monday 6 January 2020
Samsung ships over 6.7 million Galaxy 5G devices in 2019
Samsung Electronics has disclosed that in 2019 it shipped more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G smartphones globally. As of November 2019, Samsung accounted for 53.9% of the global 5G smartphone...
Monday 6 January 2020
CHPT sees vertical probe card biz expand
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) saw sales generated from its new VPC (vertical probe card) product line grow to account for a double-digit percentage of the company's total revenues...
Friday 3 January 2020
KYEC starting 2020 with robust test orders for 5G, AI, CIS chips
Taiwan-based testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to see its first-quarter 2020 revenues hit the highest record ever for the same quarter with monthly revenues to...
Friday 3 January 2020
PMIC maker Chipown approved to list on Shanghai bourse
Power management IC specialist Wuxi Chipown Micro-electronics has just won approval to list shares on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of China's Shanghai Stock Exchange, planning to...
Friday 3 January 2020
TSMC, KYEC reportedly grab orders for automotive AI chips from Intel
Foundry house TSMC and testing house KYEC have both obtained orders for automotive AI chips from Intel, with the orders set to generate revenues starting the second half of 2020,...