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Thursday 28 November 2019
Metal stamping firm Anli to install new production lines in China
Anli International is planning to establish a sintering production line at its factory site in Zhejiang, China to provide etching process for its vapor chamber products with volume...
Thursday 28 November 2019
AWSC expanding 6-inch GaAs foundry capacity for 5G devices
GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) is gearing up for capacity expansion to satisfy ever-expanding demand for 5G RF (radio frequency), PA (power amplifier), WiFi 6...
Thursday 28 November 2019
CCL firm EMC gearing up for 5G handset application orders
As motherboard upgrades at 5G smartphones are gaining momentum, Taiwan-based CCL maker is poised to compete with Japanese peer Panasonic to benefit more from the first wave of 5G...
Thursday 28 November 2019
UMC enters risk production for 5G RF switches
Pure-play foundry UMC has kicked off risk production for 5G RF switches using its 12-inch wafer fabrication lines, which are also looking to be validated for other 5G chip designs,...
Thursday 28 November 2019
Winbond DRAM product series embracing the high demands of accelerated roll-out of 5G CPE modems and Image processing devices
The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) creates the use cases from mobile devices to autonomous drones and from surveillance equipment to Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Taiwan telecoms eyeing startups
Taiwan-based telecom operators including Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile and Asia Pacific Telecom have all launched their respective startup accelerator programs as they are...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Backend firms to gain from strong chip demand for midrange 5G handsets in 2020
As shipments of midrange 5G smartphones are expected to expand significantly in 2020, the resultant strong demand for chipsets will be a major revenue growth driver for Taiwan's backend...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Global smartphone demand remains weak in 3Q19
Global sales of smartphones to end users continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, contracting by 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2018, according to Gartner. Demand...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
MediaTek intros new-gen 5G SoC
MediaTek held a press conference on November 26 to introduce the new generation of its 5G SoC chips, with guests including TSMC VP Lora Ho, a number of high-ranking executives from...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
5G can make cities smarter, says phireGEN executive
By virtue of high transmission speeds and low latency 5G will be able to make cities smarter, realize smart applications in many sectors, such as medical care, finance, transportation,...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Visualized data to promote interaction in 5G environment, says TWOMC Digital executive
Visualization of data will be crucial for the next-generation marketing campaigns as various types of images such as 360-degree photos, AR/VR images and holographic pictures all will...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
SiP, AiP processes to gain momentum for 5G applications in 2020
System-in-package (SiP) will gain significant growth momentum in 2020 as it will be badly needed to process wireless connectivity devices including RF front-end modules, antenna modules...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Experience and feeling to be core of 5G innovations, says Onda from Orange Silicon Valley
5G-based innovative technologies will focus on user experience and feeling, according to startup investment expert Jay Onda from Orange Silicon Valley.
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Taiwan to play a technological gatekeeper role for IT firms in ASEAN
Taiwan could play a key "technological gatekeeper" role to help global high-tech companies fine-tune their technologies to enable the delivery of a variety of localized and customized...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Loading, bandwidth capacities matter for 5G networks, says Samsung executive
When planning the rollouts of their 5G networks, Taiwan's telecom operators should not focus on factors such as the extended cost for network coverage, but rather on whether the loading...