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Tuesday 22 October 2019
Taiwan backend supply chain ramps up support for HiSilicon 5G chips
Taiwan semiconductor backend supply chain players are poised to ramp up their shipments and revenues in line with aggressive rollout of diverse 5G chip solutions by major chipmakers,...
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Episil positive about SiC wafer demand
Taiwan-based Episil Holdings expects SiC wafer demand for MOSFET and other power devices to be robust for server and datacenter applications.
Tuesday 22 October 2019
HiSilicon now top TSMC customer for advanced process node
Huawei's HiSilicon has unseated Apple as the largest customer of TSMC in terms of advanced process node capacity share, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 October 2019
TEEMA to assist Taiwan makers in digital transformation
Taiwanese makers will continue facing fierce competition from Chinese peers and will need to accelerate their paces in business transformation, according to Taiwan Electrical and...
Tuesday 22 October 2019
MediaTek reportedly planning 6nm 5G SoC
MediaTek reportedly has plans to roll out 6nm 5G mobile SoCs with volume production slated to kick off in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Unisoc set to raise new funds to support 5G, IoT chips development
Tsinghua Unigroup's chipmaking arm Unisoc will enforce a capital increment of CNY5 billion (US$707.44 million) to support its development of core 5G and IoT chipsets, according to...
Monday 21 October 2019
5G phones to become mainstream in 2023
Shipments of 5G smartphones are expected to surpass those of 4G models to become the mainstream in 2023, according to market watchers.
Monday 21 October 2019
Plastic components to go mainstream in EVs, says Covestro
Plastic materials are increasingly applied to production of automotive parts and components in recent years driven by lightweight requirements for fuel efficiency and lower gas emissions,...
Monday 21 October 2019
TSMC to see profits surge in 2020-21
TSMC is expected to enjoy significant profit increases in 2020 and 2021, after posting its first annual decrease in eight years this year, according to industry observers.
Friday 18 October 2019
Highlights of the day: Quanta upbeat about server shipments on 5G demand
The commercialization of 5G is injecting momentum into the serve industry. Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer expects impressive results for its server...
Friday 18 October 2019
TSMC raises forecast for 5G phone penetration for 2020
TSMC CEO CC Wei has disclosed the foundry's more optimism about chip demand for 5G smartphones in 2020, and its forecast of the 5G smartphone penetration rate next year has already...
Friday 18 October 2019
Quanta expects 5G deployments to bear fruit in 2020
Quanta Computer has started shipping 5G x86 servers to Japan's Rakuten, and is in talks with a number of Europe- and US-based telecom carriers for shipments slated to kick off in...
Friday 18 October 2019
Demand for infrastructure equipment to increase 10-fold in 5G era, says Covestro
Global demand for infrastructure equipment such as base stations, active antenna units, transceivers in the next-generation 5G era will increase 10-fold as compared to those required...
Friday 18 October 2019
Robust 7nm and 5nm chip demand to drive TSMC 2020 growth
TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...
Friday 18 October 2019
LG Innotek unveils 5G communication module for automotive
LG Innotek has announced it has developed an automotive communication module based on Qualcomm's 5G chip.