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Friday 30 August 2019
Backend firms eyeing COF orders for ultraslim optical fingerprint ID chips
As super-slim in-display optical fingerprint sensor chips will see increasing penetration in 5G smartphones, Taiwan's IC backend service firms including ASE Technology Holding, ChipMos...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Highlights of the day: Huawei and 5G edge
Development of 5G technologies and products has become a key direction for Huawei's operation with its orders for 5G-related...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Hisilicon likely to be biggest client of TSMC
Huawei's chipmaking arm Hisilicon is expected to become not only the largest Asia-based fabless chipmaker but also TSMC's biggest client in 2020, according to industry sources.
Thursday 29 August 2019
Advantest positive about testing demand for 5G SoC, memory
Testing demand for high-end 5G SoCs has emerged and that for memory chips is set to pick up in early 2020, which will drive revenue increases at Advantest, a major Japan-based supplier...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Huawei ramping up chip demand for 5G base stations
Huawei has been ramping up orders for chips used in its 5G base station equipment, according to sources at backend houses, which expect the China-based player's chip demand to remain...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Huawei holds key to 5G market reaching 160 million in 2020, says Strategy Analytics
Global sales of 5G smartphones will reach 160 million in 2020 if 5G takes off as expected in China, according to Strategy Analytics. Huawei is best positioned to capture the majority...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Cooling solutions providers to expand capacities on 5G smartphone demand
Cooling module makers including Auras Technology, Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) and Taisol Electronics are all moving to expand their capacities for vapor chambers (VCs) to cash in...
Wednesday 28 August 2019
MediaTek gearing up for volume production of single-chip 5G chips
MediaTek has started delivering samples of its first single-chip 5G solution designed for sub-6GHz networks, and expects volume production of the chip to kick off in the first quarter...
Wednesday 28 August 2019
Micron on track to kick off 1znm DRAM production in Taiwan
Micron Technology is already engaged in risk production of DRAM chips built using 1z-nanometer process technology at its Hiroshima fab in Japan, according to the US memory chip vendor...
Tuesday 27 August 2019
AMS positive about demand from 3 major upgrades in smartphones in 2019
Upgrades in smartphone specs and features such as facial recognition, all-screen design and enhanced camera capabilities continue to drive related chip and component demand this year,...
Tuesday 27 August 2019
Competition in 5G phone market heating up
Competition in the 5G phone market is set to heat up as more handset vendors have launched 5G-enabled models in line with the inauguration of commercial 5G networks around the globe,...
Monday 26 August 2019
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor industry on a rise
With 5G business opportunities starting to emerge, CCL makers have been keenly increasing their capacity to satisfy...
Monday 26 August 2019
Memory backend firms see bright revenue prospect for 2H19
Taiwan-based memory modules packagers Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) and ChipMos Technologies are expected to see their revenues pick up month by month in the second half...
Monday 26 August 2019
CCL, IC substrate and flexible PCB demand to boom in 5G era
Chip and component demand for 5G related applications, including network equipment, and antennas for handsets and IoT devices, is set to grow robustly starting 2020. In the PCB industry...
Monday 26 August 2019
CCL makers keen on capacity expansion to brace for 5G-driven demand
With CCL (copper clad laminate) deemed as the most crucial material for high-end PCBs for 5G applications, major CCL makers in Taiwan and China are actively proceeding with capacity...