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Tuesday 4 December 2018
US tech control to have more impact on China than tariffs
The trade war between the world's two economic giants has lasted over a year since the US Trade Representative Office initiated in August 2017 a Section 301 investigation into imports...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
CCL supplier Iteq expects demand from 5G sector to come in 1Q19
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) specialist Iteq expects demand for CCL products for 5G infrastructure to come in the first quarter of 2019 as telecom operators in China are likely to accelerate...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Quanta, Wiwynn see no impact from Intel CPU shortages on cloud server market
Although PC sales in the second half of 2018 have been seriously undermined by Intel's CPU shortages, the cloud computing server market has been little affected, with Quanta Computer...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
VPEC gearing up for chip demand for 5G devices
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is gearing up for robust component semiconductor demand for 5G infrastructure and devices, according to the Taiwan-based company specializing...
Monday 3 December 2018
Optical module maker sees strong growth momentum in next 3-5 years
Optical communication products maker EZconn expects the arrival of the 5G era will help maintain its sales momentum in the next 3-5 years, as significantly more base stations will...
Monday 3 December 2018
Passive components makers seeking new applications to revive shipments
Taiwan makers of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and aluminum solid capacities are moving to develop new industrial applications for their passive components, as their shipments...
Friday 30 November 2018
Demand for 100G/400G switches may take off in 2019 on datacenter upgrades
Demand for 100G/400G switches are expected to take off in 2019, earlier than expected, along with increasing hyper-scale datacenter establishments, prompting Taiwan-based PCL Technologies,...
Friday 30 November 2018
PCB firm GCE swings to profit
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) swung to net profits of NT$256 million (US$8.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses a year ago, thanks to rising fab utilization rates...
Thursday 29 November 2018
MediaTek, Qualcomm upgrading SoCs to drive sales in 2019
MediaTek and Qualcomm both are moving to fabricate their next-generation mobile SoCs with advanced process nodes in 2019 that will support more advanced technologies, as they aim...
Thursday 29 November 2018
US-China trade war affecting chip industry growth, says TSMC co-CEO
The ongoing tariff war between the US and China has already had a negative impact on all semiconductor industry sectors, according to CC Wei, co-CEO for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
IC distributor Edom cautious about 1H19
Edom Technology is cautious about the outlook for semiconductor demand in the first half of 2019, citing unclear visibility of orders for handsets and other consumer electronics de...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
UNISOC names co-CEOs
UNISOC (formerly Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA), a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup specializing in mobile chip development, has appointed Qing Chu as co-CEO of the company, alongside...
Monday 26 November 2018
Notebook cooling solutions provider Anli sees bright prospects for 2019
Expecting better revenue and profit performances for the fourth quarter 2018 than the third quarter, Taiwan's notebook thermal solutions provider Anli International is optimistic...
Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Friday 23 November 2018
Qualcomm expands R&D team in Taiwan
Qualcomm has been expanding its local R&D team in Taiwan to bring the company closer to its Taiwan-based partners such as TSMC for the development of 5G mobile chips, according...