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Wednesday 5 September 2018
FCBGA substrate supply tight on packaging demand for pre-5G chips
Taiwan IC backend service firms have seen increasing flip-chip packaging orders from China chipmaker HiSilicon now actively carrying out volume production of pre-5G chip products,...
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Chipmakers slowing down transition to sub-10nm technology
With sub-10nm node manufacturing requiring huge capex, a number of foundries have slowed down their investment pace while fabless chipmakers stick with 14/12nm products for cost reasons...
Thursday 30 August 2018
Taiwan network chipmakers ramping up shipments to US, China
Taiwan suppliers of network communication chips are busy ramping up their shipments to fulfill increasing orders from web giants, cloud service providers and datacenter operators...
Tuesday 28 August 2018
ShunSin to step up diversification efforts
Backend house ShunSin Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) specializing in system-in-package (SiP) modules, will be stepping up its diversification...
Monday 27 August 2018
National alliance needed to help Taiwan firms better tap IoT opportunities, says ITRI executive
As IoT and AI applications will enter a substantive growth period amid the imminent advent of the 5G era, Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)...
Thursday 23 August 2018
Nanya PCB striving to cut loss
Nanya Printed Circuit Board is striving to lower its operating losses by developing high-margin products such as those for automotive electronics, 5G and AI applications, according...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Qualcomm, MediaTek gear up for 5G chipset solution market
Qualcomm and MediaTek both have geared up their efforts to promote their 5G solutions in a bid to better their presence in the forthcoming 5G market as telecom operators have begun...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Shipments of 5G smartphones to not pick up until 2021, Digitimes Research says
Shipments of 5G-enabled end devices, including smartphones, CPE (consumer premise equipment) and Wi-Fi devices, are unlikely to ship in large-scale until 2021 after initial shipments...
Friday 17 August 2018
Auras optimistic about 3Q18
Cooling module maker Auras Technology expects its third-quarter-2018 revenues to grow 15-20% sequentially with gross margin to also increase to 14-16%, up from second-quarter's 10%,...
Thursday 16 August 2018
CCL firm Ventec optimistic about 2H18
Copper clad laminate (CCL) supplier Ventec International has expressed optimism about its revenue and profit performance in the second half of 2018, citing seasonal factors.
Tuesday 14 August 2018
China new fabs to join competition for foundry orders in late 2018
As most of the 12-inch wafer foundry fabs built in China in 2016-2017 will kick off commercial run in late 2018, China's combined monthly foundry capacities at 12-inch fabs will surge...
Friday 10 August 2018
Taiwan tech firms expand capacities to fulfill rush orders from US
Taiwan-based semiconductor and electronics makers are busy expanding their local production capacities, importing more machinery equipment to fulfill robust rush orders from customers,...
Thursday 9 August 2018
Samsung steps up investment in AI, 5G and automotive sectors
Samsung has announced plans to invest KRW25 trillion (US$22.38 billion) over the next three years in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, automotive electronics components...
Wednesday 8 August 2018
China 5G development vital for Huawei to become top smartphone vendor
The endeavors committed by China's telecom carriers to build the next-generation 5G networks could help Huawei ramp up its smartphone shipments. which will allow the China-based telecom...
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Yageo posts EPS of NT$42.95 for 1H18
Passive component vendor Yageo has disclosed net profits of NT$15.06 billion (US$491.9 million) for the first half of 2018, with EPS reaching NT$42.95.