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Wednesday 29 April 2020
VIS to see revenue hit another record high in 2Q20
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post revenue growth of 2-7% sequentially in the second quarter, thanks to robust demand for power management...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
DIY PC market likely to shrink 30% in 2020
DIY desktop PC sales have been sluggish so far this year, unlike the notebook market bolstered by the rise of stay-at-home economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the DIY market...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Skyworks sees operations hit by outbreak
Skyworks has suspended manufacturing operations in Mexico due to the coronavirus outbreak, raising speculation about insufficient inventories for the power amplifier vendor's shipments...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
China, Taiwan makers step up development of UV-C LED devices
China- and Taiwan-based LED makers have stepped up development of UV-C LED devices for disinfection purposes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Memory market performs relatively strong amid coronavirus outbreak
Memory contract prices have continued their rallies in the second quarter of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak, which has prompted market research firms to downgrade their global...
Monday 27 April 2020
Taiwan PCB production may fall 3% in 2020 on coronavirus pandemic
Taiwan's PCB production value may hardly register positive growth in 2020 and instead may fall 3% from 2019 due mainly to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on terminal sales of...
Monday 27 April 2020
Taiwan IT companies cautious about 2H20
Since the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to be effectively contained in the short term, many IT enterprises have turned conservative about end-market demand and the global economy...
Monday 27 April 2020
Western Digital raising enterprise HDD prices
Western Digital reportedly is raising its prices for enterprise-use HDDs to reflect increased costs from production and logistics with mainstream products expected to see more than...
Monday 27 April 2020
Global smartphone shipments to dip to 1.15 billion units in 2020
Global smartphone shipments are expected to contract by 15% on year to 1.15 billion units in 2020, as major brands including Samsung Electronics, Huawei and Apple all have slashed...
Friday 24 April 2020
Faraday 1Q20 profits hit 7-quarter low
Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, saw its net profits drop to a seven-quarter low of NT$39 million (US$1.3 million) in the first quarter of 2020.
Friday 24 April 2020
CHPT sees VPC orders ramp up for HPC, ASIC applications
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has seen strong demand in the short term for its vertical probe cards (VPCs) for processing handset APs, RF, HPC and ASIC solutions increasingly...
Friday 24 April 2020
Component shortages disrupting server shipments
Shortages of components caused by the coronavirus pandemic have begun to undermine server makers' shipments to their clients, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 24 April 2020
Qualcomm-MediaTek 5G SoC price competition heating up
5G AP price competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is expected to heat up further in the second quarter of 2020 as both chipmakers are gearing up to win more orders from Chinese...
Friday 24 April 2020
Opto Tech sees surging demand for IR, UV-C LED devices and sensor chips
Vertically-integrated LED maker Opto Tech has received many rush orders for infrared (IR) LED and UV-C LED devices as well as Si-based sensor chips arising from the coronavirus pandemic,...
Thursday 23 April 2020
CHPT incorporates AI into vertical probe cards production
IC testing interfaces vendor Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has set up VPC (vertical probe cards) smart production lines aiming to better meet clients' expectations for delivery...