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Wednesday 11 March 2020
TSMC to kick off 5nm chip production in April
TSMC is set to kick off volume production of chips built using 5nm process technology in April, and has already seen the process capacity fully booked by clients, according to industry...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Cooling module makers see sharp declines in February revenues
Taiwan-based cooling module makers including Power Logic, Sunonwealth Electric Machine and Forcecon Tec all saw their February revenues suffer wider declines both monthly and yearly...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Most LCD panel makers report decreased revenues for February
Most Taiwan-based LCD panel makers, with the exception of AU Optronics (AUO), have reported sequential declines in February revenues due to the impacts of coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Compal, Wistron eye capacity recovery to usual level by end of March
Compal Electronics and Wistron continue to see capacity recovery in China as more of their wolrkers are returning to work, and may see their resumption rates for notebook production...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Taiwan IC substrate makers embracing strong 1Q20
Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology and Nan Ya PCB have posted double-digit annual revenue gains for February despite the coronavirus outbreak, and they...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
SEMI cuts fab equipment spending growth outlook for 2020
Global fab equipment spending promises to rebound from its 2019 downturn and see a modest recovery this year before a sharp uptick drives record investments in 2021, SEMI said in...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
CIS backend firm Tong Hsing sees January-February revenues rise nearly 20%
Taiwan-based Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, dedicated to backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), saw its revenues rise 19.22% on year to NT$1.272 billion (US$ 42.34 million)...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Yageo, Walsin post significant revenue decreases for February
Passive components makers Yageo and Walsin Technology both posted sequential and annual falls for February 2020 revenues due to significant contraction in output of MLCCs and chip...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
PCB maker Unitech cautious about 1Q20 over epidemic
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has expressed caution about its sales performance in the first quarter of 2020, citing the coronavirus impact on both supply and demand.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Memory contract prices to see double-digit increases in 2Q20
DRAM and NAND flash memory contract prices are expected to register double-digit increases in the second quarter of 2020, driven by growing demand for data centers, and enterprise-class...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Eight-inch foundry delivery lead time extended
Eight-inch wafer fabs' delivery times have extended to more than 12 weeks to reflect their tight capacity, according to sources at Taiwan-based analog IC firms. The lead times were...
Monday 9 March 2020
Outbreak impact: China smartphone and AP shipments
The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in labor shortages and shipment disruptions in China's supply chain, but Digitimes Research believes if the epidemic gets under control, China-based...
Monday 9 March 2020
Demand for infrared thermometers growing robustly amid outbreak
Global demand for infrared thermometers is growing fast as temperature measurement at public places has become one of the basic practices to contain the spread of the coronavirus,...
Monday 9 March 2020
PCB maker Compeq guardedly optimistic about 1H20
Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its revenue prospect for the first half of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak. Its optimism reportedly is bolstered by...
Monday 9 March 2020
5G handset shipment boosts unlikely till 2H20
Shipments from the 5G handset supply chain for the first half of 2020 are expected to be one third of those for the second half, instead of 50% as estimated earlier, as first-quarter...