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Monday 12 July 2021
South Korean firms building smart city in Vietnam
South Korea's SparkLabs Korea, Daewoo E&C Vina, and Bespin Global have signed a strategic partnership to construct a smart city platform in Vietnam, according to SparkLabs Grou...
Thursday 8 July 2021
Highlights of the day: China foundries reducing support for Taiwan IC designers
Semiconductor manufacturing capacity supply has been tight and some China-based foundry houses are prioritizing supply...
Thursday 8 July 2021
China foundries cut capacity support for Taiwan chipmakers
China-based foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huahong Group have cut back their capacity support for orders placed by Taiwan's fabless chipmakers...
Thursday 8 July 2021
Taiwan June exports second highest ever
Taiwan recorded exports totaling US$36.65 billion for June 2021, the second highest-ever monthly level with a sequential decrease of 2.0% but an on-year rise of 35.1% on year, according...
Wednesday 7 July 2021
Taiwan 5G subscriber penetration rate to reach 30% by year-end 2021
Taiwan is likely to see 5G penetration rate reach nearly 30% by the end of 2021, bolstered by expanding 5G network coverage and the availability of new 5G smartphones, according to...
Wednesday 7 July 2021
Taiwan CCL makers look to high-end offerings for 2H21 growth
Taiwan's CCL makers will see shipments of their high-frequency and high-speed offerings for servers, network switches and base stations surge steadily, with clear revenue gains looming...
Wednesday 7 July 2021
Swancor forms Taiwan team for developing offshore wind farms
Swancor Renewable Energy has disclosed it has partnered with Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology, Yeong Guan Energy Technology and J&V Energy Technology to form a Taiwan team for...
Tuesday 6 July 2021
Semiconductor output value to surge over next decade, says Etron chair
The semiconductor industry will be rising in value over the next 10 years, and may break through the US$1 trillion plateau during the forecast period, according to Nicky Lu, chairman...
Tuesday 6 July 2021
South Korea has fastest 5G downloading speed among 8 Asia Pacific markets, says report
South Korea has the fastest downloading speed of 5G services at 380.5Mbps among eight key markets in Asia Pacific, followed by Taiwan, Australia and Japan, while Thailand is at the...
Tuesday 6 July 2021
Taiwan foundries strike 2022, 2023 orders for automotive chips
IC foundries including TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have signed supply contracts with their automotive customers for orders set...
Monday 5 July 2021
Lida Holdings, Taiwan Chelic see increasing orders catering to automation needs
Lida Holdings, an air compressor maker focusing production and market in China, and pneumatic component maker Taiwan Chelic have seen increasing orders due to steadily growing demand...
Monday 5 July 2021
Taiwan GaAs foundry houses set to secure more 5G PA orders from China
Taiwan-based GaAs foundry houses, including Win Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) and Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), are set to land more orders from Chinese...
Monday 5 July 2021
Acer eyes medical care business
Acer has been keen on making deployments in the smart medical care, antibacterial and eco-friendly product sectors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to company chairman...
Monday 5 July 2021
Korea memory sales to rise 16% in 2Q21, says Digitimes Research
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will see their combined sales of memory products (mainly DRAM and NAND flash chips) increase 16.7% sequentially to KRW26 trillion (US$23.3 billion)...
Friday 2 July 2021
More foundry support to drive 3Q21 revenue gains at MOSFET makers
Taiwan-based MOSFET makers including Advanced Power Electronics, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Sinopower Semiconductor are all expected to enjoy sequential revenue increases...