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Tuesday 16 November 2021
Taiwan eyeing disruptive innovations for next-generation ICs
Taiwan is set to implement a spate of next-generation semiconductor R&D programs in the next few years looking to break through physical limits of ICs and support diverse AI applications,...
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see gross margins come under downward pressure
With pure-play foundries initiating another price hikes to reflect their continued tight fab capacities, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are finding it increasingly difficult to...
Monday 15 November 2021
NATEA US Taiwan High-Tech Forum: Dawn of new blockchain era
New trends and tech advances are emerging from the horizon of blockchain technology. On the second day (Nov.13th, Taipei time) of the 2021 U.S. Taiwan High-Tech Forum (UTHF) hosted...
Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan DRAM firms to see gross margin drop in 4Q21
With DRAM memory prices starting to fall in the fourth quarter of 2021, Taiwan-based chipmakers and module houses are poised to see their gross margins decline during the quarter,...
Monday 15 November 2021
Car MCU crunch on track to ease, ADAS chip shortage emerging
Shortage of automotive MCUs will remain on track to ease in 2022, but a new wave of uneven component supply will be emerging and may last till 2023 with core chips for ADAS to lead...
Monday 15 November 2021
Inventec enterprise notebook order visibility reaches year-end 2022
Inventec's order visibility for enterprise notebooks has extended to the end of 2022 as its clients have turned to place long-term orders to counter the IC shortages amid the demand...
Monday 15 November 2021
ICT makers in Taiwan gearing up for production automation
Taiwan's ICT hardware makers relocating production back home from China are stepping up automating their production lines to cope with serious shortage in local labor supply, according...
Friday 12 November 2021
Taiwan makers bullish about graphics card sales in 1H22
Unit sales and prices of graphics cards are expected to continue growing in the first half of 2022, buoyed by sustained demand for gaming and cryptomining applications, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Taiwan October exports hit record for 4th month straight
Taiwan recorded exports of US$40.14 billion for October 2021, hitting a record for fourth consecutive month with growth of 1.2% sequentially and 24.6% year-on-year, while the corresponding...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Taiwan 3Q21 economic growth estimated at 3.80%
Taiwan's economic growth for third-quarter 2021 is preliminarily estimated at 3.80%, 0.49pp higher than 3.31% forecast in August 2021, according to the Directorate General of Budget,...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
New economy in Taiwan likely to grow threefold in 10 years: Q&A with QIC CEO Alex Lee
In a pre-event interview with DIGITIMES, Quantum International Corp. (QIC) founder and CEO Alex Lee shared his insights on the triple forces boosting the growth of Taiwan after the...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Compal Broadband expects Wi-Fi 6 to fuel replacement demand in Europe in 2022
Networking device provider Compal Broadband Networks (CBN) expects Wi-Fi 6 to trigger replacement demand in Europe starting 2022, and is therefore optimistic about its operations...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Nan Ya PCB to expand ABF substrate capacity in Taiwan
Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to invest NT$8.4 billion (US$302.9 million) in building additional ABF substrate production lines at its factory site in Shulin, New Taipei.
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC to build another new fab in southern Taiwan
TSMC has confirmed the speculation that has been circulating about a new chip plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.