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Tuesday 10 August 2021
Taiwan July exports hit record
Taiwan recorded exports totaling US$37.95 billion for July 2021, the highest-ever monthly level with growths of 3.5% sequentially and 34.7% on year, while the month's imports reached...
Monday 9 August 2021
Phison expects output to jump in 2022
Phison Electronics has managed to obtain more capacity support from two foundry service providers, and will see its output for 2022 jump 200% from this year, according to KS Pua,...
Monday 9 August 2021
Taiwan memory chipmakers post strong sales for July
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its revenue reach a 34-month high of NT$7.95 billion (US$285.6 million) in July 2021, while specialty DRAM and flash chipmaker Winbond Electronics'...
Monday 9 August 2021
TSMC to freeze quotes for 28nm process, sources say
Having already raised its quotes for 28nm process technology, TSMC has moved to maintain the prices throughout the second half of this year, according to industry sources.
Monday 9 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (10): The structure of the server sector
With manufacturing advantages inherited from Taiwan's notebook industry, Taiwan's server shipments account for over 90% of the global server market. Server suppliers such as Wistron's...
Friday 6 August 2021
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2021
Taiwan's notebook shipments only grew 2.7% sequentially in the second quarter of 2021, as component short supply was worse than expected. The volumes were up 8.6% on year in the qu...
Friday 6 August 2021
Opportunities of Taiwanese ICT suppliers in EV
Electric vehicles (EVs) are in rapid development. The EV industry, which has no gas engines and heavily involves technology, is a completely different battlefield compared with the...
Friday 6 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (9): Taiwanese firms as IT powerhouses
The industry community is aware that Huawei has been hoarding components so as to secure supply to sustain its production line, especially high-end parts. On top of that, China is...
Friday 6 August 2021
MCU prices in China may return to normal track, says Nuvoton CEO
China's regulators investigating the alleged price gouging by Chinese distributors of automotive MCUs is good news for Taiwan-based MCU maker Nuvoton Technology and other local peers,...
Thursday 5 August 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panel shipments to slip in 3Q21
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to edge down 1.1% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021 after growing 11.7% in the second quarter, according...
Thursday 5 August 2021
Siemens Gamesa starts production of nacelles in Taiwan for offshore wind turbines
Spain-based Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has kicked off assembly of nacelles for offshore wind turbines at its factory near Taichung Harbor, central Taiwan, and has completed the...
Thursday 5 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (8): MediaTek becomes largest supplier of handset APs to Samsung
According to DIGITIMES Research analyst Stella Weng's study, MediaTek's application processors (AP) were used in only 8% of Samsung's handsets in 2019, but the proportion shot up...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Taiwan sees NT$824 billion in investments from businesses reutrning from China
Taiwan's incentives program has attracted NT$824.4 billion (US$29.4 billion) in investments from businesses returning from China over the past two years, according to the Ministry...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Taiwan backend houses bracing for robust China mature-node chips demand
Taiwan-based IC backend houses are gearing up for robust packaging demand for mature-node chips from foundries in China, as the supply of such chips is increasingly short of demand...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (7): India to cash in on China's setbacks?
As the second largest handset market next to China, India sees its suppliers mainly carrying Chinese brands. Is India facing a fundamental change in market structure? Smartphone brands...