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Wednesday 4 November 2020
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to drop in 4Q20, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's large-size panel shipments (excluding Sharp's) are expected to decline 4.1% sequentially but up 16.1% on year in the fourth quarter of 2020, after growing 11.2% on quarter...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
SEMI expects 300mm fab spending to boom through 2023
SEMI has forecast that 300mm fab investments will grow by 13% in 2020 to eclipse the previous record high set in 2018 and log another banner year for the semiconductor industry in...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Sporton posts 3Q20 EPS of NT$2.25
Mobile device certification specialist Sporton International has reported net profit of NT$208 million (US$7.3 million) on revenue of NT$926 million for the third quarter of 2020,...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
New iPhones to consume 5-6% of total NAND flash produced in 2021
The new iPhone 12 series that comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB options will consume 5-6% of the overall NAND flash memory produced in 2021, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Malaysia and Taiwan engage in industrial collaborations to drive AIoT in Southeast Asia
Under the efforts of the New South Bound Policy, Taiwan and Malaysia engage in active industrial collaborations to create win-win partnerships that foster the sharing of experiences...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Taiwan 4Q20 exports to grow despite lack of Huawei orders, says economics minister
Taiwan's exports for fourth-quarter of 2020 will still growth even without Huawei's orders for TSMC, according to economics minister Wang Mei-hua.
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Global 3Q20 semiconductor sales increase, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled US$113.6 billion during the third quarter of 2020, an increase of about 11% over the previous quarter and 5.8% more than the third quarter...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Around 15,000 servers needed for new Microsoft Azure datacenter in Taiwan
An estimated 15,000 servers will be needed to support Microsoft's new Azure datacenter that will be unveiled in Taiwan by the end of 2021 at the earliest, according to industry sou...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Integration of urban, rural spectrum resources vital to Taiwan 5G services, says T Star president
Integration of urban and rural spectrum resources is badly needed to effectively accelerate 5G telecom development in Taiwan, and telecom operators should be encouraged to jointly...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Cryptography everywhere: Q&A with Chain Reaction CEO Alon Webman and CTO Oren Yokev
Less than one year after Mellanox was acquired by Nvidia for US$7 billion, Alon Webman, co-founder of Mellanox, started his second entrepreneurial project. The new company, Chain...
Monday 2 November 2020
Japan panel makers see capacity utilization rates keep improving
Japan-based LCD panel makers including JDI and Sharp, a unit of Foxconn Electronics, have seen capacity utilization rates at their fabs improve significantly thanks to a robust panel...
Monday 2 November 2020
EMC to invest CNY800 million to expand capacity in China
Copper clad laminate (CCL) maker Elite Material (EMC) has disclosed plans to invest about CNY800 million (US$119.6 million) to build additional capacity at its factory site in China's...
Monday 2 November 2020
Taiwan GaAs supply chain, IDMs gearing up for Wi-Fi 6 boom
The Wi-Fi 6 penetration rate is likely to advance to 50-60% in 2021 with the latest wireless communication standard increasingly adopted for handsets, routers and notebooks, prompting...
Monday 2 November 2020
Taiwan 3Q20 economic growth rate hits 9-quarter high, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate for the third quarter of 2020 is preliminarily estimated at 3.33%, the highest quarterly level since the third quarter of 2018 and 1.32pp higher than...
Friday 30 October 2020
EV-use charging piles to see strong growth in China
Along with fast growing sales of electric vehicles (EVs), demand for EV-use charging piles in the China market is expected to grow, according to industry sources.