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Wednesday 28 April 2021
PCB, CCL makers under pressure from rising copper price
PCB and CCL makers, while seeing strong orders, have been under pressure of ongoing hikes in international copper price, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Component shortages drag down Taiwan TV shipments in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan-based makers shipped only 6.26 million LCD TVs globally in the first quarter of 2021, down 34.2% sequentially, due mainly to shortages of panels, display driver ICs and SoC...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Gudeng breaks ground for new plant in northern Taiwan
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, broke ground on April 27 for a new plant in...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see 1Q21 gross margins hike
Taiwan-based IC design houses particularly those specializing in display driver ICs and MOSFET chips are set to see their gross margins and profitability hike in the first quarter...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
UMC eyeing long-term contracts with major clients
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is striving to get its major clients including Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter into 3-year supply agreements, according...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Quanta new capacity in Taiwan to start production in 2Q21
Quanta Computer's newly expanded server capacity in Taiwan will begin volume production in the second quarter and raise the ODM's overall server output from Taiwan by 20%, according...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Taiwan 1Q21 international Internet bandwidth over 4,840Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 15 countries/regions (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached total bandwidth of 4,840.613Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2021, increasing...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Aluminum capacitor supply to stay tight throughout 1H21
The supply of aluminum electrolytic capacitors is expected to remain tight throughout the first half of 2021, thanks to strong demand for server, power supply, automotive electronics,...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
T-Global integrates supply chain through thermal module designing services
In this 5G era, diverse environments have led communications systems and equipment suppliers to find different development opportunities. Also, as private business network applications...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Taiwan inductor makers upbeat about 2Q21
Taiwan's inductor makers including Chilisin Electronics, Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics and Arlitech Electronic expect their second-quarter 2021 revenues to grow sequentially thanks...
Monday 26 April 2021
Samsung launches Galaxy M12 in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics has launched its latest 4G smartphone, the Galaxy M12, in the Taiwan market, with the availability to begin on April 26 at NT$4,999 (US$180).
Monday 26 April 2021
Skyworks new acquisition deal to benefit partners in Taiwan
US-based RF chips vendor Skyworks has announced plans to acquire Silicon Labs' infrastructure and automotive business for US$2.75 billion, highlighting its efforts to better explore...
Monday 26 April 2021
Taiwan likely to become a top-3 machine tool exporter
Taiwan stands a good chance of becoming a global top-3 exporter of machine tools in the next 7-10 years, up from its current foruth place, according to chairman Jimmy Chu for machine...
Monday 26 April 2021
Taiwan March manufacturing production index up
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 139.42 for March 2021, increasing 28.81% sequentially and 18.05% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 26 April 2021
Solar Applied Materials sees rising orders from clients
Solar Applied Materials Technology, a Taiwan-based supplier of precious and rare metals, chemicals and materials, is enjoying robust orders from clients in the semiconductor, panel...