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Thursday 24 September 2020
TSMC may expand factory site in central Taiwan for 2nm process, says chairman
TSMC may expand its factory site in Taichung, central Taiwan for additional 2nm process capacity, according to company chairman Mark Liu.
Thursday 24 September 2020
Taiwan August manufacturing production index hits record
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 121.49 for August 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with increases of 4.27% sequentially and 5.29% on year,...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Taiwan tech alliance steps up AI chip development
A fingerprint identification chip for large-area in-display sensing applications co-developed by Taiwan-based Egis Technology, eMemory Technology and Innolux is likely to secure validation...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Corning to showcase R&D innovations at 2020 Taiwan Innotech Expo
Corning has announced it will exhibit technologies from its latest R&D innovations at the 2020 Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE), one of the largest invention fairs in Asia, beginning...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 opens
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 has kicked off in Taipei and will run through Friday, highlighting 15 theme pavilions and innovation zones as well as 19 international forums on-site and online...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Transcom to expand factory site in southern Taiwan
GaAs device and foundry company Transcom has disclosed plans to expand its factory site at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to satisfy robust demand for military application...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
iST takes early action to target non-terrestrial communication technologies beyond 5G to open a pathway to space communication for the Taiwan industry
As 5G services began to roll out around the globe in 2019, 5G communication is poised to expand into commercial applications with unprecedented development potential compared to prior...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Power supply and connector makers see robust orders
Taiwan-based power supply and connector makers have seen sales growth thanks to stay-at-home activities since the second quarter of 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Shipments of large-size display devices picking up in Taiwan
Shipments of large-size TVs in the Taiwan market in 2020 are likely to be 10-15% higher than the projection of 850,000-900,000 units made earlier this year, bolstered by rising stay-at-home...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers prioritize high-margin orders amid tight foundry capacity
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs,...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Taiwan August export orders up on year
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$45.49 billion in August 2020, decreasing 0.2% sequentially but increasing 13.6% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 September 2020
Taiwan ABF substrate capacity fully booked throughout 1H21
Taiwan-based Unimicron, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their ABF substrate capacities fully booked throughout the first half of 2021 thanks to strong demand...
Monday 21 September 2020
Qualcomm seeking to shift orders from SMIC, says report
Executives at Qualcomm have paid visits to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries for the purpose of securing capacity support if deliveries from China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Monday 21 September 2020
Two major GaN-on-SiC production camps forming in Taiwan
Taiwan-based solar module maker Tainergy Tech reportedly has sent samples of its newly developed semi-insulating SiC (silicon carbide) substrates for validation by GaAs foundry specialist...
Friday 18 September 2020
Taiwan IC distributors to step up deployments in India
With system vendors and contract manufacturers relocating part of their production to India, Taiwan-based IC distributors are encouraged to step up their deployments in the region,...