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Tuesday 25 February 2020
Taiwan January manufacturing production index down
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 106.67 for January 2020, decreasing 10.45% sequentially and 1.28% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 24 February 2020
International car makers production in China hit by coronavirus outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Several international automobile manufacturers' production at joint ventures in China has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, with General Motors, Volkswagen and Honda Motor...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan PCB makers urged to accelerate capacity relocation amid outbreak
Taiwan's PCB makers are facing higher risks from the coronavirus outbreak thanks to relatively heavier production deployments in China than their peers in Japan and South Korea, prompting...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan IC sector bracing for looming tougher trade ban on Huawei
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain players are bracing for stricter trade restrictions being mulled by the US against Huawei, which could create even worse impacts than those brought...
Monday 24 February 2020
Samsung begins mass production at new EUV manufacturing line
Samsung Electronics has announced that its new cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication line in Hwaseong, Korea has begun mass production.
Friday 21 February 2020
Taiwan optical lens makers expect impacts from outbreak
Taiwan-based optical lens and lens module makers running factories in China, mainly Genius Electronic Optical, Asia Optical, Ability opto-Electronics Technology, and Newmax Technology,...
Friday 21 February 2020
Taiwan January export orders drop
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$35.31 billion in January 2020, decreasing 19.4% sequentially and 12.8% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 20 February 2020
Taiwan MOSFET firms striving for capacity support
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip specialists, which ship mainly to PC and notebook application segments, are striving for capacity support from their foundry partners particularly 6-inch...
Thursday 20 February 2020
ASE Technology to secure backend orders for Qualcomm 5nm 5G modem chips
Qualcomm has newly unveiled the world's first 5nm 5G modem-RF system, the Snapdragon X60, to be paired with its latest, third-generation 5G mmWave antenna module, QTM 535, with Taiwan's...
Thursday 20 February 2020
Taiwan foundries to see orders shifted from China
The coronavirus outbreak has had an adverse impact on China's foundry industry supply chain, with local foundries particularly 8-inch ones likely to see customer orders shifted to...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver IC backend houses expect demand to rebound in 2H20
Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
V-shaped rebound likely in memory market, says Macronix
The memory chip market is expected to see a V-shaped recovery after the coronavirus epidemic ends, according to ROM and flash memory chipmaker Macronix International.
Wednesday 19 February 2020
NTUST fosters team for development of power electronics industry in Taiwan
Playing a vital role in global power electronics technology development, Taiwan hosts six of the world's top 10 power supply manufacturers. The impressive achievement is attributable...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Winedex aims to establish wine index trading center in Taiwan
Taiwan-based startup Cloud Wine Index Technology (Winedex) aims to set up an international wine/liquor index trading center in Taiwan, according to company co-founder and CEO Ban...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Taiwan IC industry output value grows 1.7% in 2019, says TSIA
Worldwide semiconductor revenues declined 12.1% to US$412.1 billion in 2019, while Taiwan's IC industry output value registered a slight increase on year, according to a government-sponsored...