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Thursday 26 December 2019
Chinese backend firm JCET enters supply chain of Samsung, LG
China-based backend house Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), through its production subsidiary JCET STATS ChipPAC Korea (JSCK), has reportedly cut into the supply chain...
Thursday 26 December 2019
Taiwan startups urged to develop integrated solutions for Southeast Asia
Taiwan-based startup businesses tapping the Southeast Asia market should offer one-stop solutions via integrating various innovations developed by different startups, according to...
Thursday 26 December 2019
Taiwan CCL firms eyeing bigger presence in high-frequency segment
Taiwan-based CCL makers are gearing up for robust demand for high-speed and high-frequency CCLs for use in servers and networking devices, including those based on processors supporting...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
PCIe 4.0 still awaiting Intel support
Despite AMD and SSD players' aggressive promotions of PCIe 4.0, the standard may not become popular until Intel releases CPUs that supports the technology, according to sources from...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Taiwan must rely on home-grown AI talent, says expert
Taiwan has strong demand for AI talent in volume and quality, and the supply of AI experts can only rely on domestic cultivation rather than overseas recruitments, according to Kung...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
Samsung to source more HDI PCBs from Korea suppliers
Samsung Electronics reportedly will place more orders with its existing suppliers DAP and Korea Circuit, rather than their Taiwanese peers, after the withdrawal of its PCB supply...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
US may tighten ban on Huawei with mixed impacts on Taiwan IC designers
The US government is reportedly mulling adjusting regulations to tighten control on Huawei's access to US-originated technology, which may bring uncertainties to Taiwan-based IC design...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
GlobalWafers sees order visibility improve
Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers has seen better-than-expected order visibility for the first quarter of 2020, particularly for 12-inch wafers, according to company chairperson...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
LCD heyday coming to an end
For the global LCD panel industry, the year 2019 has been mostly engulfed by oversupply due notably to rampant capacity ramps by Chinese makers. Oversupply coupled with the impacts...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Epson Taiwan promoting SCARA robots
Epson Taiwan is eyeing the demand for automation equipment from Taiwan's electronics manufacturing industry by promoting its selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) products,...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Taiwan CCL makers may ramp up shipments to European clients in 2020
Taiwan-based CCL manufacturers are on track to embrace a larger harvest in 2020 as they have been asked by their Europe-based clients to enter risk production for applications for...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Taiwan November manufacturing production index up
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 115.71 for November 2019, increasing 0.97% sequentially and 2.29% on year, according to statistics released by...
Monday 23 December 2019
Corning Taiwan partners with university to set up startup accelerator
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan has partnered with Taidah Entrepreneurship Center under National Taiwan University (TEC NTU) to set up an accelerator to help startups develop...
Monday 23 December 2019
China keen on developing AI-based ASICs
Chinese chipmakers are revving up development of HPC (high performance computing) chips for AI and deep learning applications, which are expected to become available for volume production...
Monday 23 December 2019
Taiwan November export orders down
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$44.53 billion in value in November 2019, decreasing 5.8% sequentially and 6.6% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE...