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Friday 24 May 2019
Foundries seeing order visibility turn weak
Pure-play foundries have seen order visibility for the third quarter of 2019 become blurred by the impact of the US trade ban on China's Huawei, according to industry sources.
Friday 24 May 2019
Taiwan April manufacturing production index up on year
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 104.30 for April 2019, decreasing 0.74% sequentially but increasing 0.94% on year, according to the Ministry...
Friday 24 May 2019
Huawei stepping up memory chip purchases from Japan, Korea
Huawei is looking to step up purchases of memory chips from its Japan- and South Korea-based suppliers, including Toshiba Memory and SK Hynix, according to industry sources.
Thursday 23 May 2019
Taiwan CCL firms on track to expand production capacities in China
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) firms including Asia Electronic Materials (AEM), Elite Materials (EMC), Iteq and Taiflex Scientific, are on track to build additional new production...
Thursday 23 May 2019
Taiwan telecom operators to stop selling new phones from Huawei
Taiwan's five leading telecom operators have said that they will stop selling new smartphones made by Huawei due to concerns of after-sale services after Google stopped providing...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Taiwan CCL makers racing to gain presence in 5G infrastructure market
Despite US trade sanctions against Huawei likely to slow the installation progress of 5G base stations in China, Taiwan's CCL (copper clad laminate) suppliers are still actively rolling...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Microsoft Taiwan hosts DevDays Asia 2019
Microsoft Taiwan is holding DevDays Asia 2019 in Taipei during May 21-23, with focuses on AI, big data analysis, development of solutions for industries based on Microsoft Office...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
China relying on Taiwan suppliers to cushion trade war impacts
In efforts to mitigate impacts of US trade sanctions against Huawei and tariff hikes on Chinese imports, the China government has instructed domestic enterprises to purchase more...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Taiwan monitor shipments to grow on year in 2Q19, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan-based makers saw their combined shipments of monitors increase 5.6% on year in the first quarter of 2019, growing for the fifth consecutive quarter. Their monitor shipments...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan IC partners see unclear prospects for 2H19 shipments to Huawei
With the US trade sanctions likely to prove disastrous to Huawei, Taiwan semiconductor supply chain partners can hardly give clear-cut prospects for the third quarter of 2019 and...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Two Japan power firms stop using Huawei PV inverters
Two PV power firms have stopped using inverters made by Huawei Technologies, according to Nikkei.
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan server, network equipment makers gaining from US-China trade war
Taiwan suppliers of servers and network communication modules have seen orders mount significantly as their clients in the US and Europe have moved to boost ratios of shipments from...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan April exports down
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$37.66 billion in value in April 2019, decreasing 2.4% sequentially and 3.7% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Monday 20 May 2019
Taiwan optical communication module makers likely to land windfall orders
Some Taiwan-based optical communication module makers are expected to land windfall orders after the US government imposed a 25% punitive tariffs covering US$200 billion worth of...
Monday 20 May 2019
HiSilicon said to extend capacity guarantee pacts with Taiwan partners through 2Q20
China chipmaker HiSilicon is reportedly to sign with Taiwan IC supply chain partners capacity guarantee agreements valid through the second quarter of 2020, despite uncertainties...