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Monday 15 November 2021
Car MCU crunch on track to ease, ADAS chip shortage emerging
Shortage of automotive MCUs will remain on track to ease in 2022, but a new wave of uneven component supply will be emerging and may last till 2023 with core chips for ADAS to lead...
Monday 15 November 2021
Inventec enterprise notebook order visibility reaches year-end 2022
Inventec's order visibility for enterprise notebooks has extended to the end of 2022 as its clients have turned to place long-term orders to counter the IC shortages amid the demand...
Friday 12 November 2021
Pegatron to invest US$164 million in 1st phase of EV factory in North America
Pegatron has announced plans to invest US$164 million in the first phase of a new plant for electric vehicles (EV) and other automotive electronics in North America to serve customers...
Friday 12 November 2021
Compal reports revenue growth in 3Q21
Compal Electronics has reported its third-quarter 2021 consolidated revenues rose 29% sequentially to arrive at NT$336.86 billion (US$11.99 billion) with operating net profits growing...
Friday 12 November 2021
Taiwan makers bullish about graphics card sales in 1H22
Unit sales and prices of graphics cards are expected to continue growing in the first half of 2022, buoyed by sustained demand for gaming and cryptomining applications, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Analog IC firm GMT striving for more foundry capacity
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, will continue striving for more available capacities at foundries to support...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Highlight of the day: TI reportedly slow in expanding production
Pure-play foundry houses have been keen on expanding fab capacity, but the notebook industry continues to see serious chip shortage. Some industry sources are blaming Texas...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Macronix developing 3D NOR flash
Macronix International is engaged in the development of 3D NOR flash memory in-house, which is expected to bear fruit within two years, according to company chairman Miin Wu.
Thursday 11 November 2021
Yen Sun enjoys strong automotive cooling fan demand
Cooling solution developer Yen Sun Technology has enjoyed strong demand for automotive applications with clear order visibility extended through the first half of 2022, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Passive component demand slowing down
Passive component makers have seen customers slow down their pace of orders recently, but expect orders to pick up along with the easing of IC shortages next year, according to industry...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Asustek expects notebook and graphics card sales to continue rising
Asustek Computer expects sales of its notebooks and graphics cards to continue growing to buoy further its revenue and profit performance in the fourth quarter.
Thursday 11 November 2021
IC shortage unlikely to ease until TI ramps up output
The global IC shortage is unlikely to ease until Texas Instruments scales up its output, according to sources in the notebook industry, which see supply-side constraints caused mainly...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Coretronic October revenues down on month, up on year
Coretronic has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.728 billion (US$169 million) for October, decreasing 3.28% on month but increasing 23.51% on year, and those of NT$39.446 billion...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Quanta sees notebook shipments up in October, Compal down
Quanta Computer shipped 6.1 million notebooks in October, up from September's six million units, whereas Compal Electronics saw its corresponding shipments decline to 5.1 million...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Samsung phasing out low-density DRAM
Samsung is looking to phase out its DDR3 production in two years to focus more on making CMOS image sensors that offer...