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Tuesday 28 December 2021
Quanta chairman expects sales to be driven by metaverses
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam expects metaverses to become the next growth drivers for his company.
Tuesday 28 December 2021
IC supply priority shifting to non-consumer products for 2022
ICs for consumer products are expected to see worse shortages than other applications in 2022 as many IC design houses have prioritized supply capacity for non-consumer chip offerings...
Monday 27 December 2021
8-inch fab capacity for car chips to stay short of demand till 2025
Shortage of automotive chips will persist throughout 2022, particularly those fabricated at 8-inch wafer fabs, and may not ease until 2025 given that the majority of 8-inch fab capacities...
Monday 27 December 2021
MOST unveils new facility in southern Taiwan
Shalun Green Energy Science City established in southern Taiwan by government agencies, including the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), has unveiled a new facility.
Monday 27 December 2021
India roundup: Apple to make iPhone 13 in India

Apple begins trial production of iPhone 13 in India

Monday 27 December 2021
MiniLED patent lawsuit against Apple could impact supply chain
Taiwan-based LED manufacturer Genesis Photonics has filed a lawsuit against Apple for patent infringement in Taiwan. Among the alleged infringements includes miniLED backlights in...
Friday 24 December 2021
Liquid cooling to hit golden cross with air cooling in two years, says Kaori CEO
With liquid cooling solutions especially immersive ones expected to turn more popular in the server, switch and datacenter industries, Allen Wu, CEO of Kaori Heat Treatment, expects...
Friday 24 December 2021
Mobo and graphics card makers to embrace strong 1Q22
Taiwan-based motherboard and graphics card makers are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2022, as shortages of processors start easing and demand remains strong...
Friday 24 December 2021
Clevo expects 2021 shipments to top 2 million units
Notebook, tablet, and PC ODM Clevo expects its shipments to exceed two million units in 2021, while the volumes in 2022 will register a double-digit increase, buoyed by strong demand...
Friday 24 December 2021
Molding compounds to see worst crunch among packaging materials in 2022
Taiwan-based OSATs will experience mixed supply of packaging materials, with molding compounds to see the worst crunch beyond ABF substrates, and wirebonding leadframes and DAF (die...
Friday 24 December 2021
2021 Asia tech M&A deals and values hit new high
Technology merger and acquisition activities accelerated in 2021 and deals in Asia broke the US$100 billion mark for the first time in history, totaling US$137.3 billion, up 86.3%...
Thursday 23 December 2021
NDK shuts 2 quartz plants in Malaysia due to flood damage
NDK has to suspend production at its two plants for quartz crystal and crystal blank components in Malaysia due to damages caused by floods locally.
Thursday 23 December 2021
Supply-side constraints challenging education laptops supply, says Microsoft Taiwan
Supply-side constraints, rather than demand weakening, are challenging the global supply of education-use notebooks and tablets including Chromebooks and Microsoft's Surface Go series,...
Thursday 23 December 2021
Taiwan OSATs upbeat about orders for automotive, commercial chips
Taiwan-based IC backend houses have seen their international customers scale up orders for processing midrange and high-end chips for automotive and commercial device applications,...
Thursday 23 December 2021
Automotive UI/UX design receives industry attention
In-vehicle user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design has attracted more attention from automakers recently as they try to unlock the full potential of software-defined vehicles...