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Wednesday 18 August 2021
HDI PCB makers see orders surge for mainstream and niche applications
Taiwan-based HDI PCB manufacturers have seen orders surge significantly on seasonality for the mainstream handset, notebook, and other mass-market consumer applications, according...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Macronix to enhance 3D NAND, advanced NOR flash offerings
Macronix International will be strengthening its 3D NAND and advanced NOR flash offerings, eyeing a bigger presence in the automotive and other niche-market sectors, according to...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Compal and Realtek form JV for chips, sources say
Compal Electronics and networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor have established a joint venture, Starmems Semiconductor that will be dedicated to supplying chips for notebook-used...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics has orders visible until December 2021
Inductor and passive component maker Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until December 2021, according to company president Hsieh Ming-Liang...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Highlights of the day: PC makers see short supply of small ICs
IC shortage is disrupting production at many industry sectors amid tight foundry capacity. PC makers have disclosed that short supply of small...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Nuvoton to raise foundry quotes by 15%, report says
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology, which has merged with Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions (PSCS), has reportedly notified customers about a 15% price hike for its contract manufacturing...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Backend houses enjoy strong influx of orders for automotive CIS
Taiwan-based backend houses, including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), and Xintec, have seen orders from international IDMs continue ramping up for...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Mobo and graphics card makers remain upbeat
Despite a rapid slowdown in cryptomining demand, Taiwan-based motherboard and graphics card makers remain upbeat about their sales outlook for the second half of this year and 2022,...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Taiwan ODMs step up deployments in automotive electronics
ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron have stepped up their deployments in the automotive electronics field, as well as healthcare and other sectors,...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers seek foundry support for increasing orders
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers including Advanced Power Electronics, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Sinopower Semiconductor have approached their foundry partners recently...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Small IC shortage disrupting PC supply
The shortage of small ICs, in addition to power management chips and logic ICs, will be disrupting production at PC assemblers and vendors through 2022 as a result of the persistently...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Arm-based notebook processor shipments post 5-fold jump in 2020
Arm-based notebook computing chips jumped nine-fold in revenue terms and five-fold in unit terms in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics.
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Ennostar 2Q21 operation turns profitable
Ennostar had its business operation swinging from an operating loss of NT$329.4 million (US$11.8 million) and a net loss of NT$259.9 million for the first quarter of 2021 to an operating...
Monday 16 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Apple is biggest client of TSMC
Apple has been the biggest client for TSMC, accounting for over 20% of the foundry's house' revenues. Quanta Computer...
Monday 16 August 2021
Taiwan IC design houses keen to join MIH EV platform
More and more IC designers in Taiwan are keen to join the Foxconn-led MIH open EV platform and seek to cash in on the immense market demand for automotive chips, according to industry...