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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...
Monday 16 August 2021
Quanta expects single-digit drop in 3Q21 notebook shipments due to Chromebooks
Quanta Computer expects its third-quarter notebook shipments to slip a single-digit percentage sequentially, due to weakening demand for Chromebooks from the education segment.
Monday 16 August 2021
India roundup: India government tightens its grip on Twitter, Amazon and might let in more EVs
India's production-linked incentives are attracting both domestic and foreign companies to start manufacturing in India, including Tata Group, Dixon Technologies, and Japan-based...
Friday 13 August 2021
Notebook companies see mixed shipment prospects for 2022
Brand notebook vendors are generally optimistic about their shipment prospects for 2022, whereas concerns have been raised among ODMs and other suppliers about whether notebook shipments...
Friday 13 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor outlook rosy
The semiconductor sector has seen supply fall far short of demand, with equilibrium unlikely to be restored until 2023 when new production capacity comes online. Until then, semiconductor...