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Monday 12 April 2021
Backend demand stays strong for MOSFETs, niche DRAMs
Persistently strong demand for MOSFET chips and niche-type DRAM have kept backend specialists including Walton Advanced Engineering, ChipMos Technologies and GEM Services running...
Monday 12 April 2021
Quanta, Compal expect shipment growth in 2Q21, but cautious about 2H21
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics expect their notebook shipments to see double-digit sequential growths in the second quarter of 2021, but remain cautious about the second half...
Monday 12 April 2021
Realtek facing delivery pressure for audio+LAN chips
Network and communication IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor reportedly is currently unable to fulfill its orders for audio+LAN chips from a number of clients, affecting the production...
Friday 9 April 2021
Backend houses see order visibility for CIS, sensor chips through 4Q21
Backend houses continue to enjoy strong demand for processing IP camera chips and CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips, with their order visibility clear through the fourth quarter of 2021,...
Friday 9 April 2021
Highlights of the day: Chromebook shipments set for sharp growth
The notebook market has been robust in recent months thanks to stay-at-home needs. Chromebook shipments are expected to rise sharply in 2021. Apart from Intel, some other chip vendors,...
Friday 9 April 2021
IC and material distributors to embrace strong profit growth in 2021
Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices...
Friday 9 April 2021
Nexperia, UAES agree partnership for gallium nitride
Nexperia has announced a comprehensive partnership covering gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES). The program will focus...
Friday 9 April 2021
Wistron sees over 50% surge in notebook shipments in 1Q21
Wistron shipped a total of 5.4 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2021, up 52.1% from a year earlier, while revenues grew by a slight 2% on year to NT$177.14 billion (US$6.23...
Friday 9 April 2021
Strong Chromebook shipments to buoy chip suppliers in 2Q21
Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) continue to enjoy a strong pull-in of orders for Chromebooks, which...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Backend firms see persistently strong demand for MCUs
Backend firms including ASE Technology, Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) continue to enjoy strong packaging demand for...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Business opportunities in Vietnam: Q&A with Keven Cheng, Taiwan Trade Center director in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam has joined the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), and has signed FTAs (free-trade...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Focusing on automotive business opportunities, Conquer Electronics unveils a new corporate outlook
With the automotive electronics market undergoing considerable changes over the past few years, the sector consisting primarily of electric vehicles has in particular become a major...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Acer optimistic about 2Q21 shipments in Asia Pacific
Acer expects shipments into Asia Pacific to grow sequentially in the second quarter thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
PCB maker Apex sees 1Q21 revenues grow 25% on year
Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, saw its first-quarter 2021 revenues grow 7.9% sequentially and 25.2% on year to NT$3.261 billion...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Taiwan CCL vendors post impressive revenue increases for 1Q21
Taiwan's CCL makers have reported double-digit on-year increases for their first-quarter 2021 revenues, with notebook and automotive applications being two main growth engines, and...