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Tuesday 26 January 2021
Testing house Sigurd set to acquire UTAC Taiwan
Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to wholly acquire fellow IC assembly and test service company UTAC Taiwan for NT$4.62 billion (US$165 million), and expects to complete...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
IT panel prices keep rising
Prices for IT panels have been climbing due to worsening supply-demand imbalnce triggered by the tight supply of upstream materials and components, including LCD driver ICs and glass...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Acer notebook sales surge in US
Acer saw its commercial notebook sales hike 119% on year in the US in 2020, according to some market observers citing research figures.
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Foundries building additional capacity for automotive chips
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will be expanding production capacity for automotive chips at a gradual pace, with additional output to arrive as early as the third quarter of this...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Taiwan makers step up miniLED-backlit automotive displays development
Taiwan-based LED firms Everlight Electronics and Lextar Electronics, and LCD panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are stepping up efforts developing miniLED-backlit LCD automotive...
Monday 25 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Notebook ODMs have strong outlook
Demand for notebooks remains robust, thanks to the stay-at-home economy. Notebook ODMs expect orders to be stable...
Monday 25 January 2021
CIS chip suppliers tapping lucrative automotive, surveillance sectors
CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers are shifting their marketing strategies to focus more on automotive and surveillance applications seeking to ramp up profitability, according to...
Monday 25 January 2021
Advantech to build IIoT/AIoT ecosystem with new concept
Taiwan's leading IPC supplier Advantech will strive to promote a new concept of IoT-cloud solution provider (IoT-CSP) in the next three years, aiming to build a healthier IoT ecosystem...
Monday 25 January 2021
Automotive CIS backend business set to boom throughout 2021
Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are poised to embrace major growth momentum throughout 2021 as they have landed one-year...
Monday 25 January 2021
ODMs see notebook order visibility extending in 2H21
Thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, notebook shipments are expected to stay robust in 2021, with ODMs see stable orders for the first half of the...
Friday 22 January 2021
NXP to highlight 5G PA modules, Wi-Fi 6E SoCs in 2021
Dutch chipmaker NXP will step up promotion for its multi-chip power amplifier (PA) modules for 5G small cells and Wi-Fi 6E SoCs in 2021, apart from automotive chips and modules.
Friday 22 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Pegatron reportedly reducing production for iPhone 12 mini
Weaker-than-expected sales for the iPhone 12 mini in the US and Europe reportedly has prompted Apple to have its manufacturing partner, Pegatron,...
Friday 22 January 2021
Pegatron sees slowdown in orders for iPhone 12 mini
Pegatron has seen a slowdown in orders for the iPhone 12 mini as sales of the model in the US and Europe are affected negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry sou...
Friday 22 January 2021
China car production hit by semiconductor shortages
Many carmaking plants in China have reduced production in the wake of serious shortages of automotive semiconductor components, according to industry sources.
Thursday 21 January 2021
EUV equipment to boost ASML sales in 2021
With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...