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Monday 24 August 2020
TSMC makes 1 billionth defect-free 7nm chip
TSMC has marked the manufacture of the one-billionth good die on the foundry's 7nm technology, which means one billion functional, defect-free 7nm chips.
Friday 21 August 2020
IntelliEPI to start trial production of GaN epi wafers in September
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, will start trial production of GaN epi wafers in September, seeking to tap the...
Friday 21 August 2020
Notebook chassis shipments to stay robust in 2H20
Taiwan-based chassis makers will see their shipments for notebook applications remain robust and their gross margins further improve in the third quarter of 2020, fueled by strong...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Taiwan PCB output value up 3.4% in 1H20 despite headwinds
Taiwan's PCB industry recorded production of NT$298.1 billion (US$10.15 billion) in the first half of 2020, growing 3.4% on year despite impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and US-China...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Tianma ramping up automotive panel shipments
China-based panel maker Tianma Microelectronics has seen its shipments of automotive panels increase significantly in recent years, cashing in on the growing new energy auto market...
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Eight-inch fab equipment in hot demand
A ramp-up in chip orders for IoT, 5G and automotive electronics applications will be driving 8-inch wafer fabrication demand through the first half of 2021, prompting related foundries...
Tuesday 18 August 2020
IC distributor Macnica Galaxy sees 1H20 profit hit 4-year high
Macnica Galaxy, a Taiwan-based IC distribution arm of Japan's Macnica Group, has reported its first-half 2020 net profits soared 87.6% on year to a four-year high of NT$130 million...
Monday 17 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Memory pricing downward pressure to extend to 1H21
Oversupply in the memory market is likely to extend downward pricing pressure to the first half of 2021. Memory prices...
Monday 17 August 2020
Notebook vendors all-out trying to secure shipments
Notebook brand vendors are resorting to all possible means, such as giving up attempts to lower ODM quotes, as they seek to secure smooth shipments from suppliers to meet increasingly...
Friday 14 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Notebook sector long-term outlook strong
The coronavirus pandemic is definitely changing the dynamics of the market and ecosystem, but at the start few would have foreseen the coming of a stay-at-home economy strong enough...
Friday 14 August 2020
Xintec sees 12-inch wafer probing as new growth driver
Taiwan-based CIS and 3D sensor packaging specialist Xintec has kicked off volume production at its newly-installed 12-inch wafer probing lines since July, and expects the new business...
Friday 14 August 2020
Notebook sector turning around with robust momentum, says Quanta
The notebook industry is turning around significantly with pandemic-spurred stay-at-home economy emerging as a new normal and likely to persist as a long-term trend, promising good...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2020
Taiwan makers' TV shipments reached 6.28 million units in the second quarter of 2020, growing 35.1% sequentially.
Friday 14 August 2020
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
Thursday 13 August 2020
PCB maker Apex eyes record results for 3Q20
Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International with manufacturing operations in Thailand is optimistic that its business results will hit a record high in the third quarter thanks to strong...