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Monday 30 April 2018
Apple to defer new MacBook Air production to 2H18
Apple will defer the volume production of its new budget-type MacBook Air for 2018 to the second half of the year from the originally-scheduled second quarter, supply chain sources...
Monday 30 April 2018
Taiwan LCD TV shipments to grow 5% in 2Q18, estimates Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan's makers are expected to expand 5.15% on quarter to 6.94 million units in the second quarter of 2018 after they suffered the largest-ever sequential...
Monday 30 April 2018
Chin-Poon PCB plant fire to affect 15% of revenues
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial, which has more than 70% of its revenues from the auto industry, has estimated that losses resulting from a deadly fire at its production...
Friday 27 April 2018
MLCC shortatges disrupting downstream production and shipments
Channel distributors of MLCCs are increasingly plagued by the growing supply shortfall of the passive component, as they can hardly find new supply sources to meet customer demand,...
Friday 27 April 2018
LG enhancing prowess in household appliance market
LG Electronics is sharpening its competitiveness in the white household appliance market by deepening the integration of AI-enabled and other smart applications with hardware products,...
Friday 27 April 2018
AUO reports better-than-expected profits for 1Q18
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported higher-than-expected net profit of NT$4.31 billion (US$145.2 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 2.7% from a quarter earlier but down 54.5%...
Thursday 26 April 2018
Notebook vendors boosting SSD adoption for new models
Downward movement of prices for solid state drives (SSDs) and growing requirement for higher storage capacities have prompted notebook vendors such as HP and Dell to boost the adoption...
Thursday 26 April 2018
IC test, analysis players to gain from thriving IoT sector
Thanks to the booming development of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and applications, Taiwan-based specialists in semiconductor materials analysis, IC test and verification services,...
Thursday 26 April 2018
MLS enters automotive lighting market via Taiwan subsidiary
The largest China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has entered the LED automotive lighting market segment through its Taiwan subsidiary, MLS Taiwan.
Wednesday 25 April 2018
TeraPower expecting car-use chip probing orders from Japan IDMs
TeraPower Technology, a re-invested chip probing affiliate of Taiwan's memory backend service specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), is actively tapping into the automotive electronics...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
PTI seeing clear order visibility through 3Q18
Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen its order visibility extend to the third quarter of 2018, but expressed concerns that tight supplies of certain components and materials...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Worldwide semiconductor revenues increase 21.6% in 2017, says Gartner
Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled US$420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6% increase from 2016 revenues of US$345.9 billion, according...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Altek to introduce strategic partners via private placement
Digital camera ODM and digital imaging solution developer Altek will issue up to 60 million new shares to introduce strategic partners through private placement or private subscription...
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Desktop renewals in commercial space drive stabilization in the EMEA PC market, says IDC
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the first quarter of 2018, with the market growing...
Tuesday 24 April 2018
IC tester KYEC expanding capacity to meet robust demand
Taiwan's IC testing specialist King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) expects robust demand for test services from the segments of automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS), IoT devices and high...