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Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see sales pick up in March and April
Despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic, most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues pick up in March and April, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 April 2020
China handset makers keen to launch 5G phones
Undeterred by the coronavirus impacts and the cancellation of MWC 2020, China-based smartphone vendors were keen to launch their flagship 5G-enabled models online in the first quarter...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Samsung cutting SSD inventory
Samsung Electronics is striving to lower its SSD inventory levels, a move which has raised concerns about the NAND flash market outlook for the second half of 2020, according to industry...
Monday 6 April 2020
Consumer NAND flash prices falling in China retail market
NAND flash device prices in China's retail market have started showing weakness, as the coronavirus pandemic is weighing on consumer sentiment and dragging down demand, according...
Monday 6 April 2020
China revving up IC backend equipment development
China is expanding its semiconductor equipment self-sufficiency, with homegrown makers stepping up development of wet process and high-end back-end packaging equipment to serve domestic...
Monday 6 April 2020
Gigabyte, ASRock turn to servers for growth
Because of weakening global demand for motherboards and graphics cards, Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology and ASRock are striving for server motherboard orders from cloud computing...
Monday 6 April 2020
Xiaomi faces difficulties maintaining momentum in 2020
China's handset vendor Xiaomi has reported strong results for 2019, but it remains to be seen if the vendor can keep its sales momentum in 2020 amid increasing competition in the...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Ennoconn expects revenues to grow
Taiwan-based IPC maker Ennoconn, which has seen its capacity in China recover to regular levels since mid March, expects its revenues to see a mild sequential slip in first-quarter...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Global semiconductor materials market slips 1% in 2019, says SEMI
Global semiconductor materials market revenue edged down 1.1% in 2019, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Trusval provides functional water supply systems for EUV process manufacturing
Taiwan-based Trusval Technology is able to beat its larger international peers to provide a leading foundry chipmaker functional water supply systems for use in EUV-based manufacturing...
Tuesday 31 March 2020
Unimicron raises capex target for 2020
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has revised upward its capex target for 2020 to NT$24.07 billion (US$794.8 million), a record high.
Tuesday 31 March 2020
Memory demand propelled by stay-at-home economy
The coronavirus outbreak has spurred stay-at-home economy, driving demand for related applications such as servers, commercial notebooks, gaming consoles and set-top boxes (STB),...
Monday 30 March 2020
MSI expects small drop in 1Q20 revenues and rising sales starting April
Micro-Star International (MSI) expects revenues to drop less than 10% on year in the first quarter of 2020 and will see its sales gradually pick up starting April with the releases...
Monday 30 March 2020
E&R enjoys influx of short lead-time orders from China chipmaking sector
E&R Engineering has recently enjoyed an influx of short lead-time orders from China's semiconductor industry, which will be buoying its sales performance during the second quarter...
Monday 30 March 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for servers slow down
Taiwan-based IC design houses engaged in the supply chain for servers are expected to see orders coming from the sector buoy their sales during the second quarter of 2020, but have...