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Friday 28 January 2022
UMT optimistic about demand for LEO satellites
High-frequency microwave device maker Universal Microwave Technology (UMT) has expressed optimism about demand for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, which is expected to drive its...
Friday 28 January 2022
LandMark Optoelectronics sees rebounding demand in China 5G telecom market
Beginning in January 2022, LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC), a maker of III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers on GaAs and InP substrates, has seen rebounding demand for epitaxial...
Thursday 27 January 2022
Andes RISC-V SoC shipments top 3 billion units in 2021
Shipments for SoC chips adopting Andes Technology's processor IPs topped three billion units in 2021, representing a 2017-2021 CAGR of 50%, according to Frankwell Lin, chairman and...
Thursday 27 January 2022
Holtek to significantly scale up 32-bit MCU chip output starting 4Q22
Holtek Semiconductor expects to significantly scale up its 32-bit MCU chip output starting in the fourth quarter of 2022, thanks to long-term capacity supply contracts with foundry...
Wednesday 26 January 2022
Greatek expects automotive IC backend sales to double in 2022
Logic IC packaging specialist Greatek Electronics expects its revenues from processing automotive chips to double in 2022 from 2021, driven by commercialization of additional fab...
Wednesday 26 January 2022
UMC posts record profit for 2021
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits surged 91.1% on year to a record high of NT$55.78 billion (US$2.01 billion) in 2021, with EPS reaching NT$4...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Optical communication component makers conservative about China 5G infrastructure demand in 2022
Taiwan-based makers of optical communication components, including LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC) and TrueLight, are generally conservative about demand for components used in 5G...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Compal ranks as top notebook ODM with record revenues in 2021
Compal Electronics ended 2021 as Taiwan's top notebook ODM with its revenues rising 17.8% on year to a record high of NT$1.23 trillion (US$44.40 billion), and still expects a double-digit...
Monday 24 January 2022
Unisoc adopts Imagination NNA IP in new 5G smartphone chips
China's fabless chipmaker Unisoc has used Imagination's Series3NX neural network accelerator (NNA) IP in its Tanggula T770 and T760 system-on-chips (SoC) for 5G smartphones, according...
Monday 24 January 2022
TSMC reportedly to build new advanced packaging fab in southern Taiwan
TSMC reportedly is planning to build a new advanced packaging plant in Chiayi or Yunlin county, southern Taiwan as it is fast revising its production roadmaps in response to rapid...
Friday 21 January 2022
OmniVision enhances CIS in car, security applications
China's IC design industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and has gained a significant position in some segments such as CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips. Its leading CIS...
Friday 21 January 2022
Non-Apple handset vendors looking to galvanize sales with new models in 1H22

With Apple ending the fourth quarter of 2021 with the No.1 spot in global smartphone sales, Android handset vendors pin their hopes for a sales upturn on the Chinese New...

Wednesday 19 January 2022
Leadframe suppliers gearing up for capacity expansion
Leadframe supply for IC packaging remains tight, and suppliers such as Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) have been keen to expand production capacity to satisfy strong demand for processing...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Samsung intros Exynos 2200 processor with RDNA 2 Xclipse GPU
Samsung Electronics has announced its new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200, which is equipped with a powerful Samsung Xclipse graphics processing unit (GPU) based on AMD...
Monday 17 January 2022
Private network may become key battlefield for 5G O-RAN
Despite the agreement among Taiwanese server makers that 5G open radio access network (O-RAN) will become the next growth driver for the server industry, they are rather pessimistic...