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Tuesday 10 November 2020
UMC October revenue rise, VIS flat
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its October revenue increase 5.2% sequentially, while revenue at fellow company Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) stayed...
Monday 9 November 2020
Anli optimistic about notebook demand in 2021
Taiwan-based Anli International, specializing in metal parts and heat dissipation components for notebooks, expects the stay-at-home activities to continue to drive notebook demand...
Monday 9 November 2020
Apacer, Innodisk post profit drops
Memory module makers Apacer Technology and Innodisk, which focus more on industrial applications than mass-market market segments, both saw profits decline in the third quarter of...
Monday 9 November 2020
CCL makers see revenue falls in October, cautious about 4Q20
Taiwan's CCL makers all saw their October revenues drop sequentially due mainly to China's long National Day holiday, but they are guardedly optimistic that overall fourth-quarter...
Monday 9 November 2020
How post-election US-China ties may affect Taiwan semiconductor sector
It remains uncertain how the outcome of the US presidential election may change the country's trade tensions with China, but semiconductor firms in Taiwan generally believe the American...
Monday 9 November 2020
Continuously targeting the home networking market, Compal Broadband responds swiftly to customer needs with one-stop service
The global market has seen unprecedented changes in recent years, including trade tension between US-China, which started in 2018 and spurred a supply chain reshuffle that changed...
Friday 6 November 2020
ASE, Win Semi cut into supply chain for new Qualcomm chips
Taiwan's backend houses ASE and affiliated Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) reportedly have landed orders for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 modem chips while GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors...
Friday 6 November 2020
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
Thursday 5 November 2020
PCB material supplier Aurona optimistic about 2021
Taiwan-based Aurona Industries, which supplies materials for the manufacture of PCBs and IC substrates, has expressed optimism about its business in 2021.
Thursday 5 November 2020
Zhen Ding enters high-frequency rigid PCB line via acquiring BoardTek
Taiwan's PCB leader Zhen Ding Technology has completed its acquisition of local peer BoardTek Electronics as a wholly-owned subsidiary, which specializes in high-frequency rigid boards...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Sigurd sees clear order visibility through 1Q21
IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen clear order visibility through the first quarter of 2021, with capacity utilization to stay high at 85-90%, according to industry...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Vertiv rolls out smart edge datacenter solutions
With edge computing and data processing increasingly needed in many 5G-driven smart application scenarios, demand for edge datacenters or rack server solutions by enterprises has...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
GlobalWafers runs 12- and 8-inch wafer production at full capacity
GlobalWafers will sustain full capacity utilization for its 12- and 8-inch wafer production lines at least throughout the end of 2020, with its 6-inch wafer capacity over 70% utilized,...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
4G SoCs, handset PAs in short supply at distributors
The supply of 4G SoCs and PA components for both 4G and 5G models are falling short of demand, but may ease by the end of 2020, according to IC distribution sources.
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Global mobile device shipment forecasts, 2021 and beyond: Smartphones, notebooks and tablets
Notebook and tablet shipments are both expected to increase from a year ago in 2020 due to demand from stay-at-home activities, while those of smartphones will slip. In 2021, notebook...