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Monday 3 December 2018
Optical module maker sees strong growth momentum in next 3-5 years
Optical communication products maker EZconn expects the arrival of the 5G era will help maintain its sales momentum in the next 3-5 years, as significantly more base stations will...
Monday 3 December 2018
Passive components makers seeking new applications to revive shipments
Taiwan makers of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and aluminum solid capacities are moving to develop new industrial applications for their passive components, as their shipments...
Friday 30 November 2018
Demand for 100G/400G switches may take off in 2019 on datacenter upgrades
Demand for 100G/400G switches are expected to take off in 2019, earlier than expected, along with increasing hyper-scale datacenter establishments, prompting Taiwan-based PCL Technologies,...
Friday 30 November 2018
PCB firm GCE swings to profit
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) swung to net profits of NT$256 million (US$8.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses a year ago, thanks to rising fab utilization rates...
Thursday 29 November 2018
MediaTek, Qualcomm upgrading SoCs to drive sales in 2019
MediaTek and Qualcomm both are moving to fabricate their next-generation mobile SoCs with advanced process nodes in 2019 that will support more advanced technologies, as they aim...
Thursday 29 November 2018
US-China trade war affecting chip industry growth, says TSMC co-CEO
The ongoing tariff war between the US and China has already had a negative impact on all semiconductor industry sectors, according to CC Wei, co-CEO for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
IC distributor Edom cautious about 1H19
Edom Technology is cautious about the outlook for semiconductor demand in the first half of 2019, citing unclear visibility of orders for handsets and other consumer electronics de...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
UNISOC names co-CEOs
UNISOC (formerly Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA), a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup specializing in mobile chip development, has appointed Qing Chu as co-CEO of the company, alongside...
Monday 26 November 2018
Notebook cooling solutions provider Anli sees bright prospects for 2019
Expecting better revenue and profit performances for the fourth quarter 2018 than the third quarter, Taiwan's notebook thermal solutions provider Anli International is optimistic...
Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Friday 23 November 2018
Qualcomm expands R&D team in Taiwan
Qualcomm has been expanding its local R&D team in Taiwan to bring the company closer to its Taiwan-based partners such as TSMC for the development of 5G mobile chips, according...
Friday 23 November 2018
Acter to gain from electronics production relocation amid US-China trade war
Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter expects its revenues for 2019 to grow 5-10% on year despite the global economic uncertainties caused by the escalating US-China...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
SiP emerging as mainstream packaging process in 5G, AIoT era
System in package (SiP) will continue to gain momentum to become the mainstream IC packaging process in the future as it can further complete heterogeneous integration of diverse...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Focus on stability: Q&A with Globalfoundries executives
Globalfoundries announced in August 2018 its decision to put 7nm FinFET R&D on hold indefinitely in a move to intensify the company's focus on delivering differentiated 14/12nm...
Tuesday 20 November 2018
China actively expanding presence in PCB sector
Top China PCB makers are emerging as new power in the global PCB sector, bolstered by strong financial resources and huge domestic market demand, and the leading firms have outperformed...