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Thursday 20 January 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about smartphone orders in 1Q22
Unspecified Taiwan-based IC design houses have reiterated their optimism about orders for smartphones in the first quarter of 2022, in response to speculation indicating brand smartphone...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Chipbond, ChipMOS to raise backend quotes by 10-20% in 1Q22
Display driver IC (DDI) backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies both plan to raise their quotes by 10-20% later in the first quarter of 2022, according to industry...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Industry watch: Number of US$10 billion Taiwan IT firms up to 17, contributing 2/3 of total industry revenue
At present, there are 801 publicly listed IT companies in Taiwan, with 395 in the main board of the stock exchange market and 406 in over-the-counter market. Since most of the major...
Thursday 20 January 2022
LG Display reportedly planning for 6th-gen OLED production expansion
LG Display is reportedly preparing to expand its small- and medium-sized OLED panel lines in Paju, South Korea, and its production capacity for 6th-generation OLEDs could double by...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Intel places High-NA EUV equipment orders with ASML
Intel has made its first purchase order for ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200 system, marking the next step on the path to EUV 0.55 NA (High-NA) introduction.
Thursday 20 January 2022
SiC power module advantages highlighted as luxury EVs move toward 800V, 800km
Both third-generation semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) power components and silicon-based insulated gate bipolar transistors (Si-based IGBT) are being used in electric vehicles...
Thursday 20 January 2022
India's Vedanta to make 28-65nm semiconductor chips for local demand
Indian natural resources conglomerate Vedanta will invest in manufacturing 28nm to 65nm semiconductor chips because this is the range for which it sees local demand. AvanStrate, a...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
TSMC bold capex challenging Samsung foundry biz
TSMC has outlined plans to spend a record US$40-44 billion in capital expenditure for 2022, which could further strengthen its lead as the world's largest logic IC foundry, according...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Handset TDDI prices falling
TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices have fallen further in the first quarter of 2022, as brand handset vendors with excess inventories of such chips have slowed the...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Taiwan ABF substrate makers eyeing new profits with new capacities
Taiwan-based ABF substrate suppliers expect the activation of new production capacities later this year and in 2023 to boost their profits amid tight supplies, according to industry...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Smartphone-use AMOLED panels remain expensive
Prices for smartphone-use rigid and flexible AMOLED panels remain at high levels in January 2022, mainly because demand is still strong and OLED driver ICs continue to be in short...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Industry watch: Taiwan publicly listed ICT firms 2021 revenues total US$939.9 billion, up 18.2%
Many industry sectors have been hit hard by COVID, but electronics and peripheral service industries have been thriving. According to Taiwan Stock Exchange, there were 395 IT companies...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
IC sales to post another double-digit hike in 2022
The IC market is forecast to rise 11% this year following a 26% surge in 2021 and a 13% increase in 2020, according to IC Insights.
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...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Samsung wafer foundry aims to overtake TSMC by 2030
Samsung Electronics recently announced its wafer foundry now serves over 100 customers. Based on current conditions, the wafer foundry market in 2022 looks to be just as hot as it...