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Friday 4 March 2022
Nan Ya PCB doubles capex budget for 2022
Nan Ya PCB has set aside a capex budget of NT$17 billion (US$605.5 million) for 2022, double last year's level of NT$8.45 billion, mainly to expand its production capacity for ABF...
Friday 4 March 2022
Ennostar to step up compound semiconductor deployment
Ennostar, a holding company jointly established by upstream LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and downstream LED packager Lextar Electronics, is looking to accelerate its...
Friday 4 March 2022
Component demand for Android smartphones to pick up in March
Component demand for Android smartphones is expected to pick up at a gradual pace later this month, thanks to the availability of new models from China-based brand vendors, according...
Friday 4 March 2022
Marketech, Gudeng, and GPI see strong demand from TSMC
Fab toolmakers Marketech International, Gudeng Precision Industrial, and Gongin Precision Industrial (GPI) have enjoyed strong demand from TSMC, which is gearing up for volume production...
Friday 4 March 2022
Intel, other industry leaders set up UCIe consortium
Intel has announced it is among industry titans working to advance the future of semiconductor architectural innovations with new UCIe standard.
Friday 4 March 2022
Taiwan IC supply chain wary of war impacts on consumer demand
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain remains unscathed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, but experts are wary that worldwide economic development may suffer and...
Friday 4 March 2022
RF FEM makers cut PA foundry orders for Wi-Fi applications
Taiwan's RF front-end module (FEM) makers, including RichWave Technology, have scaled down their wafer starts for power amplifiers (PA) with GaAS foundries such as Win Semiconductors...
Thursday 3 March 2022
IC design houses competing for available 28nm process capacity
Despite growing concerns about oversupply, Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to vie for the available 28nm process capacity at foundries to fill orders through next year, according...
Thursday 3 March 2022
Optical inspection equipment maker Utechzone upbeat about 2022 sales
Taiwan-based optical inspection equipment (AOI) supplier Utechzone expects to post impressive revenue growth this year, driven by robust demand from chipmaking and IC substrate clients...
Thursday 3 March 2022
TSMC reportedly to break ground for new Japan fab in April
TSMC is scheduled to break ground for its new wafer fab in Kumamoto, Japan in April 2022, according to Japanese media reports.
Thursday 3 March 2022
Macroblock works with Unilumin to obtain DCI certification for LED cinema screens
Driver IC design house Macroblock has disclosed it has worked with China-based LED display maker Unilumin Group to obtain certification from DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative), an international...
Thursday 3 March 2022
India fabless IC startup Steradian joins hands with Astra
Indian fabless semiconductor startup Steradian Semiconductor has formalized cooperation with communication systems provider Astra Microwave Products to produce radar modules, the...
Thursday 3 March 2022
PCB equipment makers poised for thriving sales in 2022
Taiwan's PCB equipment makers are poised to embrace another prosperous year in 2022, as their full capacity utilization will persist through at least the end of the third quarter,...
Thursday 3 March 2022
Chip shipments for consumer devices back to seasonal pattern in 1Q22
With pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy gradually subsiding, IC designers are seeing their shipments for consumer electronics return to traditional sales pattern in the first quarter...
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Highlights of the day: TSMC refuses to sell chips to Russia
Due to sanctions on Russia, TSMC has stopped selling chips to Russia, but the amount of lost revenue is so tiny that...