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Wednesday 27 January 2021
MediaTek, Swisscom, Ericsson and Oppo enable 5G CA and VoNR
MediaTek has announced it has reached a 5G carrier aggregation (CA) and voice over new radio (VoNR) milestone in collaboration with Swisscom, Ericsson and Oppo, advancing 5G networks...
Wednesday 27 January 2021
TSMC to make 3nm chips for Intel, sources claim
TSMC has already struck a deal with Intel under which the pure-play foundry will use 3nm process technology to manufacture the US vendor's core CPU products, with volume production...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Carmakers may have to wait for months for additional foundry support
Global car sales may be recovering, but carmakers are deeply concerned about shortages of automotive components. IC foundries are trying to devote more capacity to making automotive...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Car chips shortages may dent automotive PCB shipments
Taiwan's automotive PCB suppliers have seen clear order visibility for over three months ahead, but their actual shipments may be dragged down by lingering shortages of automotive...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Ralec to raise quotes for chip resistors
Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics specializing in chip resistors, plans to hike quotes offered to its distributors in the Greater China region by 15%, according to the Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Taiwan December manufacturing production hits record
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 131.52 for December 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with growths of 5.60% sequentially and 10.41% on year,...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Gudeng to sustain strong shipments of EUV pods in 2021
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has expressed optimism that its...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Taiwan-based IC substrate providers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen the visibility of orders for ABF substrates extend to second-half...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
IT panel prices keep rising
Prices for IT panels have been climbing due to worsening supply-demand imbalnce triggered by the tight supply of upstream materials and components, including LCD driver ICs and glass...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Foundries building additional capacity for automotive chips
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will be expanding production capacity for automotive chips at a gradual pace, with additional output to arrive as early as the third quarter of this...
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Semiconductor equipment billings increase in December
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment grew 2.6% sequentially and 7.6% on year in December 2020, according to SEMI.
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Smart logistics vision for next 30 years: Q&A with WPG Holdings vice chairman Frank Yeh
COVID-19 and the US-China trade war have combined to accelerate a split of the global supply chain in two - namely a "G2" pattern with one serving China and the other the rest of...
Monday 25 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Notebook ODMs have strong outlook
Demand for notebooks remains robust, thanks to the stay-at-home economy. Notebook ODMs expect orders to be stable...
Monday 25 January 2021
CIS chip suppliers tapping lucrative automotive, surveillance sectors
CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers are shifting their marketing strategies to focus more on automotive and surveillance applications seeking to ramp up profitability, according to...
Monday 25 January 2021
Taiwan IC design houses slow new chip development due to foundry capacity shortage
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, continue to encounter tight capacity at their foundry partners and have to decelerate the development of their new chip products...