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Monday 19 October 2020
Demand for LCD driver ICs in high gear
Suppliers of LCD driver ICs have seen an influx of rush orders from panel makers in Taiwan and China who are ramping up their output to meet increasing panel demand from the IT and...
Monday 19 October 2020
iPhone 12 mini mainboard suppliers may land extra orders
Taiwan's PCB makers Compeq Manufacturing and Unimicron, both now supplying SLP mainboards for iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max, are likely to land additional orders from Apple...
Monday 19 October 2020
Taiwan IC backend service firms ramping wire bonding capacity
The current tight wire bonding (WB) packaging capacity at Taiwan's IC backend service firms is likely to last beyond the first quarter of 2020 thanks to strong demand from analog...
Friday 16 October 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC pushing up sales of advanced nodes
TSMC expects revenues from its 5nm manufacturing process to pick up in 2021 with the share to rise from only 8% in...
Friday 16 October 2020
Foxsemicon breaks ground for new plant in northern Taiwan
Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, broke ground for a smart manufacturing plant in Chunan of northern Taiwan on October...
Thursday 15 October 2020
AUO denies shutting down China plant
AUO has dismissed reports claiming that its plant in Kunshan, China has been ordered to halt operations after one of its Taiwanese employees there was tested positive for COVID-19.
Thursday 15 October 2020
TSMC expects 2020 revenue to rise 30%
TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.4 billion and US$12.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, which is a 3.4% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Thursday 15 October 2020
Innolux operations improving
Innolux's operations have been improving as it has managed to overcome the most of adverse fallouts from the coronavirus pandemic, according to company president James Yang.
Thursday 15 October 2020
Win Semi enters LiDAR scanner supply chain for new 5G iPhones
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductor and its backend partners including Elite Advanced Laser (eLaser) are engaged in production of VCSEL chips for ToF-based LiDAR scanner for the iPhone...
Thursday 15 October 2020
Taiwan PCB makers obtain 60% of SLP orders for new iPhones
Zhen Ding Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unimicron Technology have together landed nearly 60% of total substrate-like PCB (SLP) orders placed by Apple for its new iPhone 12...
Thursday 15 October 2020
ASE provides SiP packaging for Apple-designed UWB chip
Apple's custom-designed ultra wideband (UWB) chip featured in the just-unveiled HomePod mini smart speaker is built using ASE Technology's SiP packaging technology, according to industry...
Thursday 15 October 2020
Global silicon wafer shipments on track for growth
Global silicon wafer shipments are set to increase 2.4% on year in 2020 after falling 6.9% in 2019, with growth continuing in 2021 and 2022, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Highlights of the day: Tight foundry supply to continue in 2021
Many IC components have been in short supply due to insufficient foundry support. Now foundry houses are asking their...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
IDMs, III-V players gearing up for GaN-on-SiC RF, PA components
International IDMs are keenly developing GaN-on-SiC RF and PA components to tap immense opportunities from communication applications, and Taiwan's III-V players including foundry...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
China to have 22% of foundry market in 2020, says IC Insights
Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered...