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Thursday 22 April 2021
AUO pursues profit growth with diversified offerings
AU Optronics (AUO) has been diversifying its offerings and target markets, pursuing stable profit growth in the coming years, according to the Taiwan-based company.
Thursday 22 April 2021
Chip prices to see dynamic adjustments as foundry quotes rise
As wafer foundry quotes continue rising amid tight capacity, chip vendors are expected to dynamically hike their quotes to reflect increasing costs in the next quarters, according...
Thursday 22 April 2021
As US demand for clean supply chain grows, advantages of Taiwan's complete semiconductor industry chain become apparent
As the US-China trade war continues to exacerbate tensions between the countries, the formulation of a clean supply chain - whereby the manufacturing, assembly, testing, and packaging...
Thursday 22 April 2021
Qualcomm forms alliance to promote 5G notebook chips in Taiwan
Qualcomm has joined forces with Microsoft, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Acer, Asustek, ECS, Inventec and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) to set up "Enterprise Digital Transformation...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Highlights of the day: UMC foundry quotes to rise sharply in 2022
Taiwan-based pure-play foundry house UMC has told clients that it will raise manufacturing quotes in 2022. Some mature segments at UMC...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Phison, Silicon Motion place NAND controller foundry orders for 2022
NAND flash controller specialists Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology have placed orders for 2022 with their foundry partners, but are still aware tight mature process...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Delivery lead times for USB PD chips prolonged
Delivery lead times for notebook-use USB power delivery (PD) chips at international vendors, such as Cypress, have been prolonged to at least 28 weeks due to tight capacity at 8-inch...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Qualcomm, MediaTek mull fan-out packaging for flagship handset APs
Qualcomm and MediaTek are both considering adopting fan-out PoP in the production of their flagship smartphone application processors, following in the footsteps of Apple utilizing...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Taiwan sees sharp decrease in 1Q21 investment from China
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved six projects to invest in Taiwan proposed by China-based investors in first-quarter 2021, decreasing 80% on year, with the total proposed...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Taiwan March export orders increase
Taiwan-based makers received export orders worth US$53.66 billion in March 2021, increasing 26.0% sequentially and 33.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOE...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
PCB makers wary of overbooking by clients
Taiwan's PCB makers are optimistic about their sales for the months ahead, but they are also cautious about longer-term prospects amid worsening overbooking by clients, according...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
UMC plans 40% price hike in 2022
United Microelectronics (UMC) is negotiating contracts for next year, when the pure-play foundry plans to initiate another price hikes, according to sources at IC design houses.
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Foundries see prices bullish through 2022
Tight foundry capacity is expected to persist through 2022, encouraging foundry chipmakers to continue raising their quotes, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 20 April 2021
Highlights of the day: Notebook shipments severely short of demand
Components shortages have been troubling the notebook sector, with ODMs and brand vendors set to see shipments fall...
Tuesday 20 April 2021
DRAM maker Nanya to build new 12-inch fab
Taiwan-based DRAM maker Nanya Technology has announced plans to establish a new 12-inch wafer fab designed for the company's in-house developed 10nm-class and EUV-based process man...