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Thursday 10 September 2020
IC design houses brace for impact of possible US ban on SMIC
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, with many of them contracting SMIC to manufacture their chips supplied to the Chinese market, are mulling shifting orders away from the China-based...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC to start making Apple Silicon in 4Q20
Apple is gearing up for the launch of its new-generation MacBook and iPad Pro series powered by its own Arm-based processors, which will be fabricated using TSMC's 5nm process technology...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Taiwan flexible PCB firms post on-year revenue drops in August
Major Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers in Apple's supply chain all saw their August revenues decline from the same month in 2019 as their shipments for new iPhones had yet to ramp...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Global fab equipment spending to rise in 2020 and 2021, says SEMI
Soaring pandemic-inspired demand for chips that power everything from communications and IT infrastructures to personal computing, gaming and healthcare electronics will drive an...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Phison optimistic about PCIe SSD controller shipments in 2021
Phison Electronics has expressed optimism about its PCIe SSD controller shipments in 2021, thanks to growing demand for game consoles and notebooks, and that from the retail market...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Fab toolmaker Acter expects mild revenue growth in 2H20
Cleanroom and turnkey equipment provider Acter expects to post a slight on-year revenue increase in the second half of 2020, thanks to robust orders for construction projects in Taiwan...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Apple to increase 5nm wafer starts at TSMC in 4Q20
Apple will kick off its 5nm wafer starts at TSMC for its new Apple Silicon processors starting the fourth quarter of 2020, with monthly output estimated at 5,000-6,000 wafers, according...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Component suppliers see growing orders from wearables and automotive electronics
Orders for components and materials from makers of consumer electronics products such as true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, wearables and smartwatches have begun picking up, as previously...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Nan Ya PCB sees August revenues hit 9-year high
Nan Ya PCB's August revenues rose 7.65% on month and 32.26% on year to a nine-year high of NT$3.636 billion (US$124.09 million) and expects its third-quarter revenues to reach the...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
PCB maker Apex to ready new capacity in Thailand in October
Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International expects its newly-built plant in Thailand to come online as early as October, and is optimistic about its sales performance in the fourth...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Fire breaks out at Unimicron China plant
A fire broke out at Unimicron Technology's factory in Kunshan, China on September 7, with details of the losses still being evaluated and cause of the fire under police investigation,...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Taiwan IC-design houses report strong sales for August
A number of Taiwan's IC-design houses have reported strong sales for August, as they have been receiving more windfall orders from clients in China as a result of the ongoing "de-Americanization"...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Chips R&D matters: Q&A with iST chairman Danny Yu
Materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA) and failure analysis (FA) are increasingly needed by IC designers, wafer foundries and backend houses to support R&D projects...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Taiwan exports hit record in August
Taiwan's exports totaled US$31.17 billion in August 2020, the highest-eve monthly level with growths of 10.6% sequentially and 8.3% on year, while imports reached US$24.71 billion,...
Monday 7 September 2020
Highlights of the day: 4Q20 to be a cold season for handsets
Handset shipments in the fourth quarter of 2020 are likely to slip from the third quarter as Huawei is said to have cut...