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Friday 14 August 2020
Qualcomm-equipped 5G smartphones fastest, says Strategy Analytics
Tests of 5G smartphone downlink speed in the US and UK by Ookla show that smartphones using the 5G millimeter wave bands, on average, achieve blazingly fast downlink speeds 20 times...
Friday 14 August 2020
Dialog announces compatibility of octal SPI NOR flash with Renesas MPU
Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its EcoXiP octal xSPI non-volatile memory (NVM), which was added to Dialog's portfolio through its recent acquisition of Adesto Technologies,...
Friday 14 August 2020
Phison eyeing top spot among SSD controller suppliers
Flash device controller specialist Phison Electronics has enjoyed robust demand for PCIe Gen4 SSDs thus far in 2020, which boosted its overall SSD controller sales during the first...
Friday 14 August 2020
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan could develop into a mmWave industry base, says Qualcomm executive
Taiwan has an opportunity to become a base for the development of mmWave technology, leveraging its established industry foundations, OEM/ODM technologies and related talent, according...
Thursday 13 August 2020
PCB maker Apex eyes record results for 3Q20
Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International with manufacturing operations in Thailand is optimistic that its business results will hit a record high in the third quarter thanks to strong...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Eight-inch fab capacity to stay tight in 2021
Eight-inch fab capacity will remain tight until 2021, due mainly to strong demand for display driver ICs and power management chips, according to industry sources.
Thursday 13 August 2020
Huawei reportedly developing display driver ICs in-house
Huawei is reportedly teaming up with foundry house SMIC to develop display driver ICs, a move which may undercut the dominant position that Taiwan's LCD driver IC suppliers have enjoyed...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2020
Small-to-medium-size panel shipments by Taiwan-based manufacturers soared 37.5% quarter-over-quarter and 28.9% year-over-year in second-quarter 2020.
Thursday 13 August 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 2Q 2020
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments, after experiencing five straight quarters of on-year declines, grew 35% sequentially and 10.8% on year to come to 64.38 million in the second...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Higgstec poised for strong 3Q20 on medical touch panel shipments
Industrial-control touch panel maker Higgstec expects its third-quarter 2020 sales to outperform those in the previous quarter, bolstered by strong demand for medical applications.
Thursday 13 August 2020
IC material suppliers see clear order visibility through 2021
Taiwan-based semiconductor material suppliers and distributors have enjoyed strong demand from their foundry clients for advanced-node manufacturing, and have seen clear order visibility...
Thursday 13 August 2020
FocalTech posts profit surge in 2Q20
FocalTech Systems, specializing in the development of LCD driver ICs and touchscreen controllers, has reported net profits surged 70.2% sequentially to NT$101 million (US$3.43) in...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Taiwan panel makers have rosy outlook for 3Q20
Taiwanese panel makers have seen improvements to their sales, and most of them are expected to return to profitability...
Wednesday 12 August 2020
PCB maker Unitech regaining growth momentum in 3Q20
Taiwan's PCB maker Unitech expects its business performance to return to normal in the third quarter of 2020 as its HDI and rigid-flex board production lines have been running at...