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Thursday 4 June 2020
TEEIA urges government to push development of semiconductor equipment
Taiwan Electronic Equipment Industry Association (TEEIA), viewing that South Korea, Japan, China and the US have treated development of semiconductor equipment as a national-level...
Thursday 4 June 2020
CHPT expects demand for IC testing solutions to peak in 2Q-3Q 2020
IC testing interfaces provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) expects its sales for 2020 to peak in second- to third-quarter on rising demand for high-end testing interfaces...
Thursday 4 June 2020
Taiwan PCB makers may penetrate into iPhone supply chain via BOE
China-based panel maker BOE reportedly will become an OLED panel supplier for Apple's 5G iPhones in addition to Samsung Display and LG Display, giving Taiwan-based PCB makers a chance...
Thursday 4 June 2020
Samsung Display, LG Display remain top-2 panel makers in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Samsung Display and LG Display remained the global top-two panel makers in the first quarter of 2020 in terms of sales value, although the Korean makers have begun to scale down their...
Thursday 4 June 2020
PCB orders for datacenter servers to stay robust in 3Q20
In response to the upstream supply chain rumor claimed that several key datacenter players have slowed down the pull-ins of their server component order recently, sources from PCB...
Thursday 4 June 2020
Auto power module and leadframe shipments to pick up in 4Q20
Demand for power modules and module leadframes used in automotive and industrial control applications is expected to surge in the fourth quarter with shipments in the third quarter...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
SMIC in no position to challenge TSMC, Samsung in next 5 years
China's major homegrown foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) is gearing up to raise funds to support its development of advanced manufacturing nodes, but...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Highlights of the day: PS5 supply chain remains upbeat
Sony has postponed the launch of PS5, but makers in its supply chain remain busy preparing shipments for the client's next-generation games console. Backend partners say SoC...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Elan reports record sales on growing touchscreen chip shipments
Elan Microelectronics, which supplies touchscreen controllers, touchpad modules, stylus chips and fingerprint sensors for IT and mobile applications, has reported record-high sales...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Rising stay-at-home economy results in USB chip shortages
Owing to the uprising stay-at-home economy, Taiwan-based chip suppliers have seen increased orders from clients for USB chips used in peripherals such as earphones, microphones and...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
PS5 online launch delay little affects upstream PCB shipments
Taiwan PCB and IC substrate makers in the supply chain of PlayStation 5 (PS5) will see their shipments remain unaffected despite Sony announcing a delay in a planned June 4 online...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
PS5 processor shipments to kick off in June, peak in 3Q20
Backend IC packaging and testing service providers will begin shipments of the customized SoCs designed by AMD specifically for PlayStation 5 (PS5) to their downstream partners in...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC braces for Huawei ban impacts
The US sanctions against Huawei will not affect only the Chinese tech giant. Its supply chain partners, particularly TSMC,...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
ZTE to join the club for foldable smartphones
ZTE is set to join the club for foldable smartphones as information available at China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) reveals that the company has applied for...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Taiwan IC testing houses see RF chips orders spike from IDMs
Taiwan-based IC testing houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec have seen orders for RF chips ramp up recently from Taiwanese IC designers...