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Tuesday 10 March 2020
TSMC revenues fall below NT$100 billion in February
TSMC saw its monthly revenues in Februrary 2020 fall below the NT$100 billion (US$3.34 billion) mark for the first time since August 2019.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
PCB maker Unitech cautious about 1Q20 over epidemic
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has expressed caution about its sales performance in the first quarter of 2020, citing the coronavirus impact on both supply and demand.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
VIS set to post record 1Q20 revenues
Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is on track to post record-high revenues for the first quarter of 2020, thanks to stable demand for power management...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Taiwan exports increase in February
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$25.38 billion for February 2020, growing 1.2% sequentially and 24.9% on year, while the month's imports totaled US$22.08 billion in value,...
Monday 9 March 2020
Outbreak impact: China smartphone and AP shipments
The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in labor shortages and shipment disruptions in China's supply chain, but Digitimes Research believes if the epidemic gets under control, China-based...
Monday 9 March 2020
Demand for infrared thermometers growing robustly amid outbreak
Global demand for infrared thermometers is growing fast as temperature measurement at public places has become one of the basic practices to contain the spread of the coronavirus,...
Monday 9 March 2020
PCB maker Compeq guardedly optimistic about 1H20
Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its revenue prospect for the first half of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak. Its optimism reportedly is bolstered by...
Monday 9 March 2020
5G handset shipment boosts unlikely till 2H20
Shipments from the 5G handset supply chain for the first half of 2020 are expected to be one third of those for the second half, instead of 50% as estimated earlier, as first-quarter...
Monday 9 March 2020
Transistor count trends continue to track with Moore's Law, says IC Insights
The primary yardstick by which the IC industry measures its technological performance and progress remains Moore's Law that states there is a doubling of the number of transistors...
Friday 6 March 2020
IC testing houses poised for robust sales in 1Q20
While the full impacts of the coronavirus outbreak remain uncertain, Taiwan-based wafer probing and IC testing solution providers are set to brace for robust sales in the first quarter...
Friday 6 March 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 4Q 2019
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments went down slightly on quarter, but more than 5% on year to arrive at 59.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Friday 6 March 2020
Chinese PCB makers expanding capacity for 5G applications
Driven by growing demand for 5G handset applications, China-based PCB makers are keenly expanding capacity for HDI and substrate-like PCB (SLP) products and IC substrates, according...
Friday 6 March 2020
Production of entry-level AirPod Pro to resume momentum in 2Q20, says sources
Production of an entry-level version of Apple's AirPods device is expected to resume momentum by the end of first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2020, according to upstream...
Friday 6 March 2020
GIS ramping up ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor modules shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based touch display specialist General Interface Solutions (GIS) is expected to ramp up shipments through at least the second quarter of 2020 as it starts fulfilling orders...
Friday 6 March 2020
Shennan Circuits profits surge over 70% in 2019
China-based PCB manufacturer Shennan Circuits has reported net profits surged 76.8% from a year earlier to CNY1.23 billion (US$177.7 million) in 2019, when revenues climbed 38.4%...