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Thursday 21 November 2019
Power semiconductor demand about to pick up
Power semiconductor demand is about to hit its bottom and start picking up, as Infineon and other IDMs have lowered their power chip inventories to healthy levels, according to industry...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Taiwan manufacturing industry sees production decline 7% in 3Q19
Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Highlights of the day: Anylayer HDI boards demand rising from Chinese handset vendors
Chinese handset vendors are eager to adopt anylayer HDI boards for their high-end smartphones, but they currently have to source such boards from outside of China despite the country's...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Intel to regain semiconductor crown in 2019
Intel is expected to rank as the largest semiconductor supplier and have sales that are 26% larger than Samsung in 2019, according to IC Insights.
Wednesday 20 November 2019
EgisTec expects slight revenue drop in 4Q19
Taiwan-based Egis Technology (EgisTec) expects to post a slight sequential decrease in fourth-quarter revenues. Revenues will return to sequential growth in the first quarter of 2020,...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Chin-Poon stays cautious about automotive PCB demand
Chin-Poon Industrial remains cautious about demand for automotive electronics, which is unlikely to pick up until 2020, according to the PCB manufacturer.
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Anylayer HDI demand from Chinese handset vendors rising sharply
Chinese handset vendors are keen on utilizing anylayer HDI boards as mainboards for high-end smartphones adopting 7nm APs, and Taiwan-based PCB makers including Compeq Manufacturing...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Taiwan analog IC firms see orders for fast-charging devices pick up from China
Taiwan-based analog IC specialists have recently seen orders mainly short lead-time ones for fast-charging solutions pick up from China's high-tech industry, which is looking to reduce...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Unimicron to invest more for ABF substrate capacity expansion in China
Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of about US$74.9 million for capacity expansions at its plants in China in 202...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
High-end FPGA demand mounting for datacenter, 5G, AIoT applications
High-end FPGA chips demand is mounting significantly for datacenter, 5G and AIoT applications, providing growth momentum for related wafer foundry, analysis and test players as well...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Former Elpida CEO joins China state-owned chipmaker
Tsinghua Unigroup has announced the appointment of Yukio Sakamoto, the former CEO for Japan's Elpida Memory, as senior VP of Unigroup and head of the group's Japan-based unit.
Monday 18 November 2019
Highlights of the day: PCB makers ready to work overtime
The handset supply chain is expected to bid farewell to 2019 with much improvements from those disappointing results seen during the end of 2018 when the handset market was hit by...
Monday 18 November 2019
Smart cloud management services needed to support production globalization
Cloud services providers are gaining new business opportunities from the relocation of production lines from China to other parts of the world in the wake of the US-China trade war,...
Monday 18 November 2019
Anylayer HDI demand for 7nm APs surges from Chinese handset vendors
Demand for anylayer HDI boards from Chinese handset vendors has been increasing sharply as such boards are badly needed for carrying 7nm APs, now mainstream core SoCs for their smartphones,...
Monday 18 November 2019
PCB production lines may remain humming during Lunar New Year
Taiwan-based PCB makers are planning to maintain normal production during the Lunar New Year holidays in late January thanks to clear visibility of orders from Apple and Chinese handset...