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Tuesday 1 September 2020
Demand for TV, STB chips picking up
Taiwan-based suppliers for TV and STB (set-top box) chip solutions have become more positive for their second-half 2020 business outlook as order pull-ins from clients have started...
Tuesday 1 September 2020
Huawei reportedly resigned to worst possible outcome for smartphone biz
Huawei's senior officials have told Taiwan's semicondcutor suppliers that the Chinese company fears for the worst for its smartphone business because of the US trade ban, according...
Tuesday 1 September 2020
VIS expects fab capacity to remain tight until 2021
Eight-inch IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects its fab capacity to stay tight until next year, driven by demand arising from the stay-at-home economy and...
Tuesday 1 September 2020
Samsung begins mass production of 16Gb LPDDR5 DRAM
Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of 16Gb LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology, at its second production line in Pyeongtaek.
Monday 31 August 2020
Highlights of the day: PC component demand stays strong in 2H20
The stay-at-home economy continues to boost demand for PCs and related components such as motherboards and graphics cards with major...
Monday 31 August 2020
Taiwan backend houses cautious about 4Q20
Taiwan backend houses are cautious about business prospects for the fourth quarter of the year thanks to upcoming disruptions in MediaTek shipments to China's Huawei under the latest...
Monday 31 August 2020
Chromebook demand to stay brisk through 1H21
Chip demand for Chromebooks is expected to remain brisk through the first half of 2021, driven by a surge in distance education amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to sources...
Monday 31 August 2020
Chip probing demand for notebook display driver IC remains strong
Backend houses continue to enjoy strong chip probing demand for display driver ICs for use in gaming, educational and other-purpose notebooks, thanks to the rise of the stay-at-home...
Friday 28 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Huawei slows down handset output
Huawei, hit hard by the US trade ban that is depriving it of support from various semiconductor companies, including TSMC, has slowed down its pace of orders to its handset ODMs....
Friday 28 August 2020
Taiwan fab toolmakers brace for impact of HSMC woes
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain of China's Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC) have expressed concerns about whether the foundry startup is proceeding...
Friday 28 August 2020
Rigid PCB makers cautious about 4Q20 shipments
Taiwan's rigid PCB makers are expected to end the third quarter 2020 with good business results, and their fourth-quarter performance will hinge on whether the stay-at-home economy...
Friday 28 August 2020
Kinsus to run new ABF substrate production lines in 4Q21
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology will build ABF substrate production lines at a plant it recently acquired from the bankrupt Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) in Yangmei,...
Friday 28 August 2020
China foundry startup facing uncertain future
Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC), a logic IC foundry founded in late 2017, has had its available production facilities left idle with its expansion project put on...
Friday 28 August 2020
Startup FlowView raises new funds
FlowView Tek, a startup business spun off from Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), has attracted investments from Taiwan's National Development...
Friday 28 August 2020
Huawei slows down orders to handset ODMs
Huawei has slowed down the pace of its orders to handset ODMs in China, as the impact of the latest US trade ban against the Chinese brand intensifies, according to sources at China-based...