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Thursday 17 October 2019
Global automotive panel shipments fall in 1H19
Worldwide automotive panel shipments fell 3.4% on year to 79 million units in the first half of 2019, in line with decreased global auto shipments in the correspondent period, according...
Thursday 17 October 2019
Rohm sees opportunities in supply chain transformation
Japan IDM Rohm Semiconductor will strengthen sales of power components for industrial and automotive applications in Taiwan through local distribution agents, seeing opportunities...
Thursday 17 October 2019
Server makers see 14nm chip supply become tight
Server ODMs have reportedly seen the supply of Intel's 14nm CPUs become tight but remain sufficient to support their shipments in the fourth quarter, according to sources from the...
Thursday 17 October 2019
Shennan Circuits to post record 3Q19 profits
China's leading PCB maker Shennan Circuits (SCC) is expected to generate record-high net profits in the third quarter of 2019, thanks to robust demand for 5G base station equipment...
Thursday 17 October 2019
GF acquires Smartcom PDK development team
Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Highlights of the day: TSMC reportedly very optimistic about 5G phone market in 2020
No one could do better than TSMC when it comes to predicting the possible size of next year's 5G smartphone market, as the top foundry house can rely on order visibility from chip...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Arm, Samsung and Synopsys partner to accelerate 5nm SoC development
Synopsys announced recently that the company is partnering with Arm and Samsung's foundry operations (Samsung Foundry) to develop solutions enabling early adoption of the next-generation...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Intel to unveil discrete 10nm GPU by mid-2020
Intel is looking to unveil its first discrete GPU solution based on its Xe architecture and built using 10nm process technology by the middle of 2020, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
PCB makers gaining from handset HDI mainboard upgrades
Taiwan-based PCB suppliers are expected to see their HDI board production lines running at full capacity through the end of 2019, bolstered by upgrades in smartphone mainboards, according...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Memory controller suppliers urged to build up inventory in advance
Judging from TSMC's rising capacity utilization rates, downstream memory device vendors have asked their controller suppliers to build up their inventory in advance, according to...
Wednesday 16 October 2019
TSMC more optimistic than others about 5G phone shipments in 2020, say sources
Global shipments of 5G phones could approach 300 million units in 2020, much higher than most market observers expect, according to industry sources, citing an internal estimate at...
Tuesday 15 October 2019
Highlights of the day: iPhone 11 series fuels TSMC sales
Strong demand from the 5G sector is apparently not the only factor driving TSMC's sales growth. The foundry house is gaining growth momentum from better-than-expected sales of Apple's...
Tuesday 15 October 2019
MediaTek reportedly to start shipping 5G SoC in 4Q19
MediaTek is expected to start shipping its first-generation 5G SoC chips later in the fourth quarter of 2019, for which the chipmaker is likely to post a slight drop or flat growth...
Tuesday 15 October 2019
Oppo, Vivo to roll out 5G phones ahead of schedule, say sources
China-based handset vendors Oppo and Vivo both are reportedly accelerating the developments of 5G smartphones and are expected to roll out their respective 5G phones at the end of...
Tuesday 15 October 2019
Taiwan chipmaking industry gearing up for next stage growth
Taiwan's chipmaking industry, led by TSMC, is gearing up to enter its next stage of growth as chip demand for 5G applications is set to start ramping up substantially next year, according...