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Friday 20 September 2019
Global HDI PCB market surpasses US$10 billion in value, says TPCA
The worldwide market for high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs came to more than US$10 billion in production value in 2018, with Taiwan accounting for about 40% of the total value,...
Friday 20 September 2019
Intel stepping up EUV equipment, material purchases
Intel has started placing equipment and materials orders for EUV fabrication processes since August, and is stepping up its pace of orders, according to industry sources.
Thursday 19 September 2019
Pan-Moore's Laws to drive expansion in heterogeneous chips integration, says ASE COO
The global semiconductor sector will experience constant quantitative and qualitative changes in the next 20-30 years, and heterogeneous integration will not be confined to CPU and...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Highlights of the day: Moore's Law alive and kicking
Some may think Moore's Law is reaching its limits, but for TSMC, it is still very much alive. The world's number one pure-play foundry is already conducting 3nm...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Foxconn aims to become solution provider in semiconductor industry
The Foxconn Group's development direction in the semiconductor industry will primarily focus on vertical integration, aiming to become a solution provider and devoting its investments...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Innolux collaborates with ITRI to develop FOPLP technology
Innolux has teamed up with Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology, which will be...
Thursday 19 September 2019
China aggressively poaching talent from Korea, Taiwan chipmakers
China-based semiconductor firms are keenly luring talent away from chipmakers in Taiwan and South Korea by offering much higher pays, seeking to shorten time for technology development...
Thursday 19 September 2019
TPCA Show 2019 - the PCB industry embraces explosive opportunities arising from 5G commercialization
TPCA Show 2019 will take place October 23 to October 25, 2019 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 (TaiNEX 1). Themed on "5G Next," this year's exhibition will focus on...
Thursday 19 September 2019
UMC selected as a DJSI global component for 12th consecutive year
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has selected UMC as a global component...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Talent shortage facing Taiwan semiconductor industry, says TSMC chairman
Moore's Law will continue to drive semiconductor industry growth in decades to come, but Taiwan's IC sector is in need of sufficient engineers to support its development, according...
Thursday 19 September 2019
Biomedical electronics promising, says Etron chairman
With the semiconductor industry entering the era of heterogeneous integration, biomedical electronics applications will definitely be using related technologies for their development,...
Thursday 19 September 2019
TI introduces untra-low-power LDO linear voltage regulator
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced an ultra-low-power low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator with quiescent current (IQ) of sub-25nA - one-tenth that of competing ultra-small...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Highlights of the day: PCB order visibility for iPhone 11 remains vague
Pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 11 series may be better than expected, but components makers in the new smartphones' supply chain remains cautious. PCB makers say their order...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
PCB shipment prospect for new iPhones uncertain till early October
PCB manufacturers in the supply chain for Apple's iPhone 11 series are keeping a close eye on the new models' initial sales performance, which will determine their shipment momentum...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Semicon Taiwan 2019 opens
Semicon Taiwan 2019 opens today, focusing on cutting-edge technologies, including those concerning 5G and AI, with its forums to feature heavyweight speakers from TSMC, ASE and oth...