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Tuesday 19 March 2019
Taiwan panel firms likely to stay unprofitable until 2Q19
Major Taiwan-based LCD panel makers are unlikely to make profits until the second quarter of 2019 at the earliest as continued price falls of large-size panels will offset a rebound...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Flexium building 5G FPCB antenna modules plant in southern Taiwan
Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has kicked off construction of a new plant in Kaoshiung, southern Taiwan, which will serve as the firm's 5G smart communication business operating...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
SEMICON China 2019 to open March 20
SEMICON China 2019 will open March 20 for a three-day run at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with global semiconductor industrial chains to showcase their latest technologies,...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
MSI seeking to be top curved gaming monitor vendor in 2019
Micro-Star International (MSI) stands a chance of unseating Samsung Electronics to become the world's largest supplier of curved gaming monitors in 2019 thanks to growing sales, according...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
COF substrate prices to rise 8-15% in 2Q19
COF substrate makers plan to adjust upward quotes for the second quarter by 8-15% sequentially to reflect their tight supplies, according to market sources.
Tuesday 19 March 2019
TSMC seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up recently, with its fabless clients including HiSilicon,...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Heterogeneous integration bringing more innovation: Q&A with Etron chairman Nicky Lu
The Taiwan semiconductor industry is gearing up to tap huge business opportunities arising from AI and IoT applications, such as machine learning, cloud to edge computing and big...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Backend firm OSE to expand capacity
Memory backend specialist Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) is installing more surface-mount technology (SMT) lines for an additional 10-15% increase in production capacity,...
Friday 15 March 2019
GIS, Egis ramping up fingerprint sensor shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based General Interface Solution (GIS) and Egis Technology are set to maintain strong sales momentum in the first half of 2019 for ramping up their respective fingerprint sensors...
Friday 15 March 2019
Intel to start engineering projects for 5G modem chips in 2Q19, say sources
Intel is reportedly to begin working on engineering projects that will enable mass-production of 5G modem chips with its collaborative partners in the second quarter of 2019, according...
Friday 15 March 2019
Compeq seeing order visibility remain low
PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing has seen order visibility for the first half of 2019 remain low, and reiterated its cautious outlook this year.
Friday 15 March 2019
Qualcomm, USI and Asustek team up in Brazil
Qualcomm, Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) and Asustek Computer have announced jointly the commercial launch of new Asustek smartphones that utilize Qualcomm's cellular...
Thursday 14 March 2019
IC and material distributors to see demand pick up after 2Q19
Taiwan-based IC and materials distributors are unlikely to see demand pick up until after the second quarter of 2019, according to industry sources.
Thursday 14 March 2019
Global large-size panel output to grow 12% in 2019
The availability of new LCD fabs and capacity ramps at existing lines are likely to result in an annual growth of 12% in area output for large-size panels in 2019, according to industry...
Thursday 14 March 2019
Taiwan PCB firms gearing up mass production for new iPads, AirPods
Flexible PCB firms Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology are gearing up for mass production for Apple's next-generation iPad devices, while Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech...