CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: Key components
Key components news coverage
IN THE NEWS
Monday 30 April 2018
ASE Industrial begins trading on TWSE mainboard
ASE Industrial Holding, the parent holding company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), started trading on the main board of the...
Monday 30 April 2018
Rafael Micro eyeing new RF chip products as growth driver in 2018
Taiwan's RF (radio refrequency) chips maker Rafael Micro has reported consolidated revenues of NT$259 million (US$8.74 million) for the first quarter of 2018 with gross margin of...
Friday 27 April 2018
FPCB maker Flexium sees gross margin hit 4-year low in 1Q18
Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has disclosed its gross margin fell 8.3pp on year and 5.2pp sequentially to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2018, the lowest level...
Friday 27 April 2018
Taiwan supply chain eyeing orders from Xiaomi
More Taiwan-based players in the IT supply chain, including Foxconn Electronics, Inventec, Largan Precision and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), are eyeing orders...
Friday 27 April 2018
Nova China subsidiary to double production capacity
Taiwan-based Nova Technology, which specializes in services of water, gas and chemical process systems, has seen its China-based units run at full capacity utilization rates, according...
Friday 27 April 2018
AUO reports better-than-expected profits for 1Q18
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported higher-than-expected net profit of NT$4.31 billion (US$145.2 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 2.7% from a quarter earlier but down 54.5%...
Friday 27 April 2018
Panel level packaging to see 51% CAGR during 2017-2023, says Yole
Panel level packaging (PLP) is expected to reach a market scale of US$285 million by 2023, showing a 51% CAGR during the 2017-2023 period, according to Yole Developpement.
Friday 27 April 2018
Adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors for smartphones to top 100 million units by 2019, IHS says
Smartphone brands are expected to increase their adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors, which allow phones to have full-screen displays with an invisible fingerprint feature,...
Thursday 26 April 2018
China smartphone makers pulling in IC orders
Taiwan-based suppliers of smartphone solutions, LCD driver ICs, analog and power management (PWM) chips, are expected to post double-digit sequential revenue growth in the second...
Thursday 26 April 2018
Taiwan remains largest consumer of semiconductor materials
With its large foundry and advanced packaging base, Taiwan was the largest consumer of semiconductor materials for the eighth consecutive year in 2017, according to a recent SEMI...
Thursday 26 April 2018
Phison shipments for SSD to nearly double in 2018
NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics is expected to see its shipments for SSDs grow nearly 100% in 2018 topping 40 million units, according to company sources...
Thursday 26 April 2018
North American semi equipment industry billings continue growth
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.42 billion in billings worldwide in March 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
US tough penalty hurts ZTE and many others
Seen as an extension to the ongoing bilateral trade spats, the US Department of Commerce has imposed a ban on ZTE for sanctions violations, prohibiting American firms from selling...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Apple adoption of Qi spurring wireless charging development, says Digitimes Research
The competition among wireless charging standards did not come to an end when Apple decided to choose Qi of the WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) for iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices in...
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Realtek posts profit growth in 1Q18
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profits for the first quarter of 2018 increased 5.4% sequentially and 65.8% from a year earlier to NT$841 million...