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Monday 3 February 2020
Taiwan IC designers see 1Q20 China order visibility turn opaque
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their first-quarter 2020 order visibility from China for domestic demand seriously blurred in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, making...
Friday 31 January 2020
Diode maker HYE to enhance deployment in TVSS and automotive sectors
Diode maker HY Electronic (HYE) has said that it will continue to enhance its deployments in TVSS (transient voltage surge suppressor) protective devices and diodes for automotive...
Friday 31 January 2020
Passive components supply tightening as outbreak disrupts recruitment plans
The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Taiwan-based passive components makers' massive post-Lunar New Year recruitment plans, which may compound labor shortages, tightening global...
Friday 31 January 2020
Taiwan IC design houses turn cautious amid coronavirus outbreak
Taiwan-based IC design houses have turned cautious about customer orders particularly orders for the China market due to the coronavirus outbreak, with some already revising downward...
Friday 31 January 2020
Taiwan backend houses brace for coronavirus impact
Taiwan-based backend houses including ASE, KYEC and SPIL have instructed their employees not to make non-essential business travels to China, as part of their precautions to mitigate...
Friday 31 January 2020
Yangtze Memory maintains production unaffected by outbreak
Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC), which is headquartered in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan in the wake of China's coronavirus outbreak, has told Digitimes that it has taken necessary...
Friday 31 January 2020
TSMC, UMC say production in China remains normal
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both said that production at their fabs in China stays on track and has not been affected...
Thursday 30 January 2020
Taiwan supply chains stay vigilant against coronavirus outbreak
Many Taiwan-based firms with manufacturing operations in China are taking precautionary measures to minimize impacts of coronavirus outbreak that has locked down the Chinese city...
Thursday 30 January 2020
Wuhan chipmakers reportedly say shipments remain normal amid coronavirus outbreak
Memory startup Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and its 12-inch foundry subsidiary Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) have both claimed their chip deliveries remain...