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Thursday 21 April 2022
Packaging material vendors 'rationing' supplies to IDMs, OSATs
Taiwan's packaging materials vendors are "rationing" supplies in serving international IDMs and local OSATs, as their capacity expansion pace lags behind the latter's, according to...
Friday 15 April 2022
TSMC on track to move 3nm process to volume production in 2H22
TSMC is on track to move 3nm process technology to volume production in the second half of this year, according to company CEO CC Wei, who also reiterated the foundry's plans to launch...
Wednesday 13 April 2022
ABF substrate makers thriving on brisk demand for datacenter applications
Robust ABF substrate demand for datacenter applications will boost revenues and profits at Taiwan-based suppliers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect...
Monday 28 March 2022
IDMs, backend partners expanding automotive CIS capacity
International IDMs such as Onsemi and Sony are keenly expanding capacities for automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) to meet ever-mounting demand for ADAS applications, and their backend...
Friday 25 March 2022
Foundries remain aggressive in fab capacity expansions
TSMC, Samsung Electronics, China's SMIC and other foundries are all poised to carry out their aggressive capacity expansion plans, despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty.
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Leadframe supplier CWTC sees order visibility extended to 2023
Leadframe supplier Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has seen the visibility of orders from its IDM customers for automotive and industrial applications extended to 2023, according to the...
Tuesday 22 March 2022
TSMC to see orders for auto chips ramp up
TSMC is expected to see orders for automotive electronics chips rise at a faster-than-expected pace, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 March 2022
ABF substrate makers continue to see clients queue up for capacity
ABF substrate suppliers continue to see customers queue up for their available capacities, with the visibility of orders extended to at least 2027, according to industry sources.
Monday 21 March 2022
SK Siltron to ramp up silicon wafer production
SK Siltron, a semiconductor wafer manufacturer affiliated with SK Group, reportedly is planning to invest KRW1 trillion (US$807 million) to expand its silicon wafer production capacity...
Monday 21 March 2022
Silicon wafer suppliers continue to see orders from foundries despite end-market slowdown concerns
Silicon wafer companies and other upstream chipmaking material providers continue to see their production capacities fully utilized by the still strong pull-in of orders from foundries,...
Monday 7 March 2022
OSATs slowing down wirebonding capacity expansions for 2H22
Taiwan's OSATs are slowing down their logic IC wirebonding capacity expansions as the visibility of orders for processing consumer ICs is still unclear beyond the second quarter of...
Thursday 3 March 2022
PCB equipment makers poised for thriving sales in 2022
Taiwan's PCB equipment makers are poised to embrace another prosperous year in 2022, as their full capacity utilization will persist through at least the end of the third quarter,...
Tuesday 1 March 2022
NAND flash supply falling short of demand
NAND flash vendors' cautious attitudes towards capacity expansion and a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital JV fabs in Japan will flip the market into undersupply...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see their role in global EV supply chain grow
The role of Taiwan's IC industry is growing amid the persistent shortage of automotive chips.
Thursday 24 February 2022
Unimicron in talks about ABF substrate orders for 2027-2030
Unimicron Technology is already in talks with its major clients about ABF substrate orders for 2027-2030, as they seek to secure as much new capacity as possible through long-term...