3207 news items tagged capacity
Taiwan chipmaking material distributors to embrace strong 2021
Wednesday 14 April 2021Semiconductor material distributors including Topco Scientific, Topco Technologies and Wahlee Industrial, and IC packaging materials distributors Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE)...
Tight foundry capacity, component shortages to affect smartphone sales in 2021
Wednesday 14 April 2021Tight capacity at foundry houses, coupled with shortages of some crucial components such as CMOS sensors, power management and driver ICs, could affect sales of individual handset...
TSMC reiterates commitment to US fab project
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC chairman Mark Liu, who participated in a virtual summit hosted by the Biden administration to discuss global chip shortages and the US plan to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing...
SYNergy to expand production capacity
Tuesday 13 April 2021Lithium-ion polymer battery maker SYNergy ScienTech has disclosed it will expand monthly production capacity for soft-package batteries by 25% to 4.77 million units, and button cells...
Taiwan pure-play foundries to see revenue hit another record highs in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are all expected to see their revenues hit another record highs in the second quarter of 2021, as...
Vapor chamber demand for 5G phones disappoints
Tuesday 13 April 2021Vapor chamber (VC) demand for 5G smartphones has been a disappointment thus far in 2021, according to sources at cooling module suppliers.
Major Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021MediaTek and Elan Microelectronics both plan to raise their chip prices by 10-20% to reflect rising foundry costs starting May 1, while fellow IC design company Realtek Semiconductor...
TSMC likely to raise 2021 capex target
Monday 12 April 2021TSMC is likely to provide a revision to its capex target for 2021 at its upcoming earnings conference call scheduled for April 15, according to market observers.
TSMC bold capex plan driving capacity expansions at ecosystem partners
Monday 12 April 2021TSMC's bold US$100 billion capex plan for the next three years has greatly boosted the confidence of its ecosystem partners about bright prospects for the semiconductor industry,...
ESMT expects gross margin to rise above 20% in 1Q21
Monday 12 April 2021Niche-market memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) has reported March revenue hit a record high of NT$1.91 billion (US$67.1 million), and expects its...
Yageo, Walsin post brisk 1Q21 results
Friday 9 April 2021MLCC and chip resistor specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter of 2021 come to high levels compared to the same period in previous yea...
Lijing Microelectronics to expand miniLED packaging capacity ahead of schedule
Friday 9 April 2021China-based Lijing Microelectronics Technology (Jiangsu) will expand monthly miniLED packaging capacity to 800 million chips by the end of May 2021, seven months ahead of schedule,...
Taiwan fab toolmakers see order visibility extended to 2023
Thursday 8 April 2021Taiwan-based fab toolmakers are set to join their international bigger peers to gain from higher capital spending among major foundries from 2021 through 2023, judging from their...
Additional ABF substrate output to buoy Nan Ya, Kinsus in 2021
Thursday 8 April 2021Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are both poised to expand capacity for ABF substrates with additional output set to come online later this year, according to industry...
NOR flash chipmakers see more customers eager for long-term deals
Thursday 8 April 2021Taiwan-based NOR flash chipmakers have seen more of their clients eager to strike long-term supply agreements, according to industry sources.
UMC posts record 1Q21 revenue
Thursday 8 April 2021Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported March consolidated revenue hit a record high of NT$16.62 billion (US$584.5 million). Revenue for the first quarter of...
Testing houses enjoy robust demand for 5G, HPC chips
Wednesday 7 April 2021Testing houses including Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics have already seen their capacity fall short of demand since the start of the second quarter, driven by strong...
TSMC to kick off production for new iPhone chips ahead of schedule
Wednesday 7 April 2021TSMC will kick off volume shipments for Apple's next-generation iPhone processor dubbed A15 at the end of May ahead of schedule, according to industry sources.
PCB equipment makers bolstered by capacity expansions at clients
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan's PCB equipment makers have seen their shipment schedules well set through the third quarter of the year and are in talks with clients about equipment orders for fourth-quarter...
PCB makers seeking CCL supply from more sources
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan PCB makers are moving to diversify the sources of CCLs in a bid to secure supply to meet increasing demand from clients and abate risks of further price hikes for the materials,...
PTI lands major SMT testing orders for Intel CPUs
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI), a packaging partner for Intel's NAND flash chips, has newly landed backend SMT testing orders for CPUs from the chipmaker, and will see the...
Foundries likely to raise quotes again
Tuesday 6 April 2021Pure-play foundries have raised their quotes starting the second quarter of 2021 to reflect tight capacity, and are likely to adjust upward the prices again in the third quarter,...
SMIC posts 2-fold jump in 2020 net profit
Tuesday 6 April 2021Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenue grew 25.4% to a record high of US$3.91 billion in 2020, when profits attributable to the company surged 204.9%...
Highlights of the day: TSMC spending big on capacity expansions
Thursday 1 April 2021TSMC has aggressive plans for expanding its fab capacity. In a recent letter sent to clients about canceling discounts for foundry service quotes, TSMC...
Notebook ODMs express concerns about overbooking
Thursday 1 April 2021Notebook ODMs have expressed concerns about overbooking by clients who continue to step up their pace of orders, according to industry sources.
- Electric-vehicle shift becomes life-or-death risk for automakers (Apr 8) - Bloomberg
- Samsung Electronics' Texas chip production returns to near-normal levels (Mar 30) - Reuters
- Nio says global chip shortage will hit its electric car production (Mar 2) - CNBC
- Qualcomm CEO elect says Huawei ban may help with chip shortages (Feb 12) - Bloomberg
- Recent business trip suggests Samsung might have big plans for Vietnam (Oct 20) - SamMobile