250 news items tagged CMOS
Kioxia, Western Digital announce 6th-gen 3D flash memory
Friday 19 February 2021Kioxia and Western Digital jointly announced they have developed their sixth-generation, 162-layer 3D flash memory technology.
Backend house Xintec expects strong 1Q21
Wednesday 3 February 2021TSMC-invested backend house Xintec expects to enjoy a particularly strong first-quarter 2021 and stable revenue and profit increases for the entire year, thanks to brisk wafer-level...
ToF 3D sensors to accelerate AR application ecosystem formation, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 5 January 2021Time of flight (ToF) 3D sensors are emerging rapidly for massive consumer applications, prompting major semiconductor and optoelectronics players to join the supply chain and accelerating...
Specialty DRAM prices to continue rally in 2021
Friday 11 December 2020Specialty DRAM prices, which have started rising recently, will continue their rally next year due to tight supply, according to industry sources.
DRAM likely to be in short supply in 2H21, says PSMC chairman
Tuesday 1 December 2020The global supply of DRAM memory will likely fall short of demand in the second half of 2021, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Eight-inch foundry quotes to rise up to 40% in 2021
Tuesday 24 November 2020Pure-play foundries including Globalfoundries, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have raised their 8-inch foundry quotes by 10-15% in the...
TSMC in talks for new orders for OLED driver IC
Wednesday 18 November 2020TSMC is in talks with a Korean client for manufacturing OLED driver ICs using the foundry's 28nm high-voltage process, according to industry sources.
ASE quietly enhancing CIS backend capability
Monday 16 November 2020ASE Technology's development of its CMOS image sensor backend business has been in a low profile, unlike the development of its other offerings such as wirebonding and system-level...
Taiwan backend houses see surging CIS orders from OmniVision
Friday 6 November 2020Taiwan's backend houses including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Xintec have seen orders from China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) vendor OmniVision...
TSMC sees 28nm process capacity utilization ramp up
Wednesday 4 November 2020TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 28nm process technology surge and come to nearly 100% in the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to the bulk of orders transferred by Qualcomm...
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
Wednesday 28 October 2020China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
CIS suppliers shifting focus to midrange parts
Monday 12 October 2020Major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including Samsung Electronics and OmniVision reportedly have been pushing sales of midrange CIS components to Chinese handset brands due to...
CIS packager Tong Hsing to ramp up shipments for healthcare applications
Wednesday 30 September 2020Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS) and other niche ICs, has been stepping up its deployment in the...
CHPT gearing up smart production of vertical probe cards
Monday 28 September 2020Taiwan-based IC test interface specialist Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) is stepping up AI-based smart production of vertical probe cards (VPC) seeking to compete well...
KYEC, Sigurd to boost capacity support for MediaTek orders
Thursday 27 August 2020Testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics will substantially scale up their capacities for MediaTek orders in September and October, while being aware...
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
Friday 14 August 2020China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
CIS packager Tong Hsing breaks ground for new plant in Taiwan
Friday 17 July 2020Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS) and other niche ICs, has broken ground for a new plant complex...
TSMC sees mature process capacity utilization pick up
Wednesday 15 July 2020TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 16nm and more mature processs pick up recently, and has demanded sufficient supplies from related materials providers through October,...
China, Taiwan IC designers keen on developing OLED DDI chips
Thursday 18 June 2020Fabless chipmakers in Taiwan and China specializing in display driver ICs and fingerprint sensor chips are keenly developing OLED DDI chip solutions for smartphones seeking to build...
IC vendors to gain from strong IP camera demand through 3Q20
Wednesday 17 June 2020Chip demand for IP network camera applications has grown significantly to support remote work and education activities driven by the coronavirus pandemic, and Taiwan specialty IC...
CMOS image sensors to resume record run in 2021, says IC Insights
Friday 12 June 2020The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is expected to lower CMOS image sensor sales for the first time in 10 years, but new record-high revenues are seen next year, according...
High-res CIS demand promising
Monday 8 June 2020The market for high-resolution CMOS image sensors is set to boom starting later in 2020, thanks to a rise in the popularity of high-spec smartphones and other mobile devices, according...
Yageo obtains massive loan
Wednesday 3 June 2020Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...
Fingerprint-on-display sensor market grows nearly 8-fold in 2019, says Omdia
Thursday 14 May 2020Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips...
SMIC raises 2020 capex
Thursday 14 May 2020China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has revised upward its capex outlook this year to US$4.3 billion, up US$1.1 billion or about 34% from...