MediaTek, a major customer of OSAT King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) which halted its chip production for two days due to a cluster of COVID-19 infections at its factory site in northern...
With analog sales of US$10.9 billion and 19% marketshare, Texas Instruments (TI) maintained its firm grip as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2020, according to IC Insights...
US-based RF chips vendor Skyworks has announced plans to acquire Silicon Labs' infrastructure and automotive business for US$2.75 billion, highlighting its efforts to better explore...
Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG, WT Microelectronics, Edom Technology and Supreme Electronics are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021, after reporting brisk...
Qualcomm has been gearing up to seek multiple supply sources for both silicon-based and III-V semiconductors amid increasingly tight capacity at the global IC value chain, and reportedly...
Taiwan's III-V IC firms including GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) as well as epi-wafer suppliers Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and Intelligent...
Taiwan's top OSAT firm ASE Technology will hike backend service quotes by 5-10% starting first-quarter 2021 to reflect increased cost and tight capacity supply for some products,...
Component shipment momentum for iPhone 12 series continues to strengthen, with order visibility for VCM (voice coil motor) components for iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max models clear through...
The supply of 4G SoCs and PA components for both 4G and 5G models are falling short of demand, but may ease by the end of 2020, according to IC distribution sources.
The Wi-Fi 6 penetration rate is likely to advance to 50-60% in 2021 with the latest wireless communication standard increasingly adopted for handsets, routers and notebooks, prompting...
Display driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology and memory modules backend and EMS service provider Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) have formed a long-term strategic...
Leading OSAT providers, such as ASE Technology, are expected to see revenues generated from their SiP businesses climb about 30% in 2020, driven by demand for 5G, AI and HPC device...
Tests of 5G smartphone downlink speed in the US and UK by Ookla show that smartphones using the 5G millimeter wave bands, on average, achieve blazingly fast downlink speeds 20 times...
Taiwan's GaAs foundry houses Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) are set to enjoy robust PA (power...
Chinese chipmakers including Lansus Technologies, MeidaTek-affiliate Vanchip Technology, and Unisoc Communications under the Tsinghua Unigroup are keenly developing 5G RF-FEM products...
