Taiwan's semiconductor industry continues suffering from tight supply with GlobalWafers seeing its capacity fully loaded all the way to the second half of 2021. Meanwhile, the shortage of copper foil is creating increased costs to CCL and PCB suppliers with them already planning to raise their quotes...
Canada is the fourth largest vehicle exporting country in the world, making 2.1 million cars a year. And the country is keen to take its car industry to a new level. Last year, Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) launched Project Arrow - an initiative for developing electric vehicles (EV).
Acer and Asustek are set to see strong notebook shipments in first-half 2021, with order visibililty becoming clear for the second half of the year, despite recent concerns that the PC market may weaken later in the year. Asustek and fellow graphics card vendors are also expected to post strong profits in 2021, fueled by stay-at-home needs and cryptomining applications...
The stethoscope may be the one instrument common to all medical professionals today in the 21st century. Its development process from invention to widespread use over the past 200 years is probably hard to imagine. The traditional stethoscope is an easily accessible tool, so too will be the future ultrasound device...
Taiwan-based foundry houses are running at full capacity for their 28nm and more mature processes, and are said to have already reached agreements with their clients for supply in 2022. The supply of 28nm and more mature processes has already fallen short of demand, which is expected to grow further in 2022 and worsen the shortage...
As electrification becomes a clear trend for future cars, solutions for infrastructure, power supply and batteries are very much in need to develop a sound and sustainable ecosystem in line with such a trend. Propulsion Quebec is an NPO created to support the ecological transition of transportation by enhancing the collaborative efforts of the industry.
LCD panel makers have seen orders picking up, in turn boosting their demand for driver ICs. But supply of LCD driver ICs has fallen far short of demand, prompting vendors to consider raising prices. Many other components are also in short supply, including networking chips. Some networking chip vendors, such as Braodcom, have had to extend their delivery lead times...
The global top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments, excluding those of detachable models, decline 8% sequentially in February while the top-3 notebook ODMs' combined shipments fell 9% on month, according to Digitimes Research.
There may be uncertainty lying ahead for the notebook market in second-half 2021 amid overbooking concerns and speculations about stay-at-home needs waning later this year. But currently demand remains strong. Memory suppliers still see strong order momentum from their notebook clients...
Worsening DDR3 shortages are sending prices soaring and prompting some suppliers to increase DDR3 output to meet clients' demand. Samsung reportedly is also slowing down a plan of switching its focus for the low-density DRAM segment. Strong demand for DRAM has also resulted in a supply strain at memory probe card makers, whose delivery lead times have almost doubled...
