276 news items tagged China government
Foxconn reportedly obtains extra iPhone 12 Pro orders
Friday 22 January 2021Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expected to see extra momentum in the first quarter of 2021 thanks to Apple increasing orders for the iPhone 12 Pro series,...
Taiwan CCL makers guardedly optimistic about 2021
Thursday 7 January 2021Taiwan-based CCL makers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) are guardedly optimistic about their 2021 sales prospects after ending 2020 with single-digit...
Datacenter operators turn to liquid cooling
Monday 14 September 2020Datacenter operators have been adopting liquid cooling solutions for their facilities to improve thermal dissipation from new hardware that is generating more heat, and to address...
China makers step into making e-bike-use LFP batteries
Monday 31 August 2020China-based first-tier battery makers, including Contemporary Amperex Technology, Tianneng Batery and Shenzhen Topband, are setting up additional production lines for LFP (lithium...
PCB shipments slowing down for China 5G base stations
Wednesday 5 August 2020PCB shipments for 5G base station applications in China have slowed down after peaking in the second quarter, and the supply chain is concerned about when shipment momentum could...
Government subsidies crucial for new TSMC fab establishment in US
Wednesday 10 June 2020TSMC is in talks with the US government about relevant subsidies for its new wafer fab in Arizona so that the foundry is able to implement the investment plan, said TSMC chairman...
MediaTek, Aspeed, ASMedia to see strong 2020
Wednesday 20 May 2020MediaTek, Aspeed Technology and ASMedia Technology are expected to post impressive sales results for 2020 benefiting from the ongoing US-China trade tensions and clients' new products,...
China pushing for homegrown silicon wafer sector
Friday 24 April 2020China has stepped up the development of its homegrown silicon wafer sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips. The National Silicon Industry Group...
Mobo and graphics card shipments set to hit record low
Tuesday 17 March 2020Global motherboard and graphics card shipments are set to drop to record-low levels in the first half of 2020, thanks to the quickly spreading coronavirus pandemic sweeping over 130...
China keen to boost consumption
Tuesday 17 March 2020China is not just accelerating the resumption of manufacturing to prevent its economy from being stalled further by the coronavirus pandemic; it is also keen to boost local consump...
Cooling module makers see sharp declines in February revenues
Wednesday 11 March 2020Taiwan-based cooling module makers including Power Logic, Sunonwealth Electric Machine and Forcecon Tec all saw their February revenues suffer wider declines both monthly and yearly...
Compal, Wistron eye capacity recovery to usual level by end of March
Tuesday 10 March 2020Compal Electronics and Wistron continue to see capacity recovery in China as more of their wolrkers are returning to work, and may see their resumption rates for notebook production...
Taiwan MCU firms land short lead-time orders for healthcare applications
Thursday 6 February 2020Holtek and other Taiwan-based MCU firms have landed an influx of short lead-time orders for healthcare applications, such as ear thermometers, as demand has been surging since the...
China-based Loongson unveils new CPUs
Monday 30 December 2019China-based CPU developer Loongson has announced its in-house developed 3A4000 series processors, which the company claimed were created without using intellectual properties (IPs)...
Unimicron, Nan Ya may serve Chinese CPU makers with advanced ABF substrates
Thursday 19 December 2019While China's homegrown processor makers are gearing up to develop new-generation solutions to serve huge domestic PC replacement demand, Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology and Nan...
TSMC, UMC enjoy ramp-up in China fab utilization rates
Tuesday 5 November 2019Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their China-based wafer fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by growing...
Taiwan to invest more in basic research, says science minister
Friday 27 September 2019Taiwan's IC design ability is currently leading China by at least 10 years, but the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will continue to allocate more budget for basic research...
China semiconductor revenues increase 11.8% in 1H19, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 26 September 2019Despite the global semiconductor industry's weakening demand in the first half, China's semiconductor industry continued to perform stably with sales rising 11.8% on year during the...
China IC industry revving up to sharpen in-house supply capability
Tuesday 27 August 2019China semiconductor industry has been aggressively revving up its "de-Americanization" drive since the start of 2019 seeking to sharply wean itself off US suppliers of crucial IC...
China DRAM industry development on track, says Winbond chairman
Tuesday 18 June 2019The development of China's homegrown DRAM industry is on track despite the escalating US-China trade war resulting in a slowdown in demand for end-market applications including handsets,...
Yangtze Memory to volume produce 64-layer 3D NAND chips ahead of schedule
Friday 31 May 2019China's Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is likely to kick off volume production of 64-layer 3D NAND flash chips ahead of schedule, as it is striving to gain orders from Huawei,...
Waffer Kunshan plant hit by explosion
Tuesday 2 April 2019An explosion hit metal chassis maker Waffer Technology's plant in Kunshan, China on March 31, with seven people reported to have died and another five injured.
TSMC gaining foundry steam from China IC design houses
Friday 22 March 2019TSMC has seen a significant pickup in foundry demand for AI, IoT and 5G chips from China's IC design sector and global tech firms seeking to develop chips on their own, according...
SEMICON China 2019 to open March 20
Tuesday 19 March 2019SEMICON China 2019 will open March 20 for a three-day run at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with global semiconductor industrial chains to showcase their latest technologies,...
Taiwan makers facing competition from China for car-use PCBs
Wednesday 20 February 2019Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the...