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Tuesday 10 December 2019
TSMC obtains Sony orders for CIS, says report
TSMC has obtained orders for CMOS image sensors from Sony, and will fabricate the chips using 40nm process technology at Fab 14A in Tainan, southern Taiwan, according to a recent...
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Handset vendors keen on camera upgrades
Handset vendors are demanding significant upgrades to camera lenses, screens, image resolutions and APs seeking to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.
Friday 15 November 2019
Tong Hsing sees CIS packaging as major growth driver for 2020
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, expects its 2020 revenues to hit a new high on...
Friday 8 November 2019
CIS packager Kingpak sees impressive revenue rise in October
CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Kingpak Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$205 million (US$6.8 million) for October 2019, surging 30% sequentially and...
Wednesday 30 October 2019
STAr Technologies introduces MEMS micro-cantilever probe cards for CMOS sensor test
STAr Technologies Inc, a leading supplier of semiconductor test probe cards, today announced the introduction of its new MEMS type micro-Cantilever probe card - STAr Aries Sigma-M,...
Monday 7 October 2019
Xintec eyeing return to profit in 2019
Niche-market IC packaging house Xintec is eyeing its return to profitability this year, according to industry observers.
Wednesday 2 October 2019
Highlights of the day: CMOS sensor suppliers see strong demand from Huawei
The semiconductor supply chain is eyeing the robust demand from 5G commercialization. IC designers are designing chips supporting 5G, and in turn their backend partners are also gearing...
Wednesday 2 October 2019
Sony, OmniVision enjoy robust demand from Huawei
CMOS image sensor suppliers Sony and OmniVision have both enjoyed robust demand for multi-camera smartphones from Huawei, with their regional distributors and backend suppliers being...
Friday 30 August 2019
CMOS image sensors stay on stairway to record revenues, says IC Insights
Despite an expected slowdown in growth this year and in 2020, the CMOS image sensor market is forecast to continue reaching record-high sales and unit volumes through 2023 with the...
Friday 23 August 2019
Tong Hsing to see revenues rise through 4Q19
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates as well as packaging services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, expects its revenues to pick up sequentially...
Friday 16 August 2019
Win Semi, Xintec and ShunSin ramping up shipments for 3D sensing components
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors, and backend houses Xintec and ShunSin Technology have started ramping up shipments for structured light 3D sensing components in the third quarter...
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Wafer-level backend demand promising
The manufacture of under-display optical fingerprint sensors for use in 5G-enabled phones will require wafer-level backend services. Suppliers capable of providing wafer-level backend...
Friday 26 July 2019
UMC, TeraSillC jointly roll out 24GHz CMOS radar transceiver chips
UnitedDS Semiconductor (UDS), a China-based IC design affiliate of United Microelectronics (UMC), and Taiwan's mmWave chip designer TeraSillC have jointly rolled out 24GHz radar transceiver...
Thursday 25 July 2019
SK Hynix posts sharp decreases in 2Q19 revenues and profits
SK Hynix saw its operating profits fall 89% from a year earlier to KRW638 billion (US$540.8 million) in the second quarter of 2019, when consolidated revenues slid 38% on year to...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for 3D sensor market boom
Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...