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Highlights of the day: Chromebook shipments set for sharp growth
Friday 9 April 2021The notebook market has been robust in recent months thanks to stay-at-home needs. Chromebook shipments are expected to rise sharply in 2021. Apart from Intel, some other chip vendors,...
Highlights of the day: Chinese phone vendors developing own 5G chips
Thursday 8 April 2021MediaTek and Qualcomm may be the dominant players in the 5G smartphone SoC sector, but Chinese phone vendors Oppo and...
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees strong order momentum from Apple
Wednesday 7 April 2021Despite recent speculation about decreasing demand from Apple for semiconductor manufacturing services, the latest news from the supply chain has indicated TSMC...
Highlights of the day: Flexible AMOLED shipments to grow
Tuesday 6 April 2021Handset vendors are expected to launch more foldable devices with AMOLED screens this year. Global shipments of flexible...
Highlights of the day: TSMC spending big on capacity expansions
Thursday 1 April 2021TSMC has aggressive plans for expanding its fab capacity. In a recent letter sent to clients about canceling discounts for foundry service quotes, TSMC...
Highlights of the day: TSMC chair cautions US, Europe against expanding fab capacity
Wednesday 31 March 2021The current short supply of semiconductor fab capacity is not normal, as the overall capacity should be more than enough to satisfy all demand in normal times, according TSMC chairman...
Highlights of the day: TSMC fast advancing manufacturing processes
Tuesday 30 March 2021TSMC is fast advancing its manufacturing processes. The foundry house's N4 - an extension of its 5nm process family...
Highlights of the day: Panel short supply hikes prices
Monday 29 March 2021As supply of LCD panels remains tight, demand is expected to stay robust in the second quarter of 2021 with their...
Highlights of the day: Production for next-generation AirPods underway
Friday 26 March 2021Apply's supply chain has started production for next-generation AirPods. Backend service supplier ASE Technology is packaging and testing optical sensors for new AirPods...
Highlights of the day: TSMC to continue making chips for Intel
Thursday 25 March 2021Third-party foundries will continue to play an important role in Intel's freshly unveiled IDM 2.0 strategy. TSMC is...
Highlights of the day: Intel unveils IDM 2.0 bid
Wednesday 24 March 2021Intel has unveiled its so-called IDM 2.0 strategy, with a US$20 billion plan to build two fabs in the US to beef up...
Highlights of the day: Fire at Renesas may undermine IC supply
Tuesday 23 March 2021Renesas saw one of its plants in northern Japan struck by fire and the incident could lead to a further tightening of...
Highlights of the day: Foundry houses to introduce floating pricing
Monday 22 March 2021Supply in the semiconductor market has been so tight that prices in many segments, including foundry services, have been rising. Taiwan's pure-play foundry...
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor shortages result in more price hikes in 2H21
Friday 19 March 2021Taiwan's semiconductor industry continues suffering from tight supply with GlobalWafers seeing its capacity fully...
Highlights of the day: Acer and Asustek upbeat about notebook market
Thursday 18 March 2021Acer and Asustek are set to see strong notebook shipments in first-half 2021, with order visibililty becoming clear...
Highlights of the day: Mature nodes in demand
Wednesday 17 March 2021Taiwan-based foundry houses are running at full capacity for their 28nm and more mature processes, and are said to...
Highlights of the day: LCD driver IC prices to rise on tight supply
Tuesday 16 March 2021LCD panel makers have seen orders picking up, in turn boosting their demand for driver ICs. But supply of LCD driver ICs...
Highlights of the day: Notebook demand still strong
Monday 15 March 2021There 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...
Highlights of the day: DDR3 prices soaring
Friday 12 March 2021Worsening DDR3 shortages are sending prices soaring and prompting some suppliers to increase DDR3 output to meet clients'...
Highlights of the day: Notebook battery prices set to rise
Thursday 11 March 2021Rising material prices are driving up production costs in many sectors, including notebook batteries. Vendors of notebook...
Highlights of the day: NAND flash prices to rise
Wednesday 10 March 2021The global NAND flash market may still be oversupplied, but with SSD prices set to rise due to severe controller chip shortages, NAND...
Highlights of the day: 8-inch fab tools hard to come by
Tuesday 9 March 2021Foundry houses' attempts to expand 8-inch fab capacity to cash in on extremely strong demand have been prevented by limited suppluy of 8-inch equipment on the market. Chinese semiconductors...
Highlights of the day: Taiwan IC designers seeking support from Chinese OSATs
Monday 8 March 2021Semiconductor manufacturing capacity has been tight, sending some major IC design houses in Taiwan seeking support from Chinese...
Highlights of the day: 6-inch fab capacity tight
Friday 5 March 2021The foundry sector has seen tight supply across all segments, with 6-inch fab capacity almost fully booked for third-quarter...
Highlights of the day: DRAM prices rising
Thursday 4 March 2021DRAM supply has already fallen short of demand with the chip shortages worsening. DRAM contract prices are expected...