2466 news items tagged electronics
Phison puts increased focus on non-CE apps
Friday 26 February 2021Phison Electronics, which specializes in flash storage devices and controller ICs, has put increased focus on enterprise, automotive and industrial applications while lowering sales...
Delta Electronics to deal out dividend
Friday 26 February 2021Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics has disclosed it will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.50 (US$0.20) for 2020.
Lite-On Tech to hike capex 47% in 2021
Friday 26 February 2021EMS provider Lite-On Technology plans to budget NT$5 billion (US$178 million) in 2021 capex, increasing 47% from 2020, mainly for a new factory in southern Taiwan and overseas capacity...
Samsung begins mass production of datacenter SSD for hyperscale environments
Friday 26 February 2021Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of its most advanced line of datacenter SSDs - the PM9A3 E1.S - which fully complies with the Open Compute Project (OCP) NVMe Cloud...
SK Hynix strikes 5-year deal with ASML for EUV equipment supply
Thursday 25 February 2021SK Hynix has signed a 5-year contract worth KRW4.75 trillion (US4.3 billion) with ASML to procure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, local media reports in South Korea...
MOSFET prices poised to rise on worsening shortages
Thursday 25 February 2021Prices for MOSFET chips are set to rise significantly in the months ahead thanks to worsening shortages arising from persistently tight 8-inch foundry capacity and rapid increases...
Contract PCB drilling service: Q&A with Key Ware CEO Chen Po-ying
Wednesday 24 February 2021Taiwan suppliers of high-end IC substrates, HDI boards, rigid PCBs with high layer counts and flexible PCBs are expected to have another busy year in 2021 after benefiting from pandemic-induced...
Superior Plating to see profits surge in 2021
Tuesday 23 February 2021Superior Plating Technology (SPT), dedicated to metal surface treatment and electroplating processing, is expected to post significant profit growth in 2021 thanks partly to its entry...
IDMs may evaluate more outsourcing
Tuesday 23 February 2021IDM vendors may consider outsourcing more of their production starting 2022, with Taiwan-based contract chipmakers being among the beneficiaries, according to industry sources.
Samsung develops high bandwidth memory with built-in AI processing
Tuesday 23 February 2021Samsung Electronics has developed high bandwidth memory (HBM) integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) processing power, dubbed HBM-PIM, according to the company. The new processing-in-memory...
DRAM and flash memory supply to stay tight in 2H21, says Winbond
Monday 22 February 2021A rally in DRAM and flash memory prices will boost Winbond Electronics' memory business revenue in March and April, according to Pei-Ming Chen, president for the specialty DRAM and...
Kioxia, Western Digital announce 6th-gen 3D flash memory
Friday 19 February 2021Kioxia and Western Digital jointly announced they have developed their sixth-generation, 162-layer 3D flash memory technology.
IntelliEPI halts production in Texas due to power outages
Friday 19 February 2021Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, has temporarily halted production at its facilities in Texas...
Tape COF substrate demand picking up
Friday 19 February 2021Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology and JMC Electronics have both seen orders for tape COF substrates pick up substantially, reflecting limited capacity supply for such substrates and...
Packaging quotes for MCU and other consumer ICs set to rise
Thursday 18 February 2021Packaging specialists, such as Greatek Electronics, plan to raise their quotes for MCU and other consumer IC products in the second quarter to reflect their tight capacities, according...
Foxconn to invest in UK-based GyroGear
Thursday 18 February 2021Foxconn Electronics has disclosed it will invest GBP1.0 million (US$1.39 million) in GyroGear, a UK-based startup that develops neural medical devices, at the latter's seed round...
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
Wednesday 17 February 2021The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
EMC component demand promising
Wednesday 17 February 2021EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) component demand for high-frequency and high-speed surge protectors and filters has been rising for applications ranging from 5G, AI and automotive...
Taiwan quartz component makers to embrace strong 1Q21
Tuesday 9 February 2021Taiwan-based quartz component makers including TXC, Siward Crystal Technology, and Harmony Electronics are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021 due to robust...
Renesas in talks to acquire Dialog
Monday 8 February 2021Renesas Electronics has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Dialog Semiconductor.
Everlight, Lextar, Excellence Optoelectronics join MIH
Monday 8 February 2021LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics and LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI)...
Sinbon January revenues hit record
Friday 5 February 2021Connector and cable assembly maker Sinbon Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.112 billion (US$74.2 million) for January, the highest-ever monthly level with growths...
AMD unlikely to transfer orders away from TSMC
Thursday 4 February 2021AMD is unlikely to transfer its 5nm or 3nm chip orders from TSMC to Samsung Electronics, and its ongoing tight supply of processors is due mainly to ABF substrate shortages rather...
Pegatron, Quanta vying for assembly orders for Apple AR/VR headsets
Thursday 4 February 2021Pegatron and Quanta Computer are still vying for final assembly orders for Apple's AR/VR headsets, while Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) is set to supply parts modules, according to...
Foxconn to improve gross margin to 7% in 2021
Wednesday 3 February 2021Foxconn expects to improve its gross margin this year to 7% in 2021, and will continue to deepen its deployments in a spate of segments including electric vehicles (EV), robots and...
- Pegatron, Tata Electronics, others ink Rs 28k-crore pacts with TN govt (Feb 17) - Business Standard
- Samsung lands foundry orders for Qualcomm 5G modem chips (Feb 17) - BusinessKorea
- Renesas moves more automotive chip production in-house (Jan 29) - Nikkei Asian Review
- Samsung developing 5nm chips for Tesla self-driving cars (Jan 26) - BusinessKorea
- Samsung intensifies chip wars with bet it can catch TSMC by 2022 (Nov 17) - Bloomberg