3626 news items tagged IC
WinWay breaks ground for new plant in southern Taiwan
Friday 15 January 2021WinWay Technology, a dedicated supplier of IC test interface solutions, has recently broken ground for a new plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
China smartphone vendors step up chips, components procurement
Thursday 14 January 2021Chinese handset vendors Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi (OVX) have stepped up their purchases of ICs and basic components for their smartphones as part of their efforts to expand presence in...
MediaTek enhances ASIC and IP design capability
Thursday 14 January 2021MediaTek continues to enhance its ASIC and IP design capability through several acquisitions announced recently, while recruiting talent from the IP and IC design industry sectors,...
Value of semiconductor industry M&A agreements sets record in 2020, says IC Insights
Thursday 14 January 2021Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing...
Unimicron posts record revenues for 2020
Wednesday 13 January 2021PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has reported its 2020 revenues spiked 6.5% on year to a new high of NT$87.89 billion (US$3.14 billion) mainly driven by strong shipments...
III-V IC players enjoy high capacity utilization for 5G, Wi-Fi 6 applications
Wednesday 13 January 2021Taiwan's III-V IC firms including GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) as well as epi-wafer suppliers Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and Intelligent...
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms continue to see orders ramp up
Wednesday 13 January 2021Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers continue to enjoy a ramp-up in orders including short lead-time ones, and will see their supply remains tight through the second quarter of 2021,...
IC materials distributors see clear order visibility through 1H21
Tuesday 12 January 2021Semiconductor equipment and materials distributors including Wah Lee Industrial and Niching Industrial have seen clear order visibility for specialty chemicals, equipment components,...
Highlights of the day: IC designers scrambling for 3Q21 foundry support
Monday 11 January 2021Tight supply and strong demand are pushing prices up in the secomiconductor sector, ranging from product pricing and manufacturing service quotes. Foundry houses have seen IC...
Taiwan fabless chipmakers to strive for additional foundry support in 3Q21
Monday 11 January 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses intend to offer higher prices in order to obtain more support from their foundry partners during the third quarter of 2021, according to sources at Taiwan's...
IC foundries, designers strengthening tie-up with backend houses
Monday 11 January 2021With demand for diverse chips solutions continuing to grow robustly, Taiwan's foundry houses, IC designers and even EMS providers are all strengthening tie-up with backend houses...
Taiwan 2nd-tier IC design houses post record December sales
Friday 8 January 2021Taiwan-based second-tier fabless chipmakers including Advanced Power Electronics, Andes Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Fitipower Integrated Technology, M31 Technology and Sitronix...
Chipmakers see downstream clients continue stockpiling
Friday 8 January 2021Chip suppliers including fabless chipmakers and IC distributors continue to see their downstream clients stockpiling, while encountering tight capacity at upstream foundries, according...
Nan Ya, Kinsus see 4Q20 revenues peak on strong IC substrate demand
Friday 8 January 2021IC substrate suppliers Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both saw their fourth-quarter 2020 revenues hit the year's peak, bolstered by higher prices offered by clients...
Himax 4Q20 sales beat guidance
Friday 8 January 2021IC design house Himax Technologies has reported revenue rose 14.9% sequentially to US$275.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, which beat its sales guidance of about 10% growth...
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal by 2025, says IC Insights
Thursday 7 January 2021IC Insights has forecast that China-produced ICs will represent only 19.4% of the country's IC market in 2025, a fraction of the country's "Made in China 2025" goal of 70%.
OSE seeking logic chips backend orders after allying with Chipbond
Thursday 7 January 2021Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE), which has struck a long-term strategic alliance with Chipbond Technology, is expected to soon land new logic chips packaging orders from Taiwan's...
IC designers eye opportunities from Foxconn-led EV development platform
Thursday 7 January 2021Taiwan-based automotive components vendors are eyeing opportunities from MIH, a software/hardware-integrated EV (eletric vehicle) development open platform launched by Foxconn Electronics...
CHPT to build new plant for probe cards
Wednesday 6 January 2021IC testing interface solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) is set to enforce a capacity expansion project by building a new plant at its manufacturing complex in northern...
Foundries see clearer order visibility for automotive chips
Wednesday 6 January 2021Foundries including TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have seen the visibility of orders for automotive chips extended to the end...
Backend house Winstek to enjoy 10% sales growth in 2021
Tuesday 5 January 2021IC backend service provider Winstek Semiconductor is expected to post an about 10% revenue increase in 2021, driven by demand for AI chips for handset and blockchain applications,...
Taiwan IC design houses see demand for mining chips pick up
Tuesday 5 January 2021Taiwan-based IC design service providers and analog chip suppliers have seen demand for mining chips start picking up recently, according industry sources.
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
Tuesday 5 January 2021China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
Customized IC sockets in hot demand for SiP, SLT applications
Thursday 31 December 2020Demand for highly-customized IC sockets will sustain growth momentum in 2021 along with increasing application of SiP (system in package) technology to heterogeneous chips integration,...
Taiwan display driver IC firms remain upbeat about 2021
Thursday 31 December 2020Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers who have raised quotes by 10-15% to reflect tight supply and rising costs remain upbeat about 2021, as market conditions will still...