700 news items tagged inventory
Analog IC vendor Silergy to score record revenues, profits in 2021
Thursday 18 March 2021Analog IC design house Silergy is expected to see its revenues and profits hit record highs in 2021 thanks to significant product mix improvement and strong demand for handset, datacenter,...
Taiwan MCU firms to see revenue growth starting March
Wednesday 17 March 2021With seasonality boosting end-market demand, Taiwan-based MCU and other consumer IC suppliers are poised to see revenues increase starting March, according to industry sources.
Prospects for notebook, graphics card makers positive in 2021
Friday 12 March 2021Notebook and graphics card makers are poised to enjoy robust demand in the first half of 2021 with the demand growth momentum likely to carry on in the second half of the year, according...
Apacer ramping up inventory level
Thursday 11 March 2021Apacer Technology has moved to ramp up its inventory level in anticipation of DRAM and NAND flash price hikes, according to CK Chang, president of the memory module maker.
Holtek to raise MCU prices by 15%
Monday 8 March 2021Holtek Semiconductor is poised to hike quotes for all its MCU lineups by about 15%, with the new prices to be effective starting April 1, according to company president Gordon Gau...
Passive component makers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Thursday 25 February 2021Yageo and Walsin Technology have seen their visibility of orders for MLCCs, chip resistors, inductors and capacitors extend to the second half of 2021 thanks to ODMs and distributors...
IC design houses see clients continue stockpiling
Wednesday 17 February 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to see their clients make efforts to build up inventories, which may result in pressure on the supply chain, according to industry sources.
SK Hynix posts sequential revenue and profit drops in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW966 billion (US$0.87 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW7.97 trillion for the fourth quarter of 2020, representing sequential decreases...
Passive components orders robust ahead of Lunar New Year
Friday 22 January 2021Taiwan's passive components makers have seen influx of orders from clients who are seeking to thicken inventories before the Lunar New Year holiday in February, according to industry...
Ralec stops taking resistor orders
Monday 18 January 2021Taiwan-based resistor maker Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics, has stopped its distributors in the Greater China region from accepting new thick-film chip resistor orders...
Fire strikes Walsin MLCC plant in China
Thursday 14 January 2021A fire broke out at Taiwanese passive component maker Walsin Technology's factory site in Dongguan, China on January 13, but the company estimates no material impact from the accid...
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...
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21, says Nanya
Monday 11 January 2021DRAM prices will start to rally in the first quarter and rise through the second quarter of 2021, due to undersupply in the market, according to chipmaker Nanya Technology.
CCL makers uncertain about demand for 5G base stations in China
Tuesday 5 January 2021Taiwan-based CCL makers remain uncertain about demand for 5G base stations in China this year, but their overall shipments will not be much affected, thanks to robust demand for datacenter...
PCB makers uncertain about 2Q21 on looming variables
Thursday 31 December 2020Taiwan-based PCB makers are optimistic about demand growth in the first quarter of 2021, but are uncertain whether the momentum will carry on in the second quarter.
Highlights of the day: Passive components inventory low
Wednesday 30 December 2020Strong pandemic-fuled demand has resulted in shortages in a host of components, including MLCC. Yageo, a major passive components suplier, has only about two months of MLCC...
Yageo sees inventory stay below healthy levels
Wednesday 30 December 2020Yageo now has about two months of MLCC inventory, which is unlikely to reach healthy levels until after the Lunar New Year break, thanks to difficulty in recruiting new production...
No cutback in customer orders, says TSMC chairman
Wednesday 16 December 2020TSMC chairman Mark Liu has dismissed recent speculation that claimed a cutback in 5nm chip orders from Apple would drag down the foundry's 5nm process capacity utilization to 80%...
NAND flash ASP to fall 10-15% in 1Q21, says TrendForce
Tuesday 15 December 2020NAND flash ASPs are forecast to decline 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, when bit output grew 6% on quarter, according to TrendForce.
Server chassis maker Chenbro optimistic about 2021
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's server chassis maker Chenbro has expressed optimism about its shipments for 2021 as clients in the US and China are expected to resume order placement after completing inventory...
Car vendors see production disrupted by IC shortages
Tuesday 8 December 2020Automotive OEMs, as well as first-tier suppliers, have seen their production disrupted by shortages of MCUs and other related ICs, according to industry sources.
Demand for ICs to stay robust in 2021, say sources
Wednesday 2 December 2020Taiwan-based IC distributors have enjoyed strong sales so far in 2020 thanks to clients' keen inventory preparations and Huawei's brisk short-term orders ahead of its trade ban by...
DRAM market to reach supply-demand balance in 1H21, says Adata chairman
Monday 30 November 2020The global DRAM memory market will reach the balance of supply and demand in the first half of 2021, with limited growth in the overall bit supply coupled with a gradual rise in demand...
Eternal Materials to see strong 4Q20
Wednesday 25 November 2020Eternal Materials, which specializes in resin materials and dry-film photoresists, expects to enjoy a particularly strong fourth quarter of 2020.
BT substrate production lead time extended
Tuesday 24 November 2020The supply of ABF substrate has been tight, which has also pushed up BT substrate production lead times, according to industry sources.