OSATs are bracing for a surge in demand for heterogeneous integration, which will necessitate CoWoS, silicon photonics (SiPh), and other new technologies in 2024, according to industry...
Taiwan's OSATs and foundry TSMC that boasts testing capacity have refrained from making the expected purchases of new wafer probers and automated testing equipment (ATE) from major...
System-level testing demand for advanced ICs has been rising. Foundries including TSMC, Intel and Samsung Electronics, as well as OSATs such as ASE Technology, are already involved,...
As Qualcomm is set to place wafer starts with TSMC for new handset APs, RF chips, networking chips, and even PC CPUs to be launched in the second half of 2023, its backend supply...
High-performance computing (HPC) chip demand has been difficult for IC test interface solution vendors to predict, but they anticipate recovery could start in the second half of 20...
Taiwan's IC test interface specialists in the supply chain of MediaTek are experiencing a slightly weaker than the past traditional off-season in the first quarter of 2023, as the...
Robust demand for high-end mobile SoCs, networking ICs and HPC chips has buoyed MPI's profit performance, with the probe card maker's net profit for the first three quarters of this...
Wi-Fi SoC demand for consumer applications has experienced a slowdown since September and is expected to continue shrinking in the fourth quarter, which in turn is driving chip vendors...
Taiwan IC test interface solutions providers continue to embrace robust demand from major US HPC processor vendors Intel, Nvidia and AMD, which will effectively offset reductions...
Semiconductor probe card and test equipment supplier MPI continues to see a ramp-up in vertical probe card (VPC) orders for network communications and automotive chips. It is expected...
Despite lingering handset sales uncertainty, mobile SoC vendors MediaTek and Qualcomm continue to roll out new high-end offerings, while Apple remains keen on developing high-performance...
IC test solutions providers including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT), MPI and WinWay Technology have seen a strong influx of probe card and final-test socket orders for HPC processors,...
Taiwan's leading OSAT ASE Technology is expected to sustain high capacity utilization throughout 2022, bolstered by expanded outsourcing orders from automotive chip IDMs and long-term...
Taiwan's IC test interface specialists including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) are striving hard to strengthen deployments in multiple market segments beyond handsets as demand...
Dedicated testing houses including Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) have seen their customers increasingly adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards order commitments...
