171 news items tagged outsourcing
Backend firms to gain from robust high-spec auto CIS demand
Thursday 12 December 2019Global makers of CMOS image sensors (CIS) are expected to embrace explosive demand for higher-specs CIS devices for application to autonomous vehicles in addition to handsets, which...
Backend partners to gain from Sony CIS capacity expansion in 2020
Tuesday 10 December 2019Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialists including Kingpak Technology, Xintec,VisEra Technologies and Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are expected to benefit significantly...
Eight-inch foundries see demand pick up
Monday 2 September 2019Eight-inch IC foundries have seen their fabless customers engaged in the fingerprint sensor, touchscreen IC, analog chip and LCD driver IC sectors step up their pace of orders recently,...
Software outsourcing to boom on 5G, AI applications in next decade, says Wistron ITS
Monday 12 August 2019The software outsourcing sector is promising in the next 10 years, driven by the ever-expanding 5G and AI applications, according to Wistron Information Technology & Services.
Global server shipments to increase 12.8% in 3Q19, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 30 July 2019Global server shipments are expected to increase 12.8% sequentially in the third quarter of 2019 with a flat on-year performance, but shipments for all of the year are likely to drop...
Intel to slash desktop processor prices by up to 15%
Friday 21 June 2019Intel is planning to cut prices of its eighth- and ninth-generation desktop processors by 10-15% and has already notified its downstream PC and motherboard partners, according to...
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Wednesday 8 May 2019Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Thursday 18 April 2019Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
Tuesday 12 March 2019King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
Infineon stepping up outsourcing to Taiwan makers
Thursday 21 February 2019Infineon will be stepping up its outsourcing of commodity products to Taiwan-based foundries and backend houses, while keeping the production of its differentiated products that generate...
PSI ventures RF wafer thinning service into China 5G equipment supply chain
Tuesday 11 December 2018Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...
Backend specialists moving to tap booming demand for automotive chips
Monday 5 November 2018International IDMs have turned conservative about outsourcing packaging services for ICs needed to power mobile communication and consumer electronics devices, undermining Taiwan...
Intel to outsource entry-level processor, chipset production
Tuesday 30 October 2018As its processor supply continues to fall short of demand, Intel reportedly has begun planning to outsource production for its entry-level Atom processors and some of its chipsets...
Intel to outsource 14nm chipset production due to tight supply
Monday 10 September 2018Intel is encountering tight 14nm process production capacity in-house, and is looking to outsource part of its 14nm chipset production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – May 2018
Friday 29 June 2018The worldwide top-5 notebook brands (excluding Apple) and top-3 ODMs saw their shipments went up from a month ago in May due to rising procurement orders from North America's education...
Worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems to grow to US$19.1 billion in 2018, says IDC
Tuesday 27 March 2018Worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach US$19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 54.2% over the amount spent in 2017, according to IDC....
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – January 2018
Monday 5 March 2018With the notebook market entering the traditional slow season, the worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments drop for the second consecutive month in January 2018...
Samsung, Apple remain top semiconductor customers
Monday 29 January 2018Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2017, representing 19.5% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Samsung and Apple together...
Wiwynn to increase manpower by 30-40%
Thursday 18 January 2018White-box server and storage equipment maker Wiwynn, a subsidiary of Wistron, will expand its workforce by 30-40% in 2018 in anticipation of increasing orders, according to company...
Apple to give more MacBook orders to Foxconn in 2018
Monday 15 January 2018Apple is expected to shift a major portion of its MacBook orders to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) in 2018 instead of its old practice of giving most of the orders...
Asustek cutting notebook outsourcing to BYD and Wistron for 2018
Friday 6 October 2017Asustek Computer is planning to reduce the proportions of notebook orders given to BYD and Wistron for 2018 and will increase those to Pegatron and Quanta Computer to improve product...
Apple outsourcing MacBook Pro keyboard orders to Wistron, says paper
Tuesday 8 November 2016Wistron reportedly has landed orders for the OLED Touch Bar keyboard used in Apple's new MacBook Pro, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report...
Facebook, Google server outsourcing strategy change expected to impact profitability for ODMs
Friday 11 December 2015Facebook is planning to add Wiwynn, a server subsidiary of Wistron, as a new datacenter server supplier, joining its primary supplier Quanta Computer in order to lower its risks and...
Microsoft may increase smartphone outsourcing as it closes China plants
Thursday 16 July 2015Microsoft has closed its China-based handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang, a move which will pave the way for the company to increase outsourcing of smartphones to...
HTC to raise outsourcing in 2015, says CFO
Wednesday 29 April 2015HTC is likely to raise the ratio of smartphones outsourced to ODM partners in 2015, according to company president of global sales and CFO Chang Chia-lin.
- Samsung says it's serious about foundry (May 24) - Bloomberg
- Flextronics, Motorola Mobility partner to streamline supply chain operations (December 10) - Company release
- Renesas to boost microcontroller share with TSMC alliance (June 20) - Bloomberg
- Japan firms talk on system chip tie in reform drive, sources say (February 7) - Reuters
- Nokia to transfer 2,800 staff to Accenture (June 22) - AP (via Business Week)
- Renesas may outsource component production to Singapore, Taiwan (Mar 28) - Bloomberg (via San Francisco Chronicle)
- Toshiba, Globalfoundries in chip production talks (Jan 24) - Reuters
- Toshiba announces restructuring of system LSI business (Dec 24) - Company release
- Samsung to make system chips for Toshiba: source (Dec 23) - Reuteres (via Extreme Tech)
- Welcome to the 'fab-tight' era, says Penn (Dec 15) - EE Times