186 news items tagged outsourcing
Highlights of the day: IDMs may adjust outsourcing strategies
Tuesday 23 February 2021The frigid weather that halted production in the US state of Texas may prompt IDMs to mull adjusting outsourcing strategies. Seeking more support from manufacturing partners, particularly...
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.
Wistron ITS optimistic about 2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021Wistron Information Technology & Services (Wistron ITS), a provider of CMMI (capability maturity model integration) Level 3 IT outsourcing software services, has expressed optimism...
Intel not yet a major customer of TSMC
Monday 25 January 2021Despite speculation circulating recently that Intel is looking to outsource more chip production to TSMC, the CPU vendor does not seem to be ready to play a meaningful role in the...
Automotive chip vendors seeking foundry support in Taiwan
Wednesday 23 December 2020Automotive chip vendors are striving for mid- and long-term capacity support from Taiwan-based foundries, according to sources at Taiwan-based fabless IC vendors.
Taiwan backend houses see more demand for consumer power chips
Tuesday 15 December 2020Taiwan-based power IC backend specialists including Greatek Electronics, GEM Services and Lingsen Precision Industries have seen a ramp-up in packaging demand for consumer devices...
Unimicron new plant set to produce ABF substrates for Intel in early 2022
Tuesday 28 July 2020IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology is slated to complete construction of a new plant in Yangmei, northern Taiwan by the end of 2020, followed by process optimization and validation...
Taiwan OSAT providers expect Intel to step up outsourcing
Tuesday 28 July 2020Intel is expected to step up its outsourcing of chips and processors, particularly GPUs and IoT chips, for years to come, according to sources at Taiwan-based outsourced assembly...
TSMC unlikely to build additional capacity for Intel orders
Tuesday 28 July 2020TSMC internally does not consider orders for Intel's processors as long-term ones, and therefore is unlikely to build additional production capacity for the new contract, according...
MediaTek, Aspeed, ASMedia to see strong 2020
Wednesday 20 May 2020MediaTek, Aspeed Technology and ASMedia Technology are expected to post impressive sales results for 2020 benefiting from the ongoing US-China trade tensions and clients' new products,...
Wingtech, Huaqin and Longcheer continue to dominate 2019 smartphone ODM and IDH shipments
Wednesday 25 March 2020Shipments from ODM and IDH companies grew by 4% annually in 2019 against the declining trend in the overall smartphone market, according to Counterpoint Research. This was a result...
China smartphone market and industry (outbreak updates) – 4Q 2019
Wednesday 26 February 2020The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in labor shortage and shipment disruption in China's supply chain.
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to decline in 1Q20
Tuesday 4 February 2020Global notebook shipments were weaker-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2019 due to Intel's ongoing CPU shortages and major brands stopping stocking extra inventory in the wake...
ODM, EMS providers gear up for AR glasses market
Thursday 9 January 2020Worldwide first-tier ODMs and EMS providers including Quanta Computer, Pegatron, Wistron and Flextronics have begun crossing into the manufacturing of augmented reality (AR) glasses,...
Nintendo new Switch to enter mass production in 1Q20
Monday 6 January 2020Nintendo is reportedly planning to release in mid-2020 a new model of Switch, which will begin volume production at the end of first-quarter 2020, according to sources from the related...
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...