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Wednesday 19 August 2020
HiSilicon team in Taiwan shrinking
Huawei's chipmaking subsidiary HiSilicon has seen many of its staff in Taiwan leaving amid increasingly tough trade sanctions from the US on the Chinese tech group, according to industry...
Friday 8 May 2020
China imports of IC to drop in 2020
China's imports of ICs are set to drop below US$300 billion in value this year, due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic impacting both supply and demand, according to Wei Shaojun,...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Skyworks sees operations hit by outbreak
Skyworks has suspended manufacturing operations in Mexico due to the coronavirus outbreak, raising speculation about insufficient inventories for the power amplifier vendor's shipments...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Compal, Wistron eye capacity recovery to usual level by end of March
Compal Electronics and Wistron continue to see capacity recovery in China as more of their wolrkers are returning to work, and may see their resumption rates for notebook production...
Monday 24 February 2020
China-based XMC reportedly scales down output for 1Q20
Twelve-inch foundry Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) has reportedly scaled down its chip output amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Outbreak posing mixed impacts on different semiconductor segments in China
The coronavirus outbreak has posed mixed impacts on semiconductor firms operating in China, with backend service houses suffering the most, reaching average capacity utilization of...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
PCB makers see workers return slowly, but shipments transportation OK
Taiwan-based PCB makers operating plants in China are seeing a low return rate of workers amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak but they have secured smooth transportation for products...
Monday 10 February 2020
TSMC revenues up in January, VIS down
TSMC has reported consolidated revenues for January 2020 increased 32.8% on year and 0.4% sequentially to NT$103.68 billion (US$3.45 billion), while revenues at specialty IC foundry...
Thursday 6 February 2020
Realtek remains positive
Networking IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor remains positive about its performance in the first quarter of 2020, with no substantial shifts in customer orders so far despite the...
Thursday 6 February 2020
TSMC reiterates sales guidance for 1Q20
TSMC currently has no plans to revise its sales and margin guidance for the first quarter of 2020, according to the pure-play foundry, which also disclosed non-production staff at...
Tuesday 4 February 2020
Memory prices to rise at slower pace
Memory chip prices are likely to rise at a slower pace in February, as buyers in China are holding a wait-and-see approach, according to industry observers.
Friday 31 January 2020
Yangtze Memory maintains production unaffected by outbreak
Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC), which is headquartered in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan in the wake of China's coronavirus outbreak, has told Digitimes that it has taken necessary...
Friday 15 November 2019
CPT owes workers up to NT$300 million in salary
The ill-fated panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is believed to be owing about 2,000 of its employees nearly NT$300 million (US$9.82 million) in salary, as it seeks to sell...
Friday 26 July 2019
TSMC hiring new staff in Taiwan
TSMC has announced a large-scale hiring plan to support the company's business growth and technology development and is aiming to recruit more than 3,000 new employees in Hsinchu,...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Qualcomm still undecided about server chip biz amid reports of R&D resources cut, say sources
Members of Qualcomm's top management are still divided over whether the company should stay in or withdraw from the server market, despite reportedly having sharply reduced R&D...