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Friday 8 April 2022
Prolonged COVID lockdowns in Shanghai, Kunshan challenging supply chains
Prolonged COVID lockdowns in Shanghai and Kunshan, China are challenging local high-tech supply chains, as their incoming deliveries of raw materials and components and outgoing shipments...
Friday 8 April 2022
Intel CEO visits Taiwan for additional capacity support from TSMC
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has made a short visit to Taiwan and met with TSMC in an effort to secure not only sub-7nm process manufacturing capacity but also additional 28nm and other...
Thursday 7 April 2022
Automotive CIS emerging as new blue-ocean market for supply chain
It seems that CMOS image sensor (CIS) demand momentum for mainstream handset applications has become stagnant amid unclear market prospects, but the automotive CIS segment is emerging...
Thursday 7 April 2022
Unimicron, Nan Ya PCB see Kunshan lockdown slightly affect April revenues
An extended COVID lockdown in Kunshan, China is not much constraining PCB and IC substrate supply from plants there operated by Taiwan-based makers Unimicron Technology and Nan Ya...
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Memory firms cautious about end-market demand prospects
Brand vendors, downstream memory module makers and distributors have all turned cautious about end-market demand prospects this year, judging from disappointing sales of consumer...
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Notebook supply chain logs low order visibility for 2H22
Notebook ODMs and component suppliers share the view that their order visibility is rather low for the second half of 2022, and the Russia-Ukraine war and pandemic conditions in China...
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Will Gotion manufacture in US; BYD supply Tesla?
Gotion Hi-Tech, one of the top battery manufacturers in China, has plans for a secondary listing in Switzerland through global depository receipts (GDR). The company is expecting...
Friday 1 April 2022
Samsung may outsource more OLED DDI production to Taiwan
Samsung Electronics is likely to step up its outsourcing of OLED display driver ICs in 2022 and 2023, with Novatek Microelectronics and other Taiwan-based DDI suppliers being pinpointed...
Thursday 31 March 2022
Supplyframe suggests resilient designs to mitigate supply chain disruptions
The global electronics value chain has faced multiple challenges in recent years. However, the disruptions are also opportunities for companies to improve their sourcing process and...
Thursday 31 March 2022
Apple reportedly cuts orders to China-based suppliers
Apple has reportedly reduced orders for the iPhone 13, iPhone SE 3 and AirPods and, in turn, orders for corresponding components produced by China-based supply chain makers, according...
Thursday 31 March 2022
China lockdowns cause major supply chain headaches
China's zero-COVID policy has resulted in lockdowns in Jilin, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. While operations for major manufacturers have not been heavily affected, the lockdowns are still...
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Supply chains control inventory levels amid global uncertainties
China's zero-COVID policy and sudden citywide lockdowns in Shenzhen and Shanghai are testing the flexibility and responsiveness of supply chain companies.
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Samsung to stop taking DDR3 orders after 2022
Samsung Electronics has notified customers that the company will take DDR3 chip orders until the end of 2022 and fulfill the orders for deliveries until the end of 2023, according...
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Concerns raised about COVID impact on IC, IT sectors
Concerns have been raised about the impact of COVID lockdowns in China on the IC and IT industry supply chains this year.
Monday 28 March 2022
STMicro to raise chip prices in 2Q22, other IDMs expected to follow suit
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific has notified its distributors about price increases for all its product lines in the second quarter of 2022, which may encourage other automotive and...