81 news items tagged yield rate
Nvidia, Qualcomm reportedly seeking TSMC support for next-generation manufacturing processes
Friday 22 January 2021Nvidia and Qualcomm reportedly have already reached agreements with TSMC for capacity support from its next-generation manufacturing processes, and with orders from Intel, Apple and...
High-end ABF substrates in increasingly short supply for HPC, server chips
Tuesday 19 January 2021The supply of more lucrative high-end ABF substrates for use in HPC, server and 5G networking chips has been increasingly short of demand due partly to insufficient yield rates at...
Automotive chips vendors mull adopting FOPLP backend technology
Monday 18 January 2021Major automotive chip vendors including NXP are mulling adopting FOPLP (fan-out panel level packaging) technology to process part of their peripheral automotive chips seeking to reduce...
Foldable-screen notebooks likely to be expensive
Monday 4 January 2021Foldable-screen notebooks are estimated to be priced more than NT$70,000 (US$2,469) due to the high components costs, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
ABF substrate yield rate to affect PS5 chip shipments
Monday 28 December 2020AMD has been promised more 7nm foundry capacity at TSMC, but actual shipments for its PS5 chips will depend on the production yield rates for ABF substrates needed to make the customized...
ABF substrate shortages may dent 2021 shipments of new CPU, GPU chips
Monday 14 December 2020The worsening shortages of ABF substrates are expected to become one of the major woes affecting shipments of new CPU and GPU products at chipmakers in 2021, according to industry...
Backend houses register normal progress in processing PS5 SoCs
Thursday 17 September 2020Backend houses have seen smooth progress in packaging customized SoCs for Sony's PS5 and yield rates at the foundry partner are also steady, with shipment goal set by the vendor for...
Yageo, Walsin post revenue increases in July
Monday 10 August 2020MLCC and chip resistor specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology both enjoyed revenue increases in July 2020, and have seen clear order visibility for the third quarter thanks to continued...
SK Hynix posts profit hike in 2Q20
Thursday 23 July 2020SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW1.95 trillion (US$1.62 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW8.61 trillion for the second quarter of 2020.
Diode maker Eris gaining ground in 5G, display, ESD applications
Tuesday 7 July 2020Taiwan-based diode maker Eris Technology is expected to gain more business opportunities from display, 5G and ESD (electrostatic discharge) applications in the second half of 2020...
Korea memory chip output value up slightly in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 20 May 2020The output value of South Korea's memory chip industry grew about 1% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, thanks mainly to a ramp-up in demand arising from the stay-at-home...
Flexible PCB makers gearing up for 5G iPhone antenna orders
Tuesday 10 December 2019Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers including Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect are gearing up to capture orders for flexible antenna boards for 5G iPhones, especially those...
Chinese makers to see 2019 earnings double on strong HLC PCB demand
Friday 29 November 2019China's leading PCB makers Shennan Circuits and Wus Printed Circuit are expected to see their net earnings for 2019 double from 2018 on robust demand for high-layer-count (HLC) PCBs...
Uniflex NFC modules, mini LED substrates to drive 2020 growth
Thursday 21 November 2019IC substrate maker Uniflex Technology expects shipments of NFC (near-field communication) flexible board modules and mini LED substrates to expand significantly, boosting overall...
Taiwan ODMs strive to improve yield rates, costs for non-China production lines
Friday 1 November 2019Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...
Backend demand for OLED driver ICs to surge in 2020
Thursday 24 October 2019Backend demand for OLED driver ICs is set to take off in 2020, with COP (chip on plastic) and COF (chip on film) likely to co-exist as main packaging processes, according to industry...
Flexium 3Q19 revenues improve on MPI antenna boards demand
Tuesday 8 October 2019Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has disclosed its September and third-quarter revenues improved significantly on year due mainly to strong demand for handset antenna boards,...
Yangtze Memory to ship 64-layer NAND chips for SSD
Wednesday 2 October 2019Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC) is aggressively improving its 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory production yield rate, gearing up to ship the chips for SSD applications in the first...
MediaTek 5G SoC on track; Qualcomm faces 7nm EUV yield issues at Samsung, sources say
Tuesday 20 August 2019Unsatisfactory yield rates at Samsung's 7nm EUV process may affect production for the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 7250 mobile SoC, but MediaTek's development of 5G chips, with support...
What is behind Nvidia switch from TSMC to Samsung?
Thursday 4 July 2019Nvidia has decided to choose Samsung Electronics over TSMC for producing next-generation GPUs in 2020 on 7nm EUV (extreme ultraviolet) node despite Samsung's yield rates for the process...
OEE index crucial for gauging equipment productivity
Wednesday 27 February 2019Manufacturers could see their equipment invest return rate fall significantly if their machinery equipment fails to achieve maximum productivity, but they can counter by first incorporating...
SMIC reportedly to move 14nm process to volume production in 1H19
Wednesday 30 January 2019Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to enter volume production of chips built using 14nm FinFET process technology in the first half of 2019, fulfilling the...
Intel, MediaTek, Qualcomm dominating 5G modem chips supply
Thursday 24 January 2019While chipmakers and brand vendors of smartphones are striving to seek a preemptive presence in the segments of 5G IPs, patents and AP chips, the most critical 5G modem chip solutions...
PCB firm Apex to see robust automotive board shipments in 1Q19
Tuesday 8 January 2019PCB maker Apex International is expected to enjoy a strong first quarter of 2019, thanks to robust shipments of its automotive boards, according to company sources.
PCB maker Unitech pioneers smart production to boost yield rates
Wednesday 21 November 2018Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has taken the lead to incorporate smart manufacturing into the PCB sector, seeking to significantly boost yield rates and tap the market...