94 news items tagged power amplifier
MediaTek, Realtek to ramp Wi-Fi 6 chip output in 2020
Friday 6 December 2019MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductors are both gearing up to ramp up their output of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) chips in 2020, according to sources at IC testing solutions providers.
AWSC expanding 6-inch GaAs foundry capacity for 5G devices
Thursday 28 November 2019GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) is gearing up for capacity expansion to satisfy ever-expanding demand for 5G RF (radio frequency), PA (power amplifier), WiFi 6...
ShunSin to ramp up capex in 2020 for SiP capacity expansion
Friday 15 November 2019ShunSin Technology, Foxconn Technology Group's IC backend service affiliate, will be ramping up its capex next year to better meet growing demand for packaging high-speed fiber-optic...
Taiwan backend firms expanding testing capacities for 5G chipsets
Wednesday 6 November 2019Taiwan's backend specialists ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are all moving to ready additional capacities to...
CCL maker Iteq expects 5G-induced revenues to double in 2020
Friday 25 October 2019Taiwan-based CCL maker Iteq expects its revenues from shipments of high-frequency, high speed materials for 5G base stations to double in 2020, according to company chairman Dennis...
Win Semi 3Q19 revenues beat guidance
Tuesday 8 October 2019GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors' third-quarter 2019 revenues climbed over 40% sequentially, beating its estimate of about 30% growth, due partly to strong demand for compound semiconductor...
GaAs firms to thrive on robust VCSEL, PA, RF demand
Friday 4 October 2019Taiwan-based GaAs IC foundries and epitaxial wafer suppliers are set to enjoy strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2019 and beyond, driven by robust demand for VCSEL and PA (power...
Backend firm Xintec focuses more on high-profit CIS applications
Friday 16 August 2019CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Xintec has put increased focus on high-profit segments of healthcare, industrial control and automotive CIS applications, and expects...
GaAs epi-wafer maker IntelliEPI positive about 2H19
Friday 9 August 2019Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies compound semiconductor epi-wafers, expects a seasonal pick-up in orders for GaAs devices, InP and GaN products to drive...
Win Semi posts record July revenues
Wednesday 7 August 2019GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors saw revenues climb 12.83% on month and 44.03% on year to a record high of NT$2 billion (US$63.4 million) in July, thanks to a ramp-up in demand for...
Taiwan III-Vs supply chain to play crucial role in 5G market
Wednesday 31 July 2019Taiwan-based III-V compound semiconductor supply chain players are expected to play a critical role in the 5G application market, thanks partly to their close partnerships with major...
Chipmakers, supply chain firms revving up for 5G opportunities
Wednesday 31 July 2019With HiSilicon, Broadcom and other fabless chip vendors gearing up to tap growing demand for 5G infrastructure chipsets, their Taiwanese silicon-based or compound semiconductor foundry...
Taiwan-based Intelligent Expiataxy Technology (IntelliEPI) expects its revenues for 2019 to rise 10-20% on year on growing demand for GaAs and InP-based epi wafers to support 5G infrastructure...
VPEC ramping up VCSEL wafer production
Thursday 13 June 2019Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has kicked off volume production for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) components, and is expected to...
Huawei seeking capacity increases at Taiwan partners despite US ban
Monday 20 May 2019Huawei has reportedly promised not to cut its orders with Taiwan's upstream and downstream supply chain partners and also inquired about the possibility of increasing their production...
IntelliEPI April revenues fall 23.8%
Friday 10 May 2019GaAs epi-wafer company Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which uses MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) growth technology, saw its revenues for April plunge 23.8% on month to...
Transcom, IntelliEPI taps GaAs, GaSb devices into military sector
Monday 7 January 2019Taiwan-based compound semiconductor components suppliers including Transcom and Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI) are aggressively venturing their GaAs, GaN and GaSb devices...
Compound semiconductor suppliers to see power amplifier demand from 5G in 2019
Wednesday 26 December 2018While being positive about the medium- and long-term prospects of the 5G industry, most Taiwan's compound semiconductor makers, with respect to the short-term outlook, expect stronger...
Business of 5G seen to bring only symbolic benefits for GaAs firms in 2019
Thursday 6 December 2018Applications of 5G will generate only symbolic rather than substantive economic benefits to suppliers of wireless compound semiconductor components devices such as radio frequency...
Compound semiconductor firms see unclear order visibility for 1Q19
Thursday 6 December 2018Compound semiconductor firms are conservative about order visibility for the first quarter of 2019 due partly to Apple cutting orders amid weaker-than-expected sales of new iPhones,...
Samsung 5G smartphone rollouts to benefit power amplifier makers
Tuesday 24 July 2018As Samsung Electronics is expected to roll out smartphones packed with 5G-enabled power amplifiers (PAs) in mid-2019 at the earliest, a few Taiwan-based PA makers will manage to enter...
Win Semi 2Q18 revenues meet guidance
Friday 6 July 2018GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors saw its second-quarter revenues increase 2.3% sequentially to NT$4.57 billion (US$149.5 million) which met its guidance of a low single-digit sequential...
IntelliEPI to expand epi-wafer capacity by 50-60% in 2018
Friday 30 March 2018Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, is expected to see its overall production capacity expand...
Compound semiconductor suppliers set to benefit from 5G
Monday 5 March 2018Taiwan suppliers of compound semiconductor devices are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA)...
Apple Watch 3 shipment growth to benefit Taiwan IC packagers in 2018
Monday 11 December 2017Shipments of Apple Watch 3 are expected to surge 20% on year to reach 23-25 million units in the coming year, which will greatly benefit Taiwan players in the supply, particularly...
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- Globalfoundries broadens SiGe power amplifier portfolio (Mar 15) - Company release
- Chipmaker Skyworks primed to get another bite from Apple (Jul 21) - NASDAQ.com
- RFMD and TriQuint to combine, creating new leader in RF solutions (February 24) - Company release
- Starboard asks chipmaker TriQuint to consider unit sale (October 29) - Reuters
- Murata selects Black Sand 3G PAs (May 8) - Company release
- TriQuint Semi cuts jobs (April 30) - EE Times
- iFixit's iPhone 4S teardown reveals new Qualcomm chip (October 13) - Macobserver
- TriQuint cuts 3Q11 guidance (September 22) - Company release