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Monday 16 March 2020
PCB maker Compeq scores record revenues, profits for 2019
Taiwan-based PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing saw its 2019 revenues and profits hit record highs of NT$56.17 billion (US$1.86 billion) and NT$3.82 billion, soaring 10.52% and 59.31%...
Monday 16 March 2020
KYEC posts record profit for 2019 on 5G infrastructure demand
Taiwan-based King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), dedicated to IC testing services, has reported that its net profit for 2019 shot up 69.4% on year to a record high of NT$3.04 billion (US$100.81...
Monday 16 March 2020
EDA, verification support crucial to HPC packaging
High-end high performance computing (HPC) chips solutions are entailing ever-rising packaging complexity along with their increasing applications to large-size datacenters and networking...
Monday 16 March 2020
SoC solution providers eyeing mid- to entry-level 5G chip segment
SoC solution providers have recently shifted their focus to promoting mid- to entry-level 5G chips as 5G-enabled smartphones with a price tag below CNY3,000 (US$429) are likely to...
Monday 16 March 2020
PI film maker Taimide set to regain revenue growth in 2020
Taiwan-based polyimide (PI) film maker Taimide Tech, after seeing its revenues fall 22.4% on year to NT$1.76 billion (US$58.21 million) in 2019, is expected to regain growth momentum...
Friday 13 March 2020
Backend, verification demand for HPC chips staying robust
Backend and verification demand for ASICs, AI chips and HPC (high performance computing) chips from segments of 5G base stations, servers and datacenters has remained strong despite...
Friday 13 March 2020
Taiwan PCB production to grow 3% in 2020, says TPCA
The production of Taiwan's PCB industry is estimated to rise 2.82% on year to reach NT$681.1 billion (US$22.58 billion) in 2020 if the coronavirus outbreak can ease in the first half...
Thursday 12 March 2020
Highlights of the day: Demand from 5G non-handset segments remains strong
Demand for 5G handsets may have been dampened by the quick spread of the coronavirus, but other 5G segments, such as instrastructure deployments, have remained robust enough to help...
Thursday 12 March 2020
IC backend firms see strong demand from non-handset 5G segments
IC backend houses are enjoying stronger demand from 5G infrastructure, server and datacenter segments than the handset sector that is being increasingly hit by the fast spread of...
Thursday 12 March 2020
DRAM vendors enhance LPDDR5 offerings
Memory vendors have enhanced their LPDDR5 mobile DRAM offerings to include those for midrange 5G-capable smartphones.
Thursday 12 March 2020
PCB makers GCE, ACC gaining from strong server demand
Taiwan-based PCB makers Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Allied Circuit (ACC), both dedicated mostly to server applications, have reported significant revenue gains for the first...
Thursday 12 March 2020
Micron samples uMCP with LPDDR5
Micron Technology has begun sampling what the company claims is the industry's first universal flash storage (UFS) multichip package (uMCP) with low-power DDR5 (LPDDR5) DRAM. The...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
IC backend, verification partners for Apple devices see bright 2020
IC backend and verification specialists in the supply chain of Apple devices have regained confidence in their revenue performances for 2020 as they are moving to deliver shipments...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
IC distributors post mixed February results
Taiwan's IC distributors have posted mixed revenues for February, with those distributing 5G base station, server and memory chips as well as niche applications performing better...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
MediaTek ramping up 5G chip shipments despite outbreak
MediaTek has started ramping up its 5G chip shipments, driving up its revenues for the first two months of 2020 by 25.11% on year to reach NT$30.43 billion (US$1.01 billion), with...