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Thursday 20 February 2020
FPCB maker Career to increase Kunshan plant capacity for 5G applications
Taiwanese flexible PCB maker Career Technology has been approved by Taiwan's authorities to inject US$40 million into its plant in Kunshan, China to build new capacity for 5G-related...
Thursday 20 February 2020
ASE Technology to secure backend orders for Qualcomm 5nm 5G modem chips
Qualcomm has newly unveiled the world's first 5nm 5G modem-RF system, the Snapdragon X60, to be paired with its latest, third-generation 5G mmWave antenna module, QTM 535, with Taiwan's...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Dekra provides one-stop wireless testing to assist 5G development in collaboration with iST
Dekra, the world's leading expert organizations in testing, inspection, and certification announces today, that they will further strengthen the strategic alliance with Integrated...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
CIS, chip resistor shortages emerging
The coronavirus outbreak in China has further tightened supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) and chip resistors, with severe shortages set to surface and price hikes to follow, according...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Global smartphone shipments to fall below 1.3 billion units in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.278 billion units in 2020, including less than 200 million units of 5G models, taking into account the impacts of the coronavirus...
Monday 17 February 2020
5G phone shipments projections cut
Growing concerns that sales of 5G-enabled phones will be lower than expected in the first quarter of 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak will work to further dampen the prospects of...
Friday 14 February 2020
Coronavirus potentially impacting 5G deployment, says Omdia
The coronavirus is spreading through global technology supply chains, impacting diverse and interconnected sectors of the electronics industry. With the epidemic arriving at dawn...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Post-coronavirus rebound to take place in 2H20, SEMI believes
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has had a negative impact on the world's economy and supply chain, but a rebound should take place in the latter half of 2020 thanks to a general...
Thursday 13 February 2020
III-V semiconductor makers gearing up for new iPhone production
Taiwan-based compound semiconductor components makers are gearing up to fulfill shipments of PA (power amplifier), RF (radio frequency) and VCSEl devices for a new iPhone model, tentatively...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Apple reportedly in high demand for 5nm A14 to support 5G devices
Apple's demand for 5nm A14 mobile application processors (AP) to support its 5G devices is likely to be 50-60% higher than that for its 7nm A13, highlighting the vendor's determination...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Global Unichip expects modest growth in 2020
IC design service company Global Unichip expects to enjoy modest revenue growth in 2020, driven by growing demand for 5G and AI related devices.
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Memory chip supply to become tight, says Winbond president
The supply of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips is set to fall short of demand in the second half of 2020, although a pick-up in end-market demand may arrive later than expected, according...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Epidemic impacts on supply chains to become clearer in two weeks
Manufacturing plants in China are gradually resuming operations starting February 10, but the following two weeks will be a key observation period for assessing impacts of the coronavirus...
Monday 10 February 2020
MediaTek slightly lowers global 5G handset sales projection for 2020
MediaTek has adjusted downward its 2020 projection for the world's 5G handset shipments to 170-200 million units from over 200 million due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the Chinese...
Monday 10 February 2020
ASE Technology sets 1Q20 capacity utilization at 75-80% despite epidemic
Taiwan's leading backend service provider ASE Technology Holding expects to register an average capacity utilization of 75-80% for the first quarter of 2020 and is optimistic that...