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Tuesday 13 April 2021
Major Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2Q21
MediaTek and Elan Microelectronics both plan to raise their chip prices by 10-20% to reflect rising foundry costs starting May 1, while fellow IC design company Realtek Semiconductor...
Monday 12 April 2021
Taiwan panel makers report robust March sales
Taiwan-based LCD panel makers have reported brisk sales for March and first-quarter 2021, with prospects of their revenues continuing rising in the second quarter, thanks to panel...
Monday 12 April 2021
Taiwan March exports hit record
Taiwan recorded exports totaling US$35.89 billion in March 2021, the highest-ever monthly level with growths of 29.1% sequentially and 27.1% on year, while the imports reached US$32.23...
Friday 9 April 2021
FCCL makers see sharp 1Q21 revenue growths on non-handset demand
Taiwan-based FCCL manufacturers including Taiflex Scientific and Asia Electronic Material (AEM) have posted strong on-year revenue increases for the first quarter of 2021 thanks to...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Taiwan fab toolmakers see order visibility extended to 2023
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers are set to join their international bigger peers to gain from higher capital spending among major foundries from 2021 through 2023, judging from their...
Thursday 8 April 2021
NOR flash chipmakers see more customers eager for long-term deals
Taiwan-based NOR flash chipmakers have seen more of their clients eager to strike long-term supply agreements, according to industry sources.
Thursday 8 April 2021
Unisoc, Oppo, Xiaomi gearing up for new 5G mobile chips roll-outs
Oppo and Xiaomi will introduce their in-house-developed sub-6GHz 5G chip solutions between late 2021 and early 2022, joining fabless chipmaker Unisoc in competing against chip vendors...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Business opportunities in Vietnam: Q&A with Keven Cheng, Taiwan Trade Center director in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam has joined the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), and has signed FTAs (free-trade...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Acer optimistic about 2Q21 shipments in Asia Pacific
Acer expects shipments into Asia Pacific to grow sequentially in the second quarter thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
PCB maker Apex sees 1Q21 revenues grow 25% on year
Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, saw its first-quarter 2021 revenues grow 7.9% sequentially and 25.2% on year to NT$3.261 billion...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Taiwan CCL vendors post impressive revenue increases for 1Q21
Taiwan's CCL makers have reported double-digit on-year increases for their first-quarter 2021 revenues, with notebook and automotive applications being two main growth engines, and...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
III-V IC firms embrace growing PA, RF demand as revenue booster
Taiwan's III-V semiconductor players including foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), and IDM Transcom have all reported impressive sales results...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
TSMC lands rush 5G chip orders from Qualcomm
TSMC and Qualcomm reportedly are moving to further cement their ties, with the pure-play foundry agreeing to fabricate a batch of rush orders of high-end 5G chips for the US chipmaker,...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Taipower completes largest PV power station in Taiwan
Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has completed a 150MWp PV power station, the largest in the country.
Wednesday 7 April 2021
IC packaging, PCB material prices rise
Materials for PCBs and IC packaging have seen prices rising and the upward trend is set to continue in the second quarter, according to industry sources in Taiwan.