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Monday 2 March 2020
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues slip 1% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to drop 1.2% sequentially...
Monday 2 March 2020
Microsoft Taiwan sees booming adoption of Teams in wake of COVID-19 outbreak
Microsoft Taiwan saw clients' adoption of Teams-based remote work solutions double in February as compared to January due to urgent demand for remote work in the wake of the coronavirus...
Thursday 27 February 2020
Taiwan PC monitor shipments to decline 15% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments are expected to drop 15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, as some clients had demanded advanced shipments a quarter earlier and the effects...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Taiwan to see difficulty achieving IoT production goal due to outbreak
Taiwan aims to hike its share of global IoT output value from 3.8% in 2015 to 4.2% in 2020, but the coronavirus outbreak is expected to make it difficult to reach the target, according...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Xiaomi reportedly cutting back IC orders
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that have disrupted business as well as consumer activities, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi is cutting back orders to its IC suppliers...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Demand growing for UV-C LED disinfection applications
LED firms have seen a rise in demand for using UV-C LED technology to disinfect bathroom equipment and drinking water as well as purify air from Taiwanese and Chinese potential clients...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Taiwan flexible PCB firms aggressive in 5G antenna deployments
Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers including Flexium Interconnect and Career Technology continue to step up their deployments in the 5G antenna board segment with optimism that market...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Uncertainty grows over global memory chip supply
The rapid spread of coronavirus in Korea has raised increasing concerns about global supply of memory chips in 2020 as Korean makers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, account for...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
MLCC, chip resistor prices set to rise through 2020
Prices for MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to rise through the fourth quarter of 2020 as supply will increasingly fall short of demand for 5G applications while fallouts of...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
ODMs asked to install additional server production capacity in Taiwan
ODMs have seen more requests from their server clients for installing additional SMT lines in Taiwan as China's coronavirus outbreak has been impacting server supply from the country,...
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Taiwan January manufacturing production index down
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 106.67 for January 2020, decreasing 10.45% sequentially and 1.28% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 24 February 2020
International car makers production in China hit by coronavirus outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Several international automobile manufacturers' production at joint ventures in China has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, with General Motors, Volkswagen and Honda Motor...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan PCB makers urged to accelerate capacity relocation amid outbreak
Taiwan's PCB makers are facing higher risks from the coronavirus outbreak thanks to relatively heavier production deployments in China than their peers in Japan and South Korea, prompting...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan IC sector bracing for looming tougher trade ban on Huawei
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain players are bracing for stricter trade restrictions being mulled by the US against Huawei, which could create even worse impacts than those brought...
Monday 24 February 2020
Samsung begins mass production at new EUV manufacturing line
Samsung Electronics has announced that its new cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication line in Hwaseong, Korea has begun mass production.