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Wednesday 14 October 2020
Taiwan inductor makers enjoy strong demand for PCs
Demand for notebooks, tablets and other PCs buoyed Taiwan-based power inductor makers' revenues in September 2020, with Arlitech Electronic and Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics posting...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
LCD driver IC, MOSFET prices to rise over 10% in 4Q20
LCD driver IC and MOSFET chip prices are set to rise over 10% in fourth-quarter 2020 and will continue their rally in the following two quarters to reflect tight supply and rising...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Taiwan IC design houses urged to book foundry capacity for 2021
Taiwan-based IC design houses are being advised by their foundry partners to place orders for 2021 in advance to ensure sufficient capacity, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Taiwan makers realize scale shipments of Wi-Fi 6 gear, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's network device makers have managed to ramp up their shipment volumes of Wi-Fi 6-based networking devices, such as access points (AP) and routers, to a meaningful scale, according...
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see orders pull in from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to enjoy a particularly robust fourth-quarter 2020, thanks to a strong pull-in of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients,...
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Pegatron, Kinsus expect little impact from fire-hit JV plant
Pegatron and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have issued respective company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) saying they expect no material impact from a fire hitting...
Monday 12 October 2020
Europe new energy car sales strong in September
More than 160,000 new energy cars, mainly electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), were sold in Europe in September 2020, growing over 15% on month, according...
Thursday 8 October 2020
Micron starts equipment move-in at new plant in Taiwan
Micron Technology is constructing a new plant in Taichung, central Taiwan with equipment move-in already kicking off. Construction of the plant, dubbed A3, is set to complete by the...
Thursday 8 October 2020
Taiwan exports stay high September
Taiwan registered exports totaling US$30.71 billion in September 2020, the second-highest monthly level ever, down 1.5% from the record hit in August, according to the Ministry of...
Wednesday 7 October 2020
China semi industry development taking shape, says former Tsinghua Unigroup executive
The development of China's homegrown semiconductor industry is taking shape, according to Charles Kau, who has just resigned as executive VP of global operations for Tsinghua Unigr...
Wednesday 7 October 2020
Japan leadframe makers reportedly raise prices
Japan-based leadframe vendors have reportedly raised quotes for part of their products by about 15% to reflect rising material costs, but their peers in Taiwan have no intentions...
Wednesday 7 October 2020
North America is top target market for Taiwanese startups
North America is Taiwan-based startups' top target market, with China coming only in fourth place, according to a recent survey.
Tuesday 6 October 2020
IC substrate makers to stay put in Taiwan for capacity expansions
Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are being discouraged from making further investments in China by the...
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Taiwan III-V IC firms see order visibility for 4Q20 strengthened
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and other Taiwan-based III-V semiconductor players are ramping up their output for new smartphones, with order visibility for the fourth quarter strengthened,...
Tuesday 6 October 2020
Global semiconductor sales continue growth in August
Worldwide semiconductor sales registered an on-year increase for the seventh consecutive month in August 2020.