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Friday 25 September 2020
TSMC to ramp up 3nm chip production starting 2H22
TSMC is on track to enter 3nm chip production with monthly output set to reach 55,000 wafers in the second half of 2022, according to sources familiar with the matter. The 3nm process...
Thursday 24 September 2020
Taiwan 2020 semiconductor output to exceed NT$3 trillion
Taiwan's semiconductor industries generated NT$2.7 trillion (US$91 billion) in output in 2019, and the value in 2020 is expected to exceed NT$3.0 trillion, said premier Su Tseng-chang...
Thursday 24 September 2020
Acer eyeing bigger presence in non-PC field
Acer has seen sales generated from non-PC products climb as a proportion of company revenues to 20%, and expects the proportion to continue expanding thanks to its business diversification...
Thursday 24 September 2020
Prospects for Taiwan IC-design service providers positive in 2021
Taiwan-based ASIC designers and silicon IP providers are set to continue seeing strong sales in 2021, having seen new orders and IC design revenues keep hitting highs in the most...
Thursday 24 September 2020
TSMC may expand factory site in central Taiwan for 2nm process, says chairman
TSMC may expand its factory site in Taichung, central Taiwan for additional 2nm process capacity, according to company chairman Mark Liu.
Thursday 24 September 2020
Taiwan August manufacturing production index hits record
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 121.49 for August 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with increases of 4.27% sequentially and 5.29% on year,...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Taiwan tech alliance steps up AI chip development
A fingerprint identification chip for large-area in-display sensing applications co-developed by Taiwan-based Egis Technology, eMemory Technology and Innolux is likely to secure validation...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Corning to showcase R&D innovations at 2020 Taiwan Innotech Expo
Corning has announced it will exhibit technologies from its latest R&D innovations at the 2020 Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE), one of the largest invention fairs in Asia, beginning...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 opens
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 has kicked off in Taipei and will run through Friday, highlighting 15 theme pavilions and innovation zones as well as 19 international forums on-site and online...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Transcom to expand factory site in southern Taiwan
GaAs device and foundry company Transcom has disclosed plans to expand its factory site at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to satisfy robust demand for military application...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
iST takes early action to target non-terrestrial communication technologies beyond 5G to open a pathway to space communication for the Taiwan industry
As 5G services began to roll out around the globe in 2019, 5G communication is poised to expand into commercial applications with unprecedented development potential compared to prior...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Power supply and connector makers see robust orders
Taiwan-based power supply and connector makers have seen sales growth thanks to stay-at-home activities since the second quarter of 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Shipments of large-size display devices picking up in Taiwan
Shipments of large-size TVs in the Taiwan market in 2020 are likely to be 10-15% higher than the projection of 850,000-900,000 units made earlier this year, bolstered by rising stay-at-home...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers prioritize high-margin orders amid tight foundry capacity
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs,...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Taiwan August export orders up on year
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$45.49 billion in August 2020, decreasing 0.2% sequentially but increasing 13.6% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...