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Tuesday 1 June 2021
JCET acquires ADI Singapore test facility
Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), has announced its takeover of Analog Devices'...
Monday 31 May 2021
Vietnam stepping up IC industry development
Vietnam is stepping up the development of its homegrown semiconductor industry, which will be a potential driver of its future exports growth.
Monday 31 May 2021
NXP is yet another vendor striking long-term deal with UMC
NXP Semiconductors is another chip vendor which has struck a long-term deal with United Microelectronics (UMC) under which the pure-play foundry will have some of its newly-established...
Monday 31 May 2021
Manufacturing: China plus ASEAN
The COVID-19 pandemic has undersocred the world's over-reliance on China's manufacturing capacity, and accelerated the diversification of the global supply chain, with many firms...
Friday 28 May 2021
Manufacturing: ASEAN vs China
Globalization has changed the ways how supply chains are managed but has also increased risks. Southeast Asia is promising to be a major alternative for supply chains seeking to diversify...
Friday 28 May 2021
Taiwan PCB output value surges 26.7% in 1Q21
Taiwanese PCB makers saw their combined first-quarter 2021 output value at their plants in Taiwan and China surge 26.7% on year to NT$173.4 billion (US$6.11 billion), a record high...
Friday 28 May 2021
Samsung, Chinese brands to launch new foldable smartphones in 3Q21
Samsung Electronics and Chinese handset brands, including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, all plan to launch foldable smartphones in the third quarter, heating competition in the segment,...
Thursday 27 May 2021
From China-made to China-created
The US and China have been clearly in a standoff, sparring over tariffs and technologies. This has resulted in supply chain reshuffle for some industries. US president Joe Biden signed...
Thursday 27 May 2021
China LCD panel makers to ramp up output from existing 8.6G and 10.5G fabs
China-based LCD panel makers have continued to ramp up capacity at their existing 8.6G and 10.5G fabs although most of them have said they would not establish new LCD panel fabs.
Thursday 27 May 2021
Taiwan III-V IC firms gearing up for car LiDAR demand
Taiwan's III-V semiconductor players including foundry Win Semiconductors and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) have cut into the supply chains of major carmakers...
Thursday 27 May 2021
Xiaomi, Oppo and Realme cut shipment goals further
China-based handset brands, including Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme and Honor, reportedly have slashed their shipment goals further for 2021, having already lowered their targets earlier in...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Taiwan IT firms slowing production diversification amid resurging pandemic
Taiwan-based IT companies have continued to diversify their production bases to counter the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and US-China trade disputes, but has slowed their...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Apple to outpace Samsung as top buyer of smartphone AMOLED displays
Apple is expected to unseat Samsung Electronics as the largest buyer of AMOLED displays for smartphones in 2021, as new iPhones for the year reportedly will all adopt flexible AMOLED...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Vietnam, Thailand favorite for Taiwan manufacturing relocation
In view of intensifying US-China confrontation and Taiwan actively promoting its New Southbound Policy, many Taiwan-based suppliers intend to meet increasing capacity demand by relocating...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Networking device makers continue to move production lines out of China
Taiwan-based networking device assemblers continue to relocate their production lines from China back to Taiwan or to Southeast Asia, despite a recent surge in COVID-19 infections...