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Friday 30 April 2021
China smartphone vendors see combined shipments drop in 1Q21
China-based smartphone vendors saw their combined first-quarter 2021 shipments decline 9.7% sequentially to 191 million units, which, however, represented a sharp on-year increase...
Thursday 29 April 2021
Unimicron to relocate Kunshan PCB plant
Unimicron Technology has obtained funds from the local government in Kunshan, China for relocating its manufacturing operations locally out of environmental concerns, and will have...
Thursday 29 April 2021
VIS to buy AUO fab for NT$905 million
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced plans to take over the L3B plant of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), and related equipment and facilities,...
Thursday 29 April 2021
China 1Q21 software revenues estimated at nearly CNY1,903 billion
China's software industry consisting of 39,719 companies generated revenues totaling CNY1,902.955 billion (US$293.65 billion) in first-quarter 2021, growing 26.5% on year, according...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
BLU maker Coretronic gearing up for capacity expansion
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic is expanding its production capacity in Vietnam and China to meet increasing market demand, according to Sarah Lin, president of its energy-saving...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
PTI to further expand DRAM backend capacity
Powertech Technology (PTI) plans to further expand production capacity for standard-type DRAM memory at its Xian plant in China to better serve major clients, according to the Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
China firms gearing up for new-gen 5G chip rollouts
Unisoc is expected to roll out its new-generation 6nm 5G chip solution some time between late second-quarter and early third-quarter 2021, while Xiaomi and Oppo also have plans to...
Monday 26 April 2021
Cryptomining demand for large-capacity SSDs surges in China
China-based cryptomining hardware makers are "panic buying" all the available large-capacity SSDs from the spot market, according to industry sources.
Monday 26 April 2021
China labor shortage worsens
Labor shortage in China's manufacturing industry is worsening, as the country's job market is experiencing some fundamental changes, according to industry sources.
Friday 23 April 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC to expand capacity in China
TSMC has allocated a budget of almost of US$3 billion for expanding capacity of mature process technology. But until the capacity comes on line, mature...
Friday 23 April 2021
TSMC to expand capacity for 28nm process at China fab
TSMC's board of directors has approved a budget of about US$2.89 billion for installation of mature technology capacity, the pure-play foundry announced on April 22.
Thursday 22 April 2021
AUO pursues profit growth with diversified offerings
AU Optronics (AUO) has been diversifying its offerings and target markets, pursuing stable profit growth in the coming years, according to the Taiwan-based company.
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Taiwan sees sharp decrease in 1Q21 investment from China
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved six projects to invest in Taiwan proposed by China-based investors in first-quarter 2021, decreasing 80% on year, with the total proposed...
Monday 19 April 2021
China, Korea battery makers building plants in Europe, US
Major Chinese and South Korean makers of EV-use lithium batteries have been setting up plants in Europe and the US respectively, encouraged by the region's strong plicy support for...
Monday 19 April 2021
China sees strong sales for new energy cars in March
China-based makers produced 216,000 new energy vehicles and sold 226,000 units in March 2021, rising 2.5 times and 2.4 times respectively on year, according to China Association of...