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Tuesday 1 October 2019
Highlights of the day: Notebook vendors determined to move production out of China
Notebook brand vendors who hesitated about moving production out of the China in the wake of the trade war are now determined that they need to do so, as the disputes between the...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
China, Taiwan optical lens makers competing for automotives orders
China-based Sunny Optical Technology and its Taiwan-based counterparts, including Asia Optical, Calin Technology, Kinko Optical and Ability opto-Electronics Technology (AOET), have...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
Notebook brand vendors accelerating production relocation out of China
The ongoing trade tensions between the US and China is prompting notebook brand vendors to have their ODMs accelerate production relocation out of China, with Compal Electronics to...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
Quotes for SiC substrates may fall by over 20% in 2020
Silicon carbide (SiC) substrate quotes are likely to fall by over 20% in 2020 due to constant capacity expansions at major suppliers and impacts of the US-China tariff war, according...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
Global semiconductor sales continue slide
Worldwide sales of semiconductors posted a year-over-year decline for the eighth consecutive month in August 2019.
Tuesday 1 October 2019
China makers invest nearly CNY20 billion in micro LED in 1H19, says CSA
China-based makers invested CNY22.65 billion (US$3.19 billion) in seven LED R&D and production projects in first-half 2019, nearly CNY20 billion of which was related to micro...
Friday 27 September 2019
DRAM contract prices stop falling
Contract prices for DRAM held flat in August 2019, with prices for 8GB PC DRAM modules averaging US$25.50, according to DRAMeXchange.
Friday 27 September 2019
NAND flash storage demand to rise on 5G commercialization in 2020
NAND flash storage solutions will see much stronger demand in 2020 than 2019 driven by the commercialization of 5G networks and devices, according to Wallace Kou, president and CEO...
Friday 27 September 2019
More Chinese firms developing advanced-node CPUs in-house
More China-based firms have become keen on in-house development of new-generation CPUs and GPUs, allowing Taiwan IC design service providers, especially those associated with TSMC,...
Friday 27 September 2019
Taiwan to invest more in basic research, says science minister
Taiwan's IC design ability is currently leading China by at least 10 years, but the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will continue to allocate more budget for basic research...
Thursday 26 September 2019
Unity Opto receives LED lamp orders shifted from China
LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has received long-term orders from US-based LED lamp vendors who are changing suppliers to avoid a hike in US customs duty rate...
Thursday 26 September 2019
China semiconductor revenues increase 11.8% in 1H19, says Digitimes Research
Despite the global semiconductor industry's weakening demand in the first half, China's semiconductor industry continued to perform stably with sales rising 11.8% on year during the...
Thursday 26 September 2019
5G phone shipments in China, Korea to total 10 million units in 2019
Combined shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones from Chinese and Korean vendors are expected to reach about 10 million units in 2019 - a result of collaboration between telecom operators...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Acer expects Asia-Pacific sales growth to restore in 2H19
Acer had below-par results in Asia Pacific in the first half of 2019 due primarily to trade tensions between the US and China, and major political issues in the region, but it is...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
GigaDevice to raise CNY4.3 billion for DRAM deployment
While China DRAM startup ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is set to kick off commercial production of DRAM chips soon, its cooperative partner GigaDevice Semiconductor Beijing...