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Thursday 13 May 2021
AP Memory sees IoT RAM revenue surge
AP Memory Technology, a subsidiary of Powerchip Technology specializing in customized memory chip designs and IPs, has disclosed revenue generated from orders for IoT RAM products...
Tuesday 11 May 2021
IATF 16949 certification essential for Taiwan ICT makers to enter car supply chain
About 1,000 Taiwan-based makers have obtained IATF (International Automotive Task Force) 16949 certification for the development of management systems for automotive supply chains...
Friday 7 May 2021
Strong PC peripheral demand boosts Chicony 1Q21 revenues, profits
Notebook-use keyboard and CCM (compact camera module) maker Chicony Electronics saw its revenues, gross margins and operating profits all hit record highs in the first quarter of...
Thursday 6 May 2021
Europe urged to install 3 million public charging piles by 2030
As governments in many European countries have set deadlines for banning sales of new fuel cars and the EU will tighten carbon emission standards, European Automobile Manufacturers'...
Wednesday 5 May 2021
South Korea ranks third in Indonesia 1Q21 FDI
South Korea became the third largest origin country in terms of direct foreign investment (DFI) in Indonesia in first-quarter 2021, during which Hyundai Motor began construction of...
Tuesday 4 May 2021
Automotive protective component demand promising
Taiwan-based circuit protection component suppliers including Thinking Electronic Industrial, Polytronics Technology (PTTC) and Fuzetec Technology all expect sales generated from...
Tuesday 4 May 2021
Intel to invest US$3.5 billion to boost advanced packaging technologies
Intel has announced plans to invest US$3.5 billion to equip its New Mexico operations for the manufacturing of advanced semiconductor packaging technologies, including its Foveros...
Friday 30 April 2021
Apacer continues to stockpile chips
Memory module house Apacer Technology intends to maintain chip inventories at high levels, judging from clear order visibility through May, according to company president CK Chang.
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,...
Tuesday 27 April 2021
AcBel steps into EV components
Power supply maker AcBel Polytech has landed orders for electric vehicle (EV) components from two clients, with production to begin at year-end 2021, according to company president...
Friday 23 April 2021
Samsung launches Neo QLED 8K TVs in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics has launched in Taiwan its new Neo QLED 8K series TVs that feature the combination of a miniLED backlighting module and a QD display, and support AI and algorithm...
Friday 23 April 2021
Nichidenbo upbeat about passive component demand for 5G, EV
Taiwan-based Nichidenbo, which distributes capacitors, MLCCs and other passive components for vendors such as Nippon Chemi-Con and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), has expressed...
Wednesday 21 April 2021
PC component shortage to start easing in 2Q22, says Foxconn chairman
Shortages of PC components should start easing in the second quarter of 2022, according to Young-Way Liu, chairman for Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai).
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Nanya to defend market share with new chip plant, says president
Nanya Technology holds an around 3% share of the DRAM market, and is striving to defend its global market share with an additional 12-inch wafer fab set to come online in 2024, according...
Tuesday 20 April 2021
Foxconn to adjust business at Wisconsin plant
Foxconn will continue to invest in Wisconsin but will look for suitable business sectors there, according to company chairman Young-Way Liu in response to the firm's decision to downsizing...