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Friday 11 June 2021
GaAs IC firms gearing up for smartphone PA shipment pick-up
GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC), and GaAs epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are gearing up for a seasonal...
Friday 11 June 2021
HDI PCB makers see order visibility throughout 2021
Taiwan-based HDI PCB makers including Compeq Manufacturing and Tripod Technology have seen clear order visibility throughout 2021, and are expected to sustain full capacity utilization...
Friday 11 June 2021
MediaTek posts record May revenue
MediaTek has reported revenue climbed about 13% on month and nearly 90% from a year earlier to a record high of NT$41.33 billion (US$1.49 billion) in May 2021.
Friday 11 June 2021
Rising niche-market DRAM prices buoy Etron, ESMT
Memory IC design specialists Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Etron Technology have both reported brisk sales results for May 2021, buoyed by rising niche-market DRAM...
Friday 11 June 2021
Global smartphone AP market posts double-digit growth in 1Q21
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market surged 21% on year to US$6.8 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to Strategy Analytics.
Thursday 10 June 2021
Global semiconductor sales increase in April
The global semiconductor industry posted April sales of US$41.8 billion, up 1.9% sequentially, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Thursday 10 June 2021
Unimicron to sustain strong shipments of IC substrates, HDI boards
IC substrate and PCB supplier Unimicron Technology expects to sustain strong shipments throughout 2021, inspired by very clear order visibility for all its major product lines in...
Thursday 10 June 2021
Notebook ODMs see mixed shipment results in May
Notebook ODMs have all reported their shipments for May, but with mixed performances.
Thursday 10 June 2021
IC analyzers sees booming demand for advanced foundry, packaging
Taiwan-based specialists in semiconductor materials analysis, IC test and verification services will see their sales for the second half of the year driven by continuous R&D on...
Thursday 10 June 2021
Taiwan foundries poised to post record 2Q21 revenues
TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) are poised to see their second-quarter revenues hit...
Thursday 10 June 2021
Innolux, Giantplus report increased May revenues
Panel makers Innolux and Giantplus Technology have both reported robust sales for May, with the former seeing its revenues hit a 55-month high and the latter a 35-month high.
Thursday 10 June 2021
Samsung completes 8nm RF technology development for 5G mobile chips
Samsung Electronics has introduced its newest radio frequency (RF) technology based on 8nm process. This cutting-edge foundry technology is expected to provide a "one chip solution,"...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Highlights of the day: PC component shortage may worsen
The PC sector has endured months of shortage of components, and the recent surges in COVID infections in Taiwan and Malaysia are threatening to worsen the component...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Surging COVID-19 infections in Taiwan and Malaysia could further constraint notebook component supply
With Asia Pacific countries such as Taiwan and Malaysia witnessing COVID-19 infections surging, sources from the upstream supply chain believe shortages of notebook components could...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
PSMC confirms one employee infected with coronavirus
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has said one of its domestic employees at its factory site in Miaoli County, northern Taiwan has been confirmed infected with COVID-19,...