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Tuesday 29 June 2021
LCD panel prices to rise at slower pace in July
LCD panel prices will continue to rise in July, but at a slower pace as sales of TVs in China are heading for a slowdown, weakening demand for panels, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Notebook ODMs still see shipments constrained by chip shortages
Notebook ODMs and brand vendors continue to see their shipments constrained by chip shortages, though supply of some other components may improve later this year, according to industry...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
MCU prices set to rise in 3Q21
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers are set to raise their chip prices in the third quarter to reflect rising foundry costs and end-market demand driven by work-from-home (WFH) activities.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Allied Circuit delivers PCB samples for 400G switches
Niche-market PCB maker Allied Circuit has recently sent samples for 400G network switches to clients for validation, and is expected to start shipments in the second half of the year,...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Nuvoton to improve product mix through acquisition
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology will be able to improve its product mix, following its acquisition of Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions (PSCS) and Panasonic's other chipmaking assets,...
Monday 28 June 2021
Highlights of the day: MIH pledges neutrality
The Foxconn-led MIH Consortium has made commitments to maintaining the neutrality of the EV development platform. MIH has announced an operating model aimed at lowering the entry...
Monday 28 June 2021
Intel, AMD, Nvidia in keen competition for ABF substrate capacity
Intel, AMD and Nvidia are heating up competition to win more capacity support from suppliers of ABF substrates needed to process their HPC chips through at least 2025, according to...
Monday 28 June 2021
Flash device controller suppliers see order visibility stretched
NAND flash device controller suppliers have seen order visibility stretched beyond 2022 to 2023, thanks to strong demand for notebook, Chromebook and handset applications, coupled...
Monday 28 June 2021
Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2H21
Taiwan-based IC design houses have notified their customers about price hikes in the second half of 2021 to reflect rising manufacturing costs, according to industry sources.
Monday 28 June 2021
Foundries accelerating 28nm process capacity expansions
Foundries including TSMC and UMC, and China's SMIC, have all stepped up their capacity expansions particularly for 28nm process, according to industry sources.
Monday 28 June 2021
MIH announces operating model to lower entry barriers for alliance partners
MIH Consortium, a Foxconn-led open EV ecosystem that promotes collaboration in the mobility industry, has announced an operating model while extending its strategy to recognize the...
Monday 28 June 2021
South Korea sees chip exports top US$10 billion in May
South Korea's semiconductor exports grew 24% on year to US$10.1 billion in May 2021, a report by local news agency Newsis quoted data compiled by the country's Ministry of...
Friday 25 June 2021
Hiwin breaks ground for plant in Japan
Mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies has announced it has broken ground for its new plant in Japan's Kobe as scheduled despite the lingering coronavirus pandemic...
Friday 25 June 2021
India pushing to attract investments from tech firms
India is looking to attract more ICT manufacturers to invest in India, hoping to fill the gap at the local ICT supply chain, and has been accepting letter of intent for investment...
Friday 25 June 2021
Huawei to run foundry biz
Huawei will set up its first wafer fab in Wuhan, China's Hubei province, with production expected to kick off in phases starting 2022, according to industry sources.