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Tuesday 8 June 2021
Strong IC substrate shipments continue to buoy Nan Ya, Kinsus
Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology continued to see their May sales driven by robust shipments of IC substrates, and are both poised to enjoy a strong 2021, according to...
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Foxsemicon sees COVID cluster infections
Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Technology Group, has announced suspension of its fab operations in Taiwan for two days...
Monday 7 June 2021
Highlights of the day: Pandemic heating up in Taiwan IT supply chain
Taiwan's ICT supply chain, especially semiconductor backend houses have seen rising COVID-19 infections among their...
Monday 7 June 2021
PCB equipment maker Taliang posts record May sales
Taiwan-based PCB equipment maker Taliang Technology has reported revenues for May 2021 of NT$438 million (US$15.8 million), up 2.3% sequentially and a robust 174.8% on year, and a...
Monday 7 June 2021
MediaTek reiterates guidance despite impact of KYEC fab suspension
MediaTek, a major customer of OSAT King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) which halted its chip production for two days due to a cluster of COVID-19 infections at its factory site in northern...
Monday 7 June 2021
PCB makers eyeing demand for miniLED-backlit gaming, creator notebooks
Taiwan's PCB makers are accelerating their deployments in the miniLED backlighting boards as more non-Apple notebook vendors continue to roll out new miniLED-backlit gaming and creator...
Monday 7 June 2021
Taiwan backend houses caught in cluster COVID infections
Taiwan's major dedicated IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has been ordered by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) to have all its migrant workers undergo a 14-day...
Monday 7 June 2021
Samsung to see non-memory chip sales boom in 2021
Samsung Electronics is expected to see sales of its non-memory business particularly the system LSI segment boom this year, buoyed by strong demand for handset application processors,...
Friday 4 June 2021
Highlights of the day: PC vendors want more control over components sourcing
Components shortage has been troubling the PC sector for months. PC brand vendors, seeking to secure components supply,...
Friday 4 June 2021
Brand PC vendors moving to directly place orders with chipmakers
Brand PC vendors, such as HP, have moved to skip usual practice by placing orders directly with IC design houses that usually land orders from ODMs, according to industry sources.
Friday 4 June 2021
Automotive PCB makers see clients adjust order placement
Automotive PCB makers have seen overbooking at clients ease a little, but order visibility still continues to lengthen as clients remain eager to secure longer-term capacity supply,...
Friday 4 June 2021
TSMC InFO_B packaging gains positive feedback
TSMC's just-unveiled InFO_B packaging technology designed for smartphones enables DRAM stacking flexibility at contract manufacturers, and has received positive feedback from handset...
Friday 4 June 2021
Qualcomm deepening deployments in 5G PC processors
Qualcomm is stepping up its deployments in 5G PC processors seeking to tap demand from the segments of both high-end commercial notebooks and lower-end education and consumer notebooks,...
Friday 4 June 2021
HannStar to start rolling out LPRD panels
HannStar Display will start rolling out LPRD (low power reflective display) panels in 2021, targeting applications for smart retailing, education, transportation, fitness, and environmental...
Friday 4 June 2021
Taiwan IC design houses poised to enjoy strong 2Q21
Rising foundry and backend manufacturing costs have prompted Taiwan's IC design houses to raise their chip prices, which will buoy their sales performance in the second quarter of...