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Friday 7 May 2021
Chips shortages to slow down specs upgrades for new offerings in 2H21
As shortages of ICs and other components are expected to worsen further in the peak season, downstream system makers are expected to slow down specs upgrades for their new offerings...
Friday 7 May 2021
Tripod Tech expects new capacity to come online in 2H21
Tripod Technology will have new production lines at its manufacturing site in Xiantao, China's Hubei province get ready for production in June, according to the Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer...
Friday 7 May 2021
Taiwan large-size panel shipments drop 3% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's large-size TFT LCD panel shipments (excluding Sharp's) for first-quarter 2021 slipped 3.4% sequentially but grew 51.5% on year to 72.25 million pieces, according to Digitimes...
Friday 7 May 2021
AboCom sees clear order visibility for next 5 months
Wireless networking solution provider AboCom System has seen clear order visibility for the next five months, encouraging it to negotiate higher prices with customers, according to...
Friday 7 May 2021
Longer production lead times to constrain revenue growth at MCU vendors
Taiwan's MCU vendors will see their revenue growth momentum constrained in the short term by extended delivery lead times at foundry and backend houses, although they have abundant...
Friday 7 May 2021
Worldwide semiconductor revenue to grow 13% in 2021 despite chip shortage
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to surge 12.5% to US$522 billion in 2021, driven by continued-robust growth in consumer, computing, 5G and automotive semiconductors,...
Friday 7 May 2021
Novatek, Himax set to post record 2Q21 revenues
Display driver IC specialists Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies both expect to see their second-quarter revenues hit another record-high levels.
Friday 7 May 2021
Silicon Motion raises sales guidance for 2021
Memory device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology has raised its revenue outlook this year, after posting record-high revenues for the first quarter.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Niche-market touch panel prices to rise on higher upstream costs
Niche-market touch panel specialists including Mildex Optical and Higgstec are poised to hike their prices to reflect rising costs of components and raw materials, according to industry...
Thursday 6 May 2021
ASML, Applied hiring talent in Taiwan
Semiconductor equipment vendors ASML and Applied Materials have been hiring talent for their local operations in Taiwan.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Highlights of the day: Foxconn-Yageo JV targets small ICs
EMS giant Foxconn, taking a step further in its transformation, has formed a joint venture with passive component maker Yageo for the development and sales of what they call "small...
Thursday 6 May 2021
Realtek posts record 1Q21 profit
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its net profit climb to a record high for the fourth consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2021.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Foxconn, Yageo to form semiconductor JV
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group and Yageo have announced plans to form a joint venture for the development and sale of semiconductors.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Suppliers to gear up for PS5 redesign
Suppliers including foundry TSMC are expected to kick off production for the redesign of Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) games console between the second and third quarters of 2022, according...
Thursday 6 May 2021
Samsung to regain top semiconductor supplier ranking in 2Q21, says IC Insights
Driven by a resurgent memory market and relatively flat sales results from Intel, IC Insights believes that Samsung will again replace Intel as the leading semiconductor producer...