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Thursday 20 August 2020
Taiwan PCB makers eyeing satellite applications
Taiwan PCB makers are eyeing new business opportunities associated with low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, especially those for ground supporting equipment, in the wake of SpaceX successfully...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Win Semi enters Starlink supply chain
GaAs monolithic microwave IC maker WIN Semiconductors has become a supplier of satellite communication ICs used in SpaceX's Starlink, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 August 2020
Taiwan PCB output value up 3.4% in 1H20 despite headwinds
Taiwan's PCB industry recorded production of NT$298.1 billion (US$10.15 billion) in the first half of 2020, growing 3.4% on year despite impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and US-China...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Xiaomi stepping up R&D efforts for AIoT devices
Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi will earmark CNY10 billion (US$1.444 billion) for R&D in 2020 focusing on developing AIoT devices, according to company chairman Lei Jun.
Thursday 20 August 2020
Taiwan PCB makers feel more pressure to move out of China
Taiwan-based PCB makers, now having over 60% of their production capacity in China, are feeling more pressure to relocate their production plants out of the wolrld's factory amid...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Renesas collaborates with Novatek on surveillance camera reference design
Renesas Electronics has introduced an ultra-high-definition (UHD) surveillance camera reference design developed in collaboration with Novatek Microelectronics and designed by Systemtec...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Highlights of the day: HiSilicon engineers abandon ship
The mounting US trade sanctions are driving HiSilicon to the brink, and many engineers have left the Huawei IC design...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Taiwan PCB makers concerned about demand gap left by Huawei
Taiwan's PCB supply chain is trying to identify clients who may replace Huawei and HiSilicon, both of whom face tough US trade restrictions, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Huawei reportedly looking to build 45nm chip fabrication lines without US tech
China's Huawei reportedly is looking to build its own 45nm chip fabrication lines without US technology this year, which industry sources believe is "mission impossible."
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Global tablet market, 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments amounted to 39.65 million units, surging 60.5% from a quarter ago and 21.4% from a year ago, outperforming expectation.
Wednesday 19 August 2020
HiSilicon team in Taiwan shrinking
Huawei's chipmaking subsidiary HiSilicon has seen many of its staff in Taiwan leaving amid increasingly tough trade sanctions from the US on the Chinese tech group, according to industry...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Tianma ramping up automotive panel shipments
China-based panel maker Tianma Microelectronics has seen its shipments of automotive panels increase significantly in recent years, cashing in on the growing new energy auto market...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
IBM announces 7nm processor
IBM has revealed the next generation of its POWER central processing unit (CPU) family, designed for enterprise hybrid cloud computing.
Tuesday 18 August 2020
Daeduck to expand ABF substrate capacity for Samsung demand
Korea-based PCB maker Daeduck Electronics, a supplier of Samsung Electronics, will invest KRW90 billion (US$76 million) to expand ABF substrate capacity, according to industry sour...
Tuesday 18 August 2020
MediaTek expands 5G SoC lineup with Dimensity 800U
MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 800U as the latest addition in its 5G SoC lineup. The new chipset is designed for multi-core high performance and leading 5G+5G dual Sim dual...