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Wednesday 20 November 2019
Taiwan analog IC firms see orders for fast-charging devices pick up from China
Taiwan-based analog IC specialists have recently seen orders mainly short lead-time ones for fast-charging solutions pick up from China's high-tech industry, which is looking to reduce...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Unimicron to invest more for ABF substrate capacity expansion in China
Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of about US$74.9 million for capacity expansions at its plants in China in 202...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
High-end FPGA demand mounting for datacenter, 5G, AIoT applications
High-end FPGA chips demand is mounting significantly for datacenter, 5G and AIoT applications, providing growth momentum for related wafer foundry, analysis and test players as well...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Former Elpida CEO joins China state-owned chipmaker
Tsinghua Unigroup has announced the appointment of Yukio Sakamoto, the former CEO for Japan's Elpida Memory, as senior VP of Unigroup and head of the group's Japan-based unit.
Monday 18 November 2019
Highlights of the day: PCB makers ready to work overtime
The handset supply chain is expected to bid farewell to 2019 with much improvements from those disappointing results seen during the end of 2018 when the handset market was hit by...
Monday 18 November 2019
Smart cloud management services needed to support production globalization
Cloud services providers are gaining new business opportunities from the relocation of production lines from China to other parts of the world in the wake of the US-China trade war,...
Monday 18 November 2019
Anylayer HDI demand for 7nm APs surges from Chinese handset vendors
Demand for anylayer HDI boards from Chinese handset vendors has been increasing sharply as such boards are badly needed for carrying 7nm APs, now mainstream core SoCs for their smartphones,...
Monday 18 November 2019
PCB production lines may remain humming during Lunar New Year
Taiwan-based PCB makers are planning to maintain normal production during the Lunar New Year holidays in late January thanks to clear visibility of orders from Apple and Chinese handset...
Monday 18 November 2019
Foxsemicon sees revenue rebound
Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, has seen its monthly revenues return to an on-year growth track with the company's...
Monday 18 November 2019
SiC MOSFET development: Q&A interview with Hestia Power CEO Lee Chwan-ying
SiC MOSFETs sees fast development and growing demand due to needs for high-voltage and high-power operating environment, but it is quite impossible for them to completely replace...
Friday 15 November 2019
Nvidia announces financial results for fiscal 3Q20
Nvidia has reported that revenues for fiscal third-quarter 2020 (ended October 27, 2019) reached US$3.01 billion compared with US$3.18 billion a year earlier and US$2.58 billion in...
Friday 15 November 2019
CPT owes workers up to NT$300 million in salary
The ill-fated panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is believed to be owing about 2,000 of its employees nearly NT$300 million (US$9.82 million) in salary, as it seeks to sell...
Friday 15 November 2019
Innolux pledges to invest NT$70.1 billion in Taiwan
Panel maker Innolux will invest over NT$70.1 billion (US$2.29 billion) in Taiwan, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced. The MOEA has issued a green light to the Innolux...
Friday 15 November 2019
HDI boards to enter new wave of growth in 5G, IoT era
Supply of HDI (high-density interconnect) boards has fallen short of demand in the second half of 2019, with Taiwan makers having to reschedule shipments to fulfill mounting orders...
Thursday 14 November 2019
Highlights of the day: TSMC, UMC to give driver IC designers more capacity support
While top chip vendors have been keen on securing support from TSMC's cutting edge 7nm and 5nm manufacturing nodes, demand for the foundry house's other processes have also been strong...