CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: Key components
Key components news coverage
IN THE NEWS
Friday 26 July 2019
AUO gives flat outlook for 3Q19
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its sales for the third quarter of 2019 to remain at the same levels as a quarter earlier because there is uncertainty about demand in the traditional high...
Friday 26 July 2019
Intel reports 2Q19 financial results
Intel has reported second-quarter 2019 financial results, generating approximately US$7.6 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of US$1.4 billion and used US$3 billion to...
Friday 26 July 2019
Semiconductor equipment billings stay above US$2 billion in June
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment dropped on both sequential and on-year bases in June 2019 but stayed above US$2 billion, according...
Friday 26 July 2019
Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business
Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual...
Thursday 25 July 2019
IC backend firms expanding capacities on strong demand from Huawei
Taiwan IC backend service firms are moving to carry out capacity expansions to meet increased shipment demand from Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon, which, coupled with growing...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Apple supply chain cautious about orders for new iPhones
Judging from the order visibility from Apple for the third quarter of 2019, the build-up of components for the production of new iPhone devices to be released later in the year could...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Everspin, Phison partner to bring STT-MRAM to SSD controllers
Everspin Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) persistent memory solutions, has announced Phison Electronics will provide native support for Everspin's...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Faraday eyes sharp revenue increases for 3Q19
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to surge over 27% sequentially after the company experienced...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
TDDI chip prices under downward pressure
Prices of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips are under continued downward pressure, as competition in the sector is heating up due to capacity ramps by related IC...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Zhen Ding invests further in China business
PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology through its subsidiary Avary Holding (Shenzhen) has made CNY350 million (US$50.9 million) worth of investment to fund HongQiSheng Precision Electronics...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Taiwan IC testing service providers see growing 5G orders
Taiwan-based IC testing service providers including Integrated Service Technology (IST), Materials Analysis Technology (MA-Tek) and Sporton International, have seen customers' demand...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Silicon wafer area shipments drop to 6-quarter low
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments fell to a six-quarter low of 2.983 billion square inches in the second quarter of 2019, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Applied Materials intros high-volume manufacturing tools for new memory technologies
Applied Materials already has five customers adopt its new solutions for the manufacture of MRAM memory, and eight customers for ReRAM and PCRAM chips, according to the semiconductor...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Worldwide semiconductor revenues to decline 9.6% in 2019, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total US$429 billion in 2019, a decline of 9.6% from US$475 billion in 2018, according to Gartner. This is worse than Gartner's previous...
Tuesday 23 July 2019
Chipmakers keen to roll out power-saving 5G chip solutions
As shipments of 5G network equipment and terminal devices are set to trend up steadily, major global chipmakers are all gearing up for close combats in the 5G chipset market by releasing...