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Wednesday 10 July 2019
Orders for TWS earbuds filling Unitech rigid-flex PCB capacity
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has utilized up to 80% of its available rigid-flex PCB manufacturing capacity to fulfill orders for TWS (true wireless stereo) earbuds including...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Server, networking device players expanding manufacturing in Taiwan and North America
The supply chain of servers and network communication devices has continued shifting their production out of China with Taiwan and North America being the two major choices for the...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
FPCB makers to ramp up shipments for new iPhones in 3Q19
Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers, after ending the first half of 2019 with lower revenues than a year earlier, are expected to significantly ramp up shipments in the traditional peak...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
TSMC posts revenue growth in June
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for June 2019 increased 6.8% sequentially and 21.9% on year to NT$85.87 billion (US$2.76 billio...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Sporton, Qualcomm team up to gain FCC approval for 802.11ay solution
Mobile device testing and certification service company Sporton International has teamed up with Qualcomm to gain US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for 60GHz Wi-Fi...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Cadence tools certified for Samsung 5LPE process
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its digital full flow has achieved certification for the Samsung Foundry 5nm low-power early (5LPE) process with extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Gudeng posts record 2Q19 revenues
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solution products and wafer handling equipment, saw its revenues climb...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
UMC, VIS see June revenues decrease
Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have both reported sequential decreases in June consolidated revenues of 4.4% and...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Highlights of the day: Notebook clients less keen to build up inventory in wake of US-China truce
The US and China m ay have entered into a truce to their trade war, but for Taiwan's notebook ODMs that means clients are now less eager to build up their inventory, affecting their...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Semiconductor supply chain needs at least 3 months to digest inventory
It will take at least three months for global semiconductor inventories to be digested while semiconductor supply chain players are still plagued by overcapacity and clients' conservative...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Touch module sales outlook to remain bullish in 2H19
Touch module makers TPK Holding and General Interface Solution (GIS) may see sales grow in the second half of 2019 though Apple may remove 3D touch sensors from all 2019 iPhone devices,...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Apple may add BOE to OLED panel supplier list, says report
Apple may expand its supplier list for OLED panels to include BOE Technology on concerns that Japan's recent restrictions on exports of fluorinated polyimides to Korea might dampen...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Lite-On Semi revenues pick up in June
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, saw its June revenues increase 6.6% sequentially to a nine-month high of NT$993 million (US$31.85 million).
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for 3D sensor market boom
Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...
Monday 8 July 2019
Taiwan upstream suppliers gearing up efforts for OLED panels
A number of Taiwan-based upstream components and materials suppliers have been enhancing their deployments in the OLED panel segment to cash in on the growing penetration of OLED...