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Thursday 9 April 2020
FPCB makers eyeing strong 2Q20 demand for notebook applications
Taiwan-based flexible PCB specialists remain positive about their performance in the second quarter of 2020, thanks to stronger-than-expected demand for new notebooks and tablets...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Ventec gains rush orders for medical-use CCL from US, Europe
Niche-type PCB materials supplier Ventec International has been busy fulfilling rush CCL orders from major PCB makers in the US and Europe for medical equipment applications badly...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
AboCom strengthening VCSEL, wafer reclaiming businesses
Taiwan-based AboCom System, a wireless network device-turned semiconductor component supplier, expects its offerings of VCSEL chips, and wafer thinning/reclaiming equipment and services...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Taiflex sees FCCL production capacity fully booked through 2Q20
Flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) supplier Taiflex Scientific has seen its manufacturing lines, located mainly in Taiwan, run at full capacity to meet accelerated shipment pull-in...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Taiwan passive component makers see big gains in March revenues
Many Taiwan-based passive component makers have posted significant sequential increases in March consolidated revenues, bolstered by strong shipments of MLCCs, resistors, inductors...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Intel to launch new-gen desktop processors at end of April
Intel is set to introduce its 10th-generation Comet Lake-S desktop processors and 400 series chipsets at the end of April, according to sources at motherboard makers, who expect improvements...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see sales pick up in March and April
Despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic, most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues pick up in March and April, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 April 2020
CCL makers see strong server application demand through 2H20
Taiwan-based CCL suppliers including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have all seen robust demand for server applications, with strong shipment momentum...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan MLCC, resistor makers see mostly orders with short lead time
Taiwan-based passive component makers have landed mostly short lead time orders recently from clients seeking to replenish their inventory, with order visibility clear just one month...
Monday 6 April 2020
Samsung unlikely to move 3nm to volume production until 2022
Samsung Foundry, the foundry operations of Samsung Electronics, has set its goal of moving its advanced 3nm process technology to volume production as early as 2021. But the Korean...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Pandemic delays tansfer of Lite-On Tech SSD business unit to Kioxia
EMS provider Lite-On Technology has disclosed it originally planned to transfer its SSD business unit to Kioxia Holdings (renamed from Toshiba Memory) on April 1, 2020, but the Japanese...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
PCB maker Dynamic swings to profit in 2019, cautious about 2H20
PCB maker Dynamic Electronics managed to swing to profitability in 2019 and expects stable shipment growth in the first half of 2020 but remains cautious about its revenue prospects...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Server assemblers continue enjoying strong orders though IC designers see slowdown
Though IC design houses have recently seen demand from US-based datacenter clients slow down, server makers continue to enjoy strong orders from such clients, according to sources...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Zhen Ding stepping up PCB R&D, capacity expansion
Taiwan-based PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology saw its net profit for 2019 rise 7.5% on year to hit a record high of NT$12.402 billion (US$409.78 million) on total revenues of NT$120.068...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
TSMC on track to ramp 5nm chip production
TSMC is on track to move 5nm process technology to volume production in second-quarter 2020 as scheduled, and continues to see the process capacity fully booked despite recent speculation...