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Tuesday 31 December 2019
US-China trade war poses mixed impacts on Taiwan
The US-China trade war has driven many Taiwanese firms to relocate production of high-end product lines back home from China in 2019, but it has also taken tolls on exports of some...
Monday 23 December 2019
Etron partners with Lattice Semicon to develop AI+DRAM solutions
Memory design house Etron Technology has teamed up with US-based FGPA chipmaker Lattice Semiconductor on developing new miniaturized AI+DRAM platform for applications to terminal...
Friday 6 December 2019
AUO loses Motorola foldable Razr OLED orders to Chinese peers
Motorola has switched orders for flexible AMOLED panels for its new foldable smartphones to Chinese suppliers BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) from...
Monday 2 December 2019
UMC sees clear growth momentum for 5G in 2020
Taiwan's pure-play foundry UMC will see clear growth momentum in 2020 come from ever-increasing chips foundry demand for 5G applications, with clients moving actively to pull in shipments...
Monday 25 November 2019
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Friday 22 November 2019
Acter to gain from renewed IC plants construction in China in 2020
Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter is expected to see its revenues pick up steadily in 2020 as major clients in Taiwan and China will boost capex to step up major...
Friday 22 November 2019
Global Unichip, Alchip see clear order visibility through 1Q20
Buoyed by strong demand for NRE and ASIC design services, Global Unichip and Alchip have seen clear order visibility through the first half of 2020 and are expected to smoothly fulfill...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Leadframe maker Jih Lin looks to return to growth track in 2020
Taiwan-based leadframe maker Jih Lin Technology expects its revenues to resume growth in 2020 on renewed demand for diverse leadframes from international IDMs for packaging automotive...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Panjit to better tap WBG power device market with new SiC diodes in 2020
Discrete power components supplier Panjit International is set to release its second-generation SiC diodes in February 2020 to tap the lucrative market for wide band-gap (WBG) power...
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Synergy from acquiring Kemet: Q&A with Yageo chairman Pierre Chen
Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion. The acquisition is expected...
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 11 November 2019
Silicon wafer shipments in low gear for 4Q19
Silicon wafer shipments are expected to stay in low gear in the fourth quarter of 2019 as clients have decelerated their shipment pull-in to facilitate year-end financial settlements,...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan ODMs strive to improve yield rates, costs for non-China production lines
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Positioned as LaaS provider: Q&A with WPG CEO Frank Yeh
As the largest electronics distributor in Asia, WPG Holdings continues to expand and diversify its offerings particularly those for 5G, AI and automotive electronics devices gearing...
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Taiwan backend supply chain ramps up support for HiSilicon 5G chips
Taiwan semiconductor backend supply chain players are poised to ramp up their shipments and revenues in line with aggressive rollout of diverse 5G chip solutions by major chipmakers,...