1335 news items tagged automotive
Car chips shortages may dent automotive PCB shipments
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan's automotive PCB suppliers have seen clear order visibility for over three months ahead, but their actual shipments may be dragged down by lingering shortages of automotive...
Testing house Sigurd set to acquire UTAC Taiwan
Tuesday 26 January 2021Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to wholly acquire fellow IC assembly and test service company UTAC Taiwan for NT$4.62 billion (US$165 million), and expects to complete...
Foundries building additional capacity for automotive chips
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will be expanding production capacity for automotive chips at a gradual pace, with additional output to arrive as early as the third quarter of this...
Taiwan makers step up miniLED-backlit automotive displays development
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based LED firms Everlight Electronics and Lextar Electronics, and LCD panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are stepping up efforts developing miniLED-backlit LCD automotive...
CIS chip suppliers tapping lucrative automotive, surveillance sectors
Monday 25 January 2021CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers are shifting their marketing strategies to focus more on automotive and surveillance applications seeking to ramp up profitability, according to...
Automotive CIS backend business set to boom throughout 2021
Monday 25 January 2021Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries are poised to embrace major growth momentum throughout 2021 as they have landed one-year...
NXP to highlight 5G PA modules, Wi-Fi 6E SoCs in 2021
Friday 22 January 2021Dutch chipmaker NXP will step up promotion for its multi-chip power amplifier (PA) modules for 5G small cells and Wi-Fi 6E SoCs in 2021, apart from automotive chips and modules.
China car production hit by semiconductor shortages
Friday 22 January 2021Many carmaking plants in China have reduced production in the wake of serious shortages of automotive semiconductor components, according to industry sources.
EUV equipment to boost ASML sales in 2021
Thursday 21 January 2021With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...
No capacity overbooking seen for high-end PCB products
Thursday 21 January 2021Downstream clients have neither registered overly-high inventory levels for high-end PCB products nor overbooked capacity at PCB makers, as they are still striving to satisfy strong...
Niche-type CCL maker Ventec optimistic about 1Q21
Thursday 21 January 2021Taiwan-based Ventec International, which specializes in specialty CCL and automotive thermal materials, has expressed optimism that its revenue performance for first-quarter 2021...
Taiwan makers regain orders for EV motor components from Tesla
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan's automotive components makers are expected to expand their presence in the supply chain of Tesla, as some of them reportedly have regained orders for electric motor components...
Automotive PCB makers to see strong 1H21, but cautious about 2H
Tuesday 19 January 2021Taiwan's major automotive PCB makers Ching-Poon Industrial, Tripod Technology and Dynamic Electronics are set to sustain high capacity utilization throughout first-half 2021, but...
Prices to rise 5-10% for automotive power module leadframes
Tuesday 19 January 2021Taiwan leadframe makers are likely to raise quotes for leadframes for packaging automotive chips and power modules by 5-10% to reflect increased material costs amid increasing demand...
Car PCB makers may see shipments dented by labor shortage despite clear order visibility
Tuesday 19 January 2021PCB manufacturers have seen the visibility of orders for automotive electronics applications extended to at least 4-5 months, but labor shortages may dent their actual shipments,...
More automotive chipmakers seek foundry support amid tight capacity
Tuesday 19 January 2021More automotive chipmakers have approached Taiwan-based foundry houses TSMC, UMC and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) seeking capacity support to meet a ramp-up in automotive...
Lead times extend for wirebonding packaging equipment
Tuesday 19 January 2021Delivery lead times for wirebonding packaging equipment have extended to over six months, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Foundries see supply for auto chips fall far short of demand
Tuesday 19 January 2021Pure-play foundries have seen their supply for automotive ICs, including MCUs, storage controller chips and power management ICs, fall short of demand by 25-40%, according to industry...
TSMC, UMC to see full capacity utilization for 28nm node through 3Q21
Monday 18 January 2021Both TSMC and UMC are expected to sustain full capacity utilization for 28nm manufacturing process at their 8-inch and 12-inch fabs throughout third-quarter 2021, with gross margins...
Automotive chips vendors mull adopting FOPLP backend technology
Monday 18 January 2021Major automotive chip vendors including NXP are mulling adopting FOPLP (fan-out panel level packaging) technology to process part of their peripheral automotive chips seeking to reduce...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Taiwan PCB output value hits record high in 2020
Friday 15 January 2021The output of Taiwan's PCB industry grew 5.6% on year to a record high of NT$667.2 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2020, bolstered by pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy in most of...
Automotive PCB makers guardedly optimistic about 2021
Thursday 14 January 2021Taiwan-based automotive PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unitech and Dynamic Electronics are guardedly optimistic about their sales prospects this year after seeing revenues...
Taiwan makers benefit from fast growing demand for automotive sensor ICs
Wednesday 13 January 2021Along with fast growing demand for compound and Si-based ICs used in automotive sensor modules, Taiwan-based GaAs epitaxial wafer makers WIN Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor...
Compeq, Tripod to log robust HDI board shipments for 1Q21
Tuesday 12 January 2021PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Tripod Technology have both seen strong HDI PCB shipment pull-ins from clients for handset, notebook and automotive applications, and are...
- Let's talk in-cabin AI, DMS and Apple C1 processor (Jan 15) - EE Times
- Carmakers crying out for chips fuels growth for Globalfoundries (Jan 14) - Bloomberg
- Exclusive: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020 (Jan 12) - The Verge
- LG Electronics, Magna to set up $1 billion JV to make electric car gear (Dec 23) - Reuters
- Chip shortages could slow automotive production, VW and suppliers say (Dec 4) - Reuters
- UK set to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 (Dec 3) - The Financial Times
- CEO of top battery maker LG Chem discloses JV talks, defends split-off (Oct 16) - Reuters
- 'Semiconductors and software are really the future of cars,' Analog Devices CEO says (Aug 19) - CNBC