421 news items tagged chipmaker
MediaTek launches 6nm 5G SoC chips
Thursday 21 January 2021MediaTek has unveiled its new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 5G smartphone SoC series built using 6nm process technology.
ASRock, ASMedia post profit surges in 2020
Thursday 14 January 2021Motherboard and graphics card maker ASRock and ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, both enjoyed revenue surges in 2020 with promising...
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21, says Nanya
Monday 11 January 2021DRAM prices will start to rally in the first quarter and rise through the second quarter of 2021, due to undersupply in the market, according to chipmaker Nanya Technology.
Strong shipments for Chromebook boost Elan revenues in December
Thursday 7 January 2021Strong shipments for Chromebooks boosted revenues at Elan Microelectronics, which specializes in touchscreen controller chips and fingerprint sensors, in December. The fabless chipmaker...
UMC raises 12-inch foundry quotes
Wednesday 6 January 2021United Microelectronics (UMC) has raised its 12-inch foundry quotes to reflect tight capacity at its fabs, according to the contract chipmaker.
Nanya posts 18% revenue growth in 2020
Wednesday 6 January 2021DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has reported consolidated revenue rose 17.9% on year to NT$61 billion (US$2.18 billion) in 2020.
Winbond expects new plant to come online in 2022
Thursday 31 December 2020Winbond Electronics is constructing a new 12-inch wafer fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, which is scheduled to come online in the first half of 2022, according to the specialty...
ABF substrate shortages may dent 2021 shipments of new CPU, GPU chips
Monday 14 December 2020The worsening shortages of ABF substrates are expected to become one of the major woes affecting shipments of new CPU and GPU products at chipmakers in 2021, according to industry...
All-round OSAT: Q&A with PTI CEO Boris Hsieh
Monday 14 December 2020Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top management shakeup after...
Samsung set to commercialize microLED TVs in 2021
Friday 11 December 2020Samsung Electronics is set to launch its microLED TV lineup in the first quarter of 2021, heralding the arrival of the next-generation TV products.
Memory module firms post revenue increases in November
Thursday 10 December 2020Taiwan-based memory module houses including Adata Technology, Apacer Technology and Innodisk all enjoyed sequential revenue increases in November 2020.
Unimicron, Kinsus to embrace 5G handset sales boom in 2021
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect are poised to benefit significantly from 5G handset sales boom expected in 2021 as they reportedly have secured...
Etron expects specialty DRAM products to drive 2021 growth
Friday 4 December 2020Etron Technology expects to ramp up shipments of its specialty DRAM and reduced-pin-count (RPC) DRAM products in 2021, thanks to a wider range of applications the products will be...
DRAM likely to be in short supply in 2H21, says PSMC chairman
Tuesday 1 December 2020The global supply of DRAM memory will likely fall short of demand in the second half of 2021, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Winbond sees profit fall in 3Q20
Monday 16 November 2020Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits fell 53.3% sequentially and 44% on year to NT$331 million (US$11.6 million) in the third quarter...
TSMC 4Q20 sales likely to beat guidance
Wednesday 11 November 2020Pure-play foundry TSMC is expected to see its fourth-quarter revenue outpace the guidance given in mid-October, driven by additional 5nm and 7nm chip output, according to industry...
FocalTech raises TDDI and LCD driver IC prices 10%
Wednesday 11 November 2020FocalTech Systems has raised quotes for its TDDI chips and LCD driver ICs by 10%, and is mulling another double-digit price increase in the first half of 2021, according to industry...
ASE, Win Semi cut into supply chain for new Qualcomm chips
Friday 6 November 2020Taiwan's backend houses ASE and affiliated Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) reportedly have landed orders for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 modem chips while GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors...
MediaTek announces chipmaking equipment purchases
Monday 2 November 2020Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek has announced over NT$1 billion (US$35 million) worth of fab tools that the fabless chipmaker will spend for its chip production.
FocalTech enjoys strong TDDI chip demand
Friday 30 October 2020IC design house FocalTech Systems continues to enjoy robust demand for its TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chip solutions, with shipments set to hike over 100% to 220-230...
PTI to gear up logic IC backend business expansion
Friday 23 October 2020Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) will step up efforts to expand its logic IC business, aiming to boost the revenue ratio for the segment from nearly 30% to over 40%, according...
Nanya posts nearly 50% fall in 3Q20 profits
Tuesday 13 October 2020DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has reported net profit of NT$1.61 billion (US$56.4 million) for the third quarter of 2020, down 49.9% on quarter and 26.9% on year. EPS for the quarter...
Nanya to defer NT$5 billion of 2020 capex plan to next year
Tuesday 13 October 2020Nanya Technology has decided to defer NT$5 billion (US$174.6 million) of its planned capex this year to 2021, according to the DRAM chipmaker.
MediaTek posts record September revenue
Monday 12 October 2020IC design house MediaTek has reported consolidated revenue surged 15.7% sequentially and 61.2% on year to a record high of NT$37.87 billion (US$1.32 billion) in September 2020.
Macronix sees September revenue surge
Thursday 8 October 2020Macronix International, a maker of mask ROM and flash memory, saw its September revenue climb 47.9% sequentially to a 12-month high of NT$4.66 billion (US$162.6 million).
- Intel shares rise after Third Point urges chipmaker to explore strategic alternatives as market share deteriorates (Dec 29) - CNBC
- SMIC says U.S. blacklisting will hurt its advanced technology R&D (Dec 20) - Reuters
- U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, DJI (Dec 18) - Reuters
- Qualcomm shares fall on Apple modem development rumors (Dec 14) - Yahoo! Finance
- STMicro says US-China trade war slows its growth (Dec 9) - Reuters
- United States adds China's SMIC and CNOOC to Defense blacklist (Dec 4) - Reuters
- German chipmaker Infineon to make Singapore its first global hub to embed AI in all job roles (Dec 2) - The Straits Times
- Trump to add China's SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist, say sources (Nov 30) - Reuters
- Infineon insulated from U.S.-China tensions: CEO (Nov 19) - Reuters
- Phoenix okays development deal with TSMC for $12 billion chip factory (Nov 19) - Reuters