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Wednesday 11 September 2019
Smartphone challenges continue in 2019, says IDC
The worldwide handset market has shown signs of recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory, according to IDC...
Thursday 8 August 2019
VPEC enjoys robust demand for VCSEL components
Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has enjoyed a ramp-up in demand for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) components for use in smartphones...
Thursday 18 July 2019
BOE tipped as strong contender for Apple OLED panel orders
Taiwan's supply chain makers in the flat panel industry are likely to benefit from the simmering trade row between Japan and Korea which could upend Samsung Display's monopoly role...
Thursday 11 July 2019
VPEC ramps up shipments of VCSEL devices for handset applications
Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to see significant revenue increases for the third quarter of 2019 as it has started intensive shipments...
Friday 5 July 2019
No timetable set for Huawei Ark OS launch, says executive
Huawei has set no clear-cut timetable for the launch of its own handset operating system, dubbed Hongmeng OS, which could also be known as ARK OS globally, according to the firm's...
Thursday 13 June 2019
VPEC ramping up VCSEL wafer production
Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has kicked off volume production for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) components, and is expected to...
Thursday 13 June 2019
JMC finds strength to compete with bigger rivals
Taiwan-based JMC Electronics, which uses both subtrative and semi-additive processes to manufacture chip-on-film (COF) substrates, has strength to better compete with its larger international...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan IC partners see unclear prospects for 2H19 shipments to Huawei
With the US trade sanctions likely to prove disastrous to Huawei, Taiwan semiconductor supply chain partners can hardly give clear-cut prospects for the third quarter of 2019 and...
Monday 20 May 2019
Huawei seeking capacity increases at Taiwan partners despite US ban
Huawei has reportedly promised not to cut its orders with Taiwan's upstream and downstream supply chain partners and also inquired about the possibility of increasing their production...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for Android phones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for Android smartphones pick up in the second quarter, thanks mainly to the upcoming rollouts of new models, according to industry so...
Friday 19 April 2019
5G mobile modem chips become valuable strategic resources after Intel exit
Mobile modem chips are likely to become scarce strategic resources in the 5G era, now that Intel has decided to exit the 5G smartphone modem market to focus on 4G and 5G modems for...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
COG packaging demand picking up
COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
IPC startup i-Motion Group unveils new POS
Taiwan-based i-Motion Group, a startup founded by Asustek Computer ex-president Jerry Shen, has unveiled a new product combining the functionalities of a POS, a printer and a laser...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
TSMC seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started seeing chip orders for Android devices ramp up recently, with its fabless clients including HiSilicon,...
Monday 4 March 2019
PCB makers may not gain much from Huawei P30 Pro release
China handset vendor Huawei is set to release new smartphone model P30 Pro in late March as one of its major offerings for the first half of 2019, but Taiwan PCB supply chain is conservative...