432 news items tagged chipmaker
Phison puts increased focus on non-CE apps
Friday 26 February 2021Phison Electronics, which specializes in flash storage devices and controller ICs, has put increased focus on enterprise, automotive and industrial applications while lowering sales...
SK Hynix strikes 5-year deal with ASML for EUV equipment supply
Thursday 25 February 2021SK Hynix has signed a 5-year contract worth KRW4.75 trillion (US4.3 billion) with ASML to procure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, local media reports in South Korea...
IC design houses with strong backing more capable of winning foundry support
Tuesday 23 February 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses backed by large-scale and well-established parent companies, such as LCD driver IC firms Fitipower Integrated Technology and Raydium Semiconductor, will...
DRAM and flash memory supply to stay tight in 2H21, says Winbond
Monday 22 February 2021A rally in DRAM and flash memory prices will boost Winbond Electronics' memory business revenue in March and April, according to Pei-Ming Chen, president for the specialty DRAM and...
VIS raises 2021 capex
Wednesday 3 February 2021Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has budgeted NT$5.1 billion (US$182.33 million) in capex for 2021, up from the NT$3.54 billion allocated last year.
TSMC exploring growth beyond Apple
Monday 1 February 2021Pure-play foundry TSMC is aggressively looking for growth beyond demand from Apple, which is currently its biggest client, according to industry sources.
SK Hynix posts sequential revenue and profit drops in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW966 billion (US$0.87 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW7.97 trillion for the fourth quarter of 2020, representing sequential decreases...
Backend firms upbeat about demand for MediaTek chips
Thursday 28 January 2021Backend houses in the supply chain of MediaTek have expressed optimism about demand for the fabless client's 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and automotive chip solutions in 2021, and are ramping up...
Macronix expects strong 1Q21
Thursday 28 January 2021Taiwan-based chipmaker Macronix International expects to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021, judging from robust demand for all its product lines including ROM, NOR...
Winbond enjoys influx of short lead-time orders for NOR flash
Tuesday 26 January 2021A strong pull-in of short lead-time orders is filling Winbond Electronics' production capacity for NOR flash memory, according to industry sources. The orders are reportedly placed...
Winbond ramping up output for AIoT applications
Friday 22 January 2021Specialty DRAM chipmaker Winbond Electronics has been ramping up its output for AIoT applications with monthly shipments set to reach 25 million units in 2021, according to the Taiwan-based...
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...
- Broadcom falls after chip sales miss iPhone-fueled expectations (Mar 3) - Yahoo! Finance
- U.S. Senate mulls $30 billion in funding to boost chipmaking sector, source says (Mar 5) - Reuters
- Chipmaker Renesas and others assess damage from recent quake (Feb 17) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- 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