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Friday 6 November 2020
Taiwan backend houses see surging CIS orders from OmniVision
Taiwan's backend houses including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Xintec have seen orders from China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) vendor OmniVision...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
TSMC sees 28nm process capacity utilization ramp up
TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 28nm process technology surge and come to nearly 100% in the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to the bulk of orders transferred by Qualcomm...
Wednesday 28 October 2020
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
Monday 12 October 2020
CIS suppliers shifting focus to midrange parts
Major CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including Samsung Electronics and OmniVision reportedly have been pushing sales of midrange CIS components to Chinese handset brands due to...
Wednesday 30 September 2020
CIS packager Tong Hsing to ramp up shipments for healthcare applications
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS) and other niche ICs, has been stepping up its deployment in the...
Monday 28 September 2020
CHPT gearing up smart production of vertical probe cards
Taiwan-based IC test interface specialist Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) is stepping up AI-based smart production of vertical probe cards (VPC) seeking to compete well...
Thursday 27 August 2020
KYEC, Sigurd to boost capacity support for MediaTek orders
Testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics will substantially scale up their capacities for MediaTek orders in September and October, while being aware...
Friday 14 August 2020
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
Friday 17 July 2020
CIS packager Tong Hsing breaks ground for new plant in Taiwan
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which supplies ceramic substrates and backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS) and other niche ICs, has broken ground for a new plant complex...
Wednesday 15 July 2020
TSMC sees mature process capacity utilization pick up
TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 16nm and more mature processs pick up recently, and has demanded sufficient supplies from related materials providers through October,...
Thursday 18 June 2020
China, Taiwan IC designers keen on developing OLED DDI chips
Fabless chipmakers in Taiwan and China specializing in display driver ICs and fingerprint sensor chips are keenly developing OLED DDI chip solutions for smartphones seeking to build...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
IC vendors to gain from strong IP camera demand through 3Q20
Chip demand for IP network camera applications has grown significantly to support remote work and education activities driven by the coronavirus pandemic, and Taiwan specialty IC...
Friday 12 June 2020
CMOS image sensors to resume record run in 2021, says IC Insights
The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is expected to lower CMOS image sensor sales for the first time in 10 years, but new record-high revenues are seen next year, according...
Monday 8 June 2020
High-res CIS demand promising
The market for high-resolution CMOS image sensors is set to boom starting later in 2020, thanks to a rise in the popularity of high-spec smartphones and other mobile devices, according...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Yageo obtains massive loan
Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...