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Thursday 14 May 2020
SMIC raises 2020 capex
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has revised upward its capex outlook this year to US$4.3 billion, up US$1.1 billion or about 34% from...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Short lead-time orders for smartphone CIS devices emerging
Taiwan-based IC distributors have recently received an influx of short lead-time orders for CMOS image sensors (CIS) from the smartphone sector in China, with prospects of landing...
Tuesday 14 April 2020
Taiwan CIS, 3D sensor packagers see revenues rally on strong demand
CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...
Monday 6 April 2020
Intel shines in 2019 semiconductor market
It was a year when global semiconductor revenue fell by the greatest percentage in at least two decades, when eight of the top-10 chip suppliers suffered revenue declines and when...
Tuesday 24 March 2020
CIS backend specialists expanding capacity
CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec are expanding capacity seeking to satisfy growing demand for multi-lens camera pho...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
CIS backend firm Tong Hsing sees January-February revenues rise nearly 20%
Taiwan-based Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, dedicated to backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), saw its revenues rise 19.22% on year to NT$1.272 billion (US$ 42.34 million)...
Friday 6 March 2020
IC testing houses poised for robust sales in 1Q20
While the full impacts of the coronavirus outbreak remain uncertain, Taiwan-based wafer probing and IC testing solution providers are set to brace for robust sales in the first quarter...
Thursday 27 February 2020
CIS backend firm Tong Hsing to double capacity by end-2020
Taiwan-based Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, dedicated to backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), has disclosed plans to double monthly production capacity to 150,000-160,000...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Demand for 8-inch wafer fabrication services stays robust
The supply of 8-inch wafer fabrication services remains tight, due to robust demand for fingerprint-on-display (FoD) solutions, CMOS image sensors and power management ICs, according...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver IC backend houses expect demand to rebound in 2H20
Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
CIS, chip resistor shortages emerging
The coronavirus outbreak in China has further tightened supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) and chip resistors, with severe shortages set to surface and price hikes to follow, according...
Monday 17 February 2020
SMIC sees 14nm process start generating revenues
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) started generating revenues from 14nm FinFET process technology in the fourth quarter of 2019, when the China-based pure-play foundry...
Friday 14 February 2020
Xintec turns profitable in 2019, set to gain more from 3D DOE devices
TSMC-reinvested backend house Xintec will see little seasonality impact on its revenues for the first half of 2020 as robust packaging demand for DOE (diffractive optical element)...
Friday 7 February 2020
CIS, VCSEL makers see robust demand for ToF phone cameras in 2H20
Taiwan-based makers of CMOS image sensor (CIS) and VCSEL components are optimistic that multi-lens camera modules incorporating ToF (time of flight) sensing technology will be mass-adopted...
Thursday 30 January 2020
Wuhan chipmakers reportedly say shipments remain normal amid coronavirus outbreak
Memory startup Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and its 12-inch foundry subsidiary Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) have both claimed their chip deliveries remain...