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Friday 18 June 2021
Foundries to initiate another price increases
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including first-tier players and those specializing in LCD driver ICs and MOSFET chips, have been notified by their foundry partners about another price...
Wednesday 16 June 2021
Macroblock to kick off volume shipments for miniLED-backlight solutions in 2H21
LED driver IC design-house Macroblock will start ramping up its shipments of miniLED-backlight solutions in the second half of 2021, targeting notebook and large-size TV applicatio...
Tuesday 15 June 2021
DDI backend services, materials see order visibility throughout 2021
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists ChipMos Technologies and Chipbond Technology, and related COF and COG packaging materials vendors including Niching Industrial have seen...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Taiwan IC vendors upbeat about PC, handset chip demand in 2H21
Taiwan-based IC design houses see mixed shipment momentum for different segments in the second half of the year, with PC peripheral chips to sustain strong demand, handset chips to...
Thursday 3 June 2021
LCD driver IC firms see profits soaring
Most Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are likely to report handsome earnings for the second quarter of 2021, bolstered by increasing DDI prices amid tight capacity at...
Thursday 27 May 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 1Q 2021
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments only went down 2.4% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, thanks mainly to better-than-expected smartphone panel demand, despite...
Monday 24 May 2021
OSATs may further hike service quotes in 3Q21
Taiwan OASTs are expected to enforce a new round of quote hikes in the third quarter of the year to reflect ever-rising prices for raw materials particularly for QFN wire-bonding...
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Taiwan backend houses see brisk order visibility
Taiwan's backend houses have seen their order visibility stay brisk despite concerns over a rapid surge in domestic Covid-19 infections, but long-term impacts of the pandemic remain...
Monday 17 May 2021
MediaTek reiterates sales guidance for 2Q21
MediaTek has reiterated its sales guidance for the second quarter of 2021, despite concerns about demand deceleration in India and China.
Monday 10 May 2021
UMC to raise quotes for 28nm process
United Microelectronics (UMC) plans to raise its 12-inch foundry quotes for 28nm process technology by about 13% starting July, according to industry sources.
Friday 7 May 2021
Novatek, Himax set to post record 2Q21 revenues
Display driver IC specialists Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies both expect to see their second-quarter revenues hit another record-high levels.
Wednesday 5 May 2021
Driver IC backend capacity utilization unstable
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have seen unstable capacity utilization for processing small- to medium-size applications...
Monday 3 May 2021
Chromebook shipments remain strong in 1Q21
Chromebook shipments worldwide remained at above 10 million units in the first quarter of 2021, despite an around 9% sequential decrease, according to Digitimes Research's figures.
Thursday 29 April 2021
UMC to expand factory site in southern Taiwan
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to invest a total of NT$100 billion (US$3.58 billion) in the expansion of its 12-inch factory site in southern...
Wednesday 28 April 2021
UMC eyeing long-term contracts with major clients
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is striving to get its major clients including Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter into 3-year supply agreements, according...