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Tuesday 19 April 2022
China making slow progress towards chip self-sufficiency
In addition to trade restrictions imposed by the US on crucial equipment, the ongoing COVID lockdowns in China's production hubs in Shanghai and other cities are disrupting the country's...
Tuesday 19 April 2022
Makers actively bracing for upcoming Kunshan lockdown removal
Component makers and device assemblers operating in China's Kunshan, which has been under COVID lockdown since April 2, are all gearing up preparations for resuming production amid...
Monday 18 April 2022
Ongoing lockdowns in China threaten disruptions in global electronics supply chain
Lockdowns underway in China to control the spread of COVID-19 are raising the specter of significant disruptions in the global supply chain for electronic components and consumer...
Wednesday 13 April 2022
Lockdowns in China disrupt logistics, IC demand
China's lockdowns have once again thrown the global supply chain into chaos. Although Taiwan-based IC design houses are less reliant on the Chinese market and production has been...
Tuesday 12 April 2022
Notebook ODMs may fail to sustain shipment momentum in 2Q22
Taiwan's notebook ODMs have seen their shipments constrained by the ongoing COVID lockdowns in several major Chinese cities, and if the lockdowns prolong further, the makers may fail...
Monday 11 April 2022
Memory module makers cautious about short-term demand prospects
Memory module makers including Adata Technology, Apacer Technology and Team Group have all expressed caution about short-term demand prospects, citing unfavorable macroeconomic con...
Friday 8 April 2022
Prolonged COVID lockdowns in Shanghai, Kunshan challenging supply chains
Prolonged COVID lockdowns in Shanghai and Kunshan, China are challenging local high-tech supply chains, as their incoming deliveries of raw materials and components and outgoing shipments...
Wednesday 6 April 2022
IC foundries, fab toolmakers continue to see orders piling up
TSMC and other Taiwan-based IC foundries including United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) continue...
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Concerns raised about COVID impact on IC, IT sectors
Concerns have been raised about the impact of COVID lockdowns in China on the IC and IT industry supply chains this year.
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Pegatron silent about lockdown impact on iPhone production
Pegatron has declined to comment on the impact of the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown on its iPhone production plant in Pudong, Shanghai. But industry observers said the plant...
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Server chip and component shortages likely to carry through 2022
Server-use chips and components remain in extremely tight supply, and their shortage will be more severe than that of notebook components and may stay unresolved through the end of...
Monday 21 March 2022
Silicon wafer suppliers continue to see orders from foundries despite end-market slowdown concerns
Silicon wafer companies and other upstream chipmaking material providers continue to see their production capacities fully utilized by the still strong pull-in of orders from foundries,...
Friday 4 March 2022
Taiwan IC supply chain wary of war impacts on consumer demand
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain remains unscathed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, but experts are wary that worldwide economic development may suffer and...
Friday 25 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see limited impact from Russia-Ukraine crisis
Taiwan-based chipmakers have already developed their flexibility to seek alternative sources and expect the Russia-Ukraine conflict to have a limited impact on their supply chains,...
Thursday 17 February 2022
Smart manufacturing progress of Taiwan, 2021

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