256 news items tagged North America
TSMC expects another record in 1Q21 revenue
Thursday 14 January 2021TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.7 billion and US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2021, which is a 1.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
EMC to acquire fellow CCL company for US$28.7 million
Tuesday 22 December 2020Taiwan-based copper clad laminate (CCL) maker Elite Material (EMC) has announced plans to fully acquire fellow US firm EMD Specialty Materials for a total of US$28.73 million.
Semiconductor equipment billings surge 30% in 3Q20, says SEMI
Thursday 3 December 2020Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 30% on year and 16% sequentially to US$19.4 billion in the third quarter of 2020, according to SEMI.
Quanta upbeat about server shipments in 2021
Thursday 3 December 2020Quanta Computer expects to post a double-digit increase in server shipments this year followed by another double-digit growth in 2021.
North America is top target market for Taiwanese startups
Wednesday 7 October 2020North America is Taiwan-based startups' top target market, with China coming only in fourth place, according to a recent survey.
EOI sees strong outlook for LED taillight module shipments to North America
Wednesday 2 September 2020A major North American client's decisions to not make major revisions to its car models in the next 3-5 years will allow Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) to continue shipping existing...
TSMC expects 3Q20 revenue to increase 9%, raises outlook
Thursday 16 July 2020TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$11.2 billion and US$11.5 billion in the third quarter of 2020, which is a 9.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Taiwan edges South Korea as largest base for IC wafer capacity, says IC Insights
Monday 29 June 2020As of December 2019, Taiwan led the world in wafer capacity with about 22% of worldwide capacity installed in the country, according to IC Insights. Taiwan surpassed South Korea in...
Arima Communications shifting focus to white-box handset market in North America
Tuesday 23 June 2020Handset ODM Arima Communications has revamped its strategy to focus on the white-box handset market in North America, according to company president Chou Chao-cheng.
Taiwan-based optical fiber module supplier EZconn has seen a pick-up in orders from its clients in Europe and Northe America, driven by upgrade demands for FTTH fiber networks in...
TSMC US fab plan may boost server production in North America
Monday 18 May 2020TSMC is mostly likely to turn out 5nm HPC chips for datacenter server applications at its planned 5nm fab in the US, and whether the move will push up server contract production in...
Components and labor shortages continue to haunt server supply chain
Thursday 14 May 2020Despite clients' strong short lead-time orders, the server supply chain is currently facing shortages of both components and labor, hindering their shipments in the second quarter,...
Worldwide server shipments to rebound in 2Q20, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 5 May 2020Global server shipments in the first quarter of 2020 recorded a sequential decline of 16.9%, steeper than the 9.8% fall that Digitimes Research had estimated in February, as a result...
Notebook supply is expected to fall short of demand in May as components production in the Southeast Asia is being hindered by local contigencies against the coronavirus pandemic,...
Acer notebook sales soar in North America
Wednesday 29 April 2020Acer saw its notebook sales in Canada and the US jump 105% and 135%, respectively, on year in March 2020, making it the largest consumer notebook brand in Canada in the month, according...
Global semiconductor equipment sales drop 7% in 2019, SEMI says
Wednesday 15 April 2020Semiconductor equipment manufacturers worldwide logged sales of US$59.8 billion in 2019, a 7% drop from the all-time high of US$64.5 billion in 2018, according to SEMI.
Panel makers see deceleration in car-use orders
Monday 13 April 2020With the coronavirus pandemic spreading fast, many display panel makers have seen tier-1 components suppliers in the automotive ecosystem defer or cancel orders, weakening visibility...
Quanta reports growth in March revenues; Acer sees rising PC sales
Monday 13 April 2020Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$78.11 billion (US$2.57 billion) for March, up 58.8% on month and 6.2% on year with consolidated revenues for the first three...
Gigabyte, ASRock turn to servers for growth
Monday 6 April 2020Because of weakening global demand for motherboards and graphics cards, Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology and ASRock are striving for server motherboard orders from cloud computing...
Bright Sheland busy fulfilling orders for liquid filtration solutions
Wednesday 1 April 2020Taiwan-based Bright Sheland International, a provider of total industrial liquid filtration and purification solutions, sees its plants in southern Taiwan running with a three-shift...
TSMC reportedly to reschedule 3nm equipment installation
Tuesday 31 March 2020TSMC will start installing its advanced 3nm process manufacturing equipment at its new factory site in southern Taiwan in October 2020, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic...
PC brands seeking new routes for delivery
Tuesday 31 March 2020With Amazon giving priority of its product delivery to daily necessities and pushing back that for PC products, most PC vendors are now seeking alternative ways to ship their devices...
E&R enjoys influx of short lead-time orders from China chipmaking sector
Monday 30 March 2020E&R Engineering has recently enjoyed an influx of short lead-time orders from China's semiconductor industry, which will be buoying its sales performance during the second quarter...
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for servers slow down
Monday 30 March 2020Taiwan-based IC design houses engaged in the supply chain for servers are expected to see orders coming from the sector buoy their sales during the second quarter of 2020, but have...
100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed since 2009, says IC Insights
Monday 30 March 2020Over the past decade, the IC industry has been paring down its older capacity as manufacturers have consolidated or transitioned to the fab-lite or fabless business models, according...