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Tuesday 9 June 2020
Growing optical sensor applications to benefit Taiwan supply chain players
As optical sensors are increasingly applied to wearable devices, TWS (true wireless stereo) earphones, AR/VR headsets and healthcare devices, Taiwan's IC designers, III-V semiconductor...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
XMC ramping 50nm SPI NOR flash output
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has reportedly kicked off mass production of its in-house developed 50nm SPI NOR flash...
Friday 22 May 2020
Handset lens sensor shipments to drop in 2Q20
Sensor shipments for handset camera lens are expected to drop further in the second quarter of 2020, due to a plunge in end-market demand and excess inventory in the supply chain,...
Monday 18 May 2020
Tyntek, Opto Tech see surging orders for Si-based sensor chips
Vertically-integrated LED makers Tyntek and Opto Tech have received many rush orders for Si-based sensor chips for medical devices for which demand is sharply growing due to the coronavirus...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Fingerprint-on-display sensor market grows nearly 8-fold in 2019, says Omdia
Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips...
Friday 8 May 2020
Sitronix subsidiary plans Taiwan OTC listing in June
Sensor component specialist Sensortek Technology, in which Sitronix Technology holds an about 50% stake, has disclosed plans to shift its listing from Taiwan's emerging stock market...
Thursday 30 April 2020
TPK swings back to profitability in 1Q20
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported profit for the first quarter of 2020, bolstered by higher than expected shipments of medium- to large-size touch solutions for tablet and...
Friday 24 April 2020
Opto Tech sees surging demand for IR, UV-C LED devices and sensor chips
Vertically-integrated LED maker Opto Tech has received many rush orders for infrared (IR) LED and UV-C LED devices as well as Si-based sensor chips arising from the coronavirus pandemic,...
Monday 20 April 2020
TrueLight joins AMS sensor supply chain with low-power VCSEL chips
Taiwan-based VCSEL maker TrueLight has joined the supply chain of Austria's sensor specialist AMS and is set to ramp up shipments starting in mid second-quarter 2020 to support production...
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,...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see sales pick up in March and April
Despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic, most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues pick up in March and April, according to industry sources.
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...
Wednesday 18 March 2020
AUO enjoys rising orders from education and medical care applications
AU Optronics (AUO) chairman Paul Peng expects demand for panels from the education and medical care sectors to rise significantly in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday 16 March 2020
Chinese AI developers roll out solutions to tackle outbreak
China-based AI developers Megvii and Sensetime are gearing up their development of AI solutions, eyeing the business opportunities in the prevention of the spread of the coronaviru...