A ramp-up in chip orders for IoT, 5G and automotive electronics applications will be driving 8-inch wafer fabrication demand through the first half of 2021, prompting related foundries...
Fingerprint ID chips vendor Egis Technology expects a surge in shipment pull-in from Chinese handset vendors in the third quarter of 2020, but whether this can generate a sequential...
Notebook brand vendors are resorting to all possible means, such as giving up attempts to lower ODM quotes, as they seek to secure smooth shipments from suppliers to meet increasingly...
Pure-play foundries including TSMC, UMC and VIS have raised their 8-inch wafer fabrication quotes by 10-20% recently to reflect their tight capacities, according to industry source...
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which runs only 8-inch wafer fabrication lines, has already seen its supply fall short of demand with order visibility...
Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers has reported net profits grew 18% sequentially to NT$3.4 billion (US$115.5 million) in the second quarter, with net profit margin hitting a...
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects 8-inch foundry quotes to be favorable to the company in 2021, judging from the already tight capacities at 8-inch foundries...
Pure-play foundry Mosel Vitelic is expected to return to profitability in the second quarter of 2020, thanks to robust orders for sensors for use in infrared thermometers, and MOSFET...
China's homegrown semiconductor equipment makers are gearing up to develop diverse frontend and backend IC process equipment in line with the government efforts to boost self-sufficiency...
Car sales in major markets have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the negative impact is expected to extend to upstream demand for 6- and 8-inch silicon wafers used to...
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers are poised to rake in record revenues in the second quarter of 2020 on continued robust demand for forehead thermometers and other healthcare applications...
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported record revenues of NT$7.84 billion (US$260.9 million) for the first quarter of 2020, up 13.6% on year...
Taiwan-based MCU specialists continue to enjoy extremely strong demand for healthcare applications such as ear and forehead thermometers badly needed in fighting the coronavirus pandemic,...
Taiwan-based MCU specialists have seen orders for healthcare applications ramp up substantially, and therefore are striving for more capacity support from their 8-inch foundry partners,...
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...
