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Friday 1 April 2022
IC test interface vendors diversifying into non-handset chip segments
Taiwan's IC test interface specialists including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) are striving hard to strengthen deployments in multiple market segments beyond handsets as demand...
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Testing houses see customers turn cautious
Dedicated testing houses including Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) have seen their customers increasingly adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards order commitments...
Monday 28 March 2022
IDMs, backend partners expanding automotive CIS capacity
International IDMs such as Onsemi and Sony are keenly expanding capacities for automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) to meet ever-mounting demand for ADAS applications, and their backend...
Friday 25 March 2022
MediaTek sees macro factors challenging in 2022
Unfavorable macro factors including geopolitical tensions will be challenging MediaTek in 2022, but the company remains confident about its growth prospects under solid support from...
Thursday 24 March 2022
MediaTek to continue mobile SoC shipments for Samsung midrange handsets
MediaTek will continue to penetrate its 4G and 5G handset APs into Samsung Electronics midrange smartphone models in 2022, allowing its backend partners in Taiwan to benefit and indirectly...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Wi-Fi 6/6E on track to go mainstream in 2022
Wi-Fi 6/6E will officially go mainstream in 2022 and is set to penetrate across all application segments, which will benefit all the related IC supply chain players including core...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
MediaTek seeing handset AP inventory swell
MediaTek has seen its inventory level for handset application processors (including 4G and 5G ones) swell to 160-180 days from past regular levels of around 100 days, due mainly to...
Tuesday 1 March 2022
PMIC, MCU crunch compounded by COVID infections in Suzhou
The shortage of power management ICs (PMIC) and MCUs has been compounded by a recent surge in COVID-19 infections in China's Suzhou that caused many semiconductor firms to temporarily...
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Intel's IDM 2.0 vision juggles chip cost and performance
It remains to be seen how Intel will materialize its IDM 2.0 growth vision, but the chipmaker will have to face a trade-off between production cost and chip performance in determining...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
KYEC reiterates sales outlook for 1Q22
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has reiterated its revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2022 despite local COVID outbreaks at its production subsidiary in Suzhou,...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Automotive CIS packaging capacity fully loaded
Automotive CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging capacity at Taiwan-based OSATs such as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec remains fully loaded, and they can easily carry out...
Friday 21 January 2022
Wi-Fi 7 will spark demand for QFN packaging, burn-in testing
With chip vendors (including Broadcom, Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm) gearing up for the development of Wi-Fi 7 chip solutions, QFN packaging and burn-in testing demand will be ramping...
Monday 17 January 2022
Taiwan MCU makers to ramp up shipments for non-consumer segments in 2Q22
Taiwan-based MCU vendors, including Nuvoton Technology, Megawin Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, and Nyquest Technology, are poised to see their shipments for industrial applications...
Thursday 6 January 2022
Taiwan OSAT, test interface vendors upbeat about demand for new processors
Taiwan-based OSATs and IC test interface solution providers are upbeat about demand for new processors unveiled by vendors including AMD and Nvidia for the next couple of years, according...
Wednesday 29 December 2021
KYEC budgets NT$11.7 billion for 2022 capex
Testing company King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) plans to budget NT$11.71 billion (US$423.7 million) in capex for 2022 to expand production capacity, according to a resolution passed...