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Tuesday 24 August 2021
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues surge over 20% in 2021
TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are forecast to see their combined revenues increase over 10% sequentially in the third quarter...
Monday 23 August 2021
Taiwan suppliers bracing for new business opportunities from SpaceX
There is still quite some distance to commercialization of satellite communications, but Taiwan makers in the supply chain of Starlink, an Internet satellite project by SpaceX, are...
Monday 23 August 2021
Handset vendors see sales challenges in 4G/5G transition
Despite putting sales focus on 5G smartphones, handset vendors will find it a crucial task to sustain the competitiveness of their 4G models if they want to achieve good business...
Monday 23 August 2021
China smartphone vendors step up pace of 4G chip orders, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen a strong pull-in of orders for 4G mobile chips recently from their China-based handset clients, with the orders being placed at a much more...
Friday 20 August 2021
Prices of 4G mobile chips to rise in 2H21
With mobile chip suppliers putting increased focus on 5G solutions, the supply of 4G smartphone chips is being scaled down. Prices of 4G mobile chips will be rising in the second...
Friday 20 August 2021
GF proceeds with IPO plan, likely to crush Intel's takeover bid
GlobalFoundries (GF) reportedly has quietly applied to US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO (initial public offering) listing on New York Stock Exchange in late 2021 or...
Friday 20 August 2021
New 3M glass bubbles enable faster, more reliable 5G infrastructure and devices
3M has introduced a new member of its high-strength hollow glass bubbles product line to provide a low-loss high-speed high frequency (HSHF) resin additive for composite materials...
Friday 20 August 2021
Taiwan handset sales start picking up
Handset sales in Taiwan are expected to rise more than 30% sequentially in August after registering a nearly 20% increase in July, according to sources at the local retail channel.
Friday 20 August 2021
MediaTek intros 6nm chips for 5G smartphones
MediaTek has rolled out two new 5G smartphone chips built using TSMC's 6nm process technology.
Thursday 19 August 2021
Supply of chips for 4G applications falls short of demand
The supply of 4G product chips including power amplifiers (PAs) and smartphone application processors has fallen short of demand due mainly to the chip suppliers' increased focus...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Qualcomm unveils 5G and AI-enabled drone platform
Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled a drone platform and reference design to offer both 5G and AI-capabilities, the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform.
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Phison striving to secure supply commitments from NAND chip vendors
Phison Electronics is striving to strike deals with NAND flash chip providers for 2022 and finds it difficult to secure supply commitments from the memory chip vendors, according...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
HDI PCB makers see orders surge for mainstream and niche applications
Taiwan-based HDI PCB manufacturers have seen orders surge significantly on seasonality for the mainstream handset, notebook, and other mass-market consumer applications, according...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
IC distributors log impressive revenue gains on strong demand
Taiwan's IC distributors have scored impressive business results over the past months of the year thanks to persistently strong demand for diverse 5G, HPC, AIoT, and high-speed transmission...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
High-precision QA automation in 5G era: Q&A with Relimetrics CEO Kemal Levi
Industry 4.0 is no longer a new concept, but there are always some parts of the manufacturing process that are so difficult to automate, including quality management or quality assurance...