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Friday 11 June 2021
Global smartphone AP market posts double-digit growth in 1Q21
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market surged 21% on year to US$6.8 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to Strategy Analytics.
Thursday 10 June 2021
IC analyzers sees booming demand for advanced foundry, packaging
Taiwan-based specialists in semiconductor materials analysis, IC test and verification services will see their sales for the second half of the year driven by continuous R&D on...
Thursday 10 June 2021
NOR flash prices to soar in 3Q21
NOR flash prices are expected to rise 20-30% in the third quarter of 2021, as the memory supply becomes extremely tight, according to market sources.
Thursday 10 June 2021
Samsung completes 8nm RF technology development for 5G mobile chips
Samsung Electronics has introduced its newest radio frequency (RF) technology based on 8nm process. This cutting-edge foundry technology is expected to provide a "one chip solution,"...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Tight foundry capacity to persist throughout 2021
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see customers pull in orders despite concerns about overbooking, and will see their fab capacity stay extremely tight throughout 2021,...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Taiwan IC vendors upbeat about PC, handset chip demand in 2H21
Taiwan-based IC design houses see mixed shipment momentum for different segments in the second half of the year, with PC peripheral chips to sustain strong demand, handset chips to...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Wah Hong stepping up niche-product developments
Optoelectronic materials supplier Wah Hong Industrial is gearing up for niche-product developments, focusing on protective films for 5G devices, optoelectronic materials for mini/microLED...
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Telecom research institutions gearing up for 6G
Telecom research institutions in the US, Europe and China have begun exploring technologies, applications and market demand related to 6G, even though 5G commercialization has just...
Tuesday 8 June 2021
GF, GlobalWafers extend partnership
Globalfoundries has announced that the foundry and silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers have struck a US$800 million agreement to add 300mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer manufacturing...
Monday 7 June 2021
Taiwan to offer incentives to accelerate 5G network build-ups
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) will appropriate NT$26.6 billion (US$957.6 million) to help local telecom operators shorten the construction of their 5G networks...
Monday 7 June 2021
Taiwan eyes LEO satellite business opportunity
With parts of government budgets and resources for space development to be given to companies in Taiwan's ICT industry after the passing of Space Development Law, development of low-Earth-orbit...
Monday 7 June 2021
Samsung to see non-memory chip sales boom in 2021
Samsung Electronics is expected to see sales of its non-memory business particularly the system LSI segment boom this year, buoyed by strong demand for handset application processors,...
Monday 7 June 2021
Inventec pushing AI solutions
Inventec has devoted efforts to the development of AI solutions particularly for the smart manufacturing industry.
Monday 7 June 2021
Realme aims to ship 100 million 5G phones in 3 years
China-based handset brand Realme reportedly aims to sell 100 million 5G smartphones in the next three years, according to industry sources.
Friday 4 June 2021
Qualcomm deepening deployments in 5G PC processors
Qualcomm is stepping up its deployments in 5G PC processors seeking to tap demand from the segments of both high-end commercial notebooks and lower-end education and consumer notebooks,...