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Wednesday 17 March 2021
FET initiates multiple approaches to promote 5G services
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will take multiple approaches other than aggressive pricing to expand and differentiate its commercial 5G services in 2021, according to company...
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Shennan Circuits shifts focus to automotive PCBs, IC substrates
Shennan Circuits has focused more on automotive PCBs and IC substrates following shrinkages in shipments for 5G infrastructure applications in 2020, according to the China-based PCB...
Tuesday 16 March 2021
CHT launches IoDT network to accelerate 5G small cell base station development
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has launched a 5G small cell IoDT (interoperability development testing) network designed to help local networking device makers develop and test their equipment...
Tuesday 16 March 2021
HDI boards gaining ground in automotive, server applications
High-end automotive and server applications will be new growth drivers for Taiwan's HDI PCB makers in the 5G era, apart from current consumer applications such as handsets, notebooks...
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Backend firms to gain growth momentum from car chips till 3Q21
Taiwan's backend service firms will see their ratios of revenues from processing automotive chips ramp up through at least the third quarter 2021, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 16 March 2021
IC and material distributors to embrace strong 2Q21
Taiwan-based distributors of ICs and materials continue to see strong influx of orders, which will buoy their sales performance through the second quarter, according to industry so...
Tuesday 16 March 2021
5G optical component demand picking up
Taiwan-based optical component suppliers expect their shipments for 5G network applications to gain momentum starting second-quarter 2021, bolstered by a pick-up in demand from China...
Tuesday 16 March 2021
TSMC 2Q21 capacity filled by orders for 5G, HPC and auto chips
TSMC has seen its production capacity during the second quarter filled by a strong pull-in of orders for 5G, HPC and automotive electronics chips, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Pandemic-driven demand boosts semiconductor market up 10.4% in 2020
The semiconductor market saw strong growth in 2020 as the industry marked its third year in the last four of double-digit expansion, despite turmoil from the coronavirus that disrupted...
Friday 12 March 2021
MediaTek to see 1Q21 revenue meet guidance
MediaTek is poised to see its first-quarter revenue come within its guidance range of NT$96.4 billion (US$3,42 billion) to NT$104.1 billion, with the possibility of generating record-high...
Friday 12 March 2021
Wistron ITS expects growing revenues in 2021
Wistron ITS, a software developing affiliate of the Wistron Group, has seen demand for its services expand from China to North America as the coronavirus pandemic has gradually been...
Friday 12 March 2021
DRAM probe card demand ramping up
Major memory probe card vendors in the US and Japan have seen a surge in demand from DRAM suppliers, with delivery lead times for their orders already extended to around 20 weeks...
Friday 12 March 2021
CRPS power solutions for 5G applications
A great amount of reconstruction of hardware equipment is required by terminal applications, macro sites, micro Sites, transmission networks, core networks, or cloud data centers...
Friday 12 March 2021
Smartphone shipments to grow 5.5% in 2021, says IDC
Smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 13.9% on year in the first quarter of 2021 and 5.5% for the full year 2021, driven by continued recovery in demand and a supply-side push...
Thursday 11 March 2021
HDI board shipments for non-handset applications to rise in 1H21
Taiwan's major HDI PCB suppliers Tripod Technology and Compeq Manufacturing have seen their capacity fully booked through June, with robust shipment momentum mainly from non-handset...