
CE, IPC, automotive trends
Backend houses see order visibility for CIS, sensor chips through 4Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Backend houses continue to enjoy strong demand for processing IP camera chips and CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips, with their order visibility clear through the fourth quarter of 2021,...
Highlights of the day: Chromebook shipments set for sharp growth
Friday 9 April 2021The notebook market has been robust in recent months thanks to stay-at-home needs. Chromebook shipments are expected to rise sharply in 2021. Apart from Intel, some other chip vendors,...
IC and material distributors to embrace strong profit growth in 2021
Friday 9 April 2021Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices...
Nexperia, UAES agree partnership for gallium nitride
Friday 9 April 2021Nexperia has announced a comprehensive partnership covering gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES). The program will focus...
Wistron sees over 50% surge in notebook shipments in 1Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Wistron shipped a total of 5.4 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2021, up 52.1% from a year earlier, while revenues grew by a slight 2% on year to NT$177.14 billion (US$6.23...
Strong Chromebook shipments to buoy chip suppliers in 2Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) continue to enjoy a strong pull-in of orders for Chromebooks, which...
Backend firms see persistently strong demand for MCUs
Thursday 8 April 2021Backend firms including ASE Technology, Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) continue to enjoy strong packaging demand for...
Business opportunities in Vietnam: Q&A with Keven Cheng, Taiwan Trade Center director in Ho Chi Minh City
Thursday 8 April 2021Vietnam has joined the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), and has signed FTAs (free-trade...
Focusing on automotive business opportunities, Conquer Electronics unveils a new corporate outlook
Thursday 8 April 2021With the automotive electronics market undergoing considerable changes over the past few years, the sector consisting primarily of electric vehicles has in particular become a major...
Acer optimistic about 2Q21 shipments in Asia Pacific
Wednesday 7 April 2021Acer expects shipments into Asia Pacific to grow sequentially in the second quarter thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's...
PCB maker Apex sees 1Q21 revenues grow 25% on year
Wednesday 7 April 2021Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, saw its first-quarter 2021 revenues grow 7.9% sequentially and 25.2% on year to NT$3.261 billion...
Taiwan CCL vendors post impressive revenue increases for 1Q21
Wednesday 7 April 2021Taiwan's CCL makers have reported double-digit on-year increases for their first-quarter 2021 revenues, with notebook and automotive applications being two main growth engines, and...
Testing houses enjoy robust demand for 5G, HPC chips
Wednesday 7 April 2021Testing houses including Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics have already seen their capacity fall short of demand since the start of the second quarter, driven by strong...
Strong sensor demand to buoy suppliers in 2021
Wednesday 7 April 2021Demand for CMOS image sensor (CIS) and other sensors is set to be robust this year, driven by a surge in demand for video conferencing, security surveillance and automotive electronics...
Tight TXCO IC supply likely to ease in 3Q21
Wednesday 7 April 2021Tight global supply of TXCO (temperature-compensated crystal oscillator) controller ICs seen after a fire damaged in October 2020 a plant operated by Japan's leading vendor AKM is...
EV charging pile suppliers to benefit from US infrastructure project
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan-based suppliers of charging piles see huge opportunities from the US government's latest US$2 trillion infrastructure expansion that includes the electric vehicle (EV) secto...
PCB maker Zhen Ding keenly exploring non-handset applications
Thursday 1 April 2021Taiwan's leading PCB vendor Zhen Ding Technology has been diversifying its target markets to rely less on handset applications, with the efforts set to bear fruit starting 2021.
Highlights of the day: TSMC spending big on capacity expansions
Thursday 1 April 2021TSMC has aggressive plans for expanding its fab capacity. In a recent letter sent to clients about canceling discounts for foundry service quotes, TSMC...
Inventec expects increasing revenues from automotive electronics
Thursday 1 April 2021Inventec expects its automotive electronics business revenues to grow to NT$25 billion (US$868.35 million) by 2024, accounting for 5% of the company's overall amount, up from 1% currently,...
Intel launches 11th Gen Core S series processors in Taiwan
Thursday 1 April 2021Intel has announced the availability of its 11th Gen Core S series processors, codenamed Rocket Lake-S, adopting a 14nm process and upgraded Cypress Cove microarchitecture, in Taiw...
Notebook ODMs express concerns about overbooking
Thursday 1 April 2021Notebook ODMs have expressed concerns about overbooking by clients who continue to step up their pace of orders, according to industry sources.
Himax, BOEVx team up for automotive AMOLED display solutions
Thursday 1 April 2021Himax Technologies, a vendor of driver ICs, has announced it has teamed up with BOE Varitronix (BOEVx), a supplier of car-use display products, to develop flexible AMOLED automotive...
Brand vendors to raise new notebook prices
Wednesday 31 March 2021Notebook brand vendors are planning to raise prices for their upcoming new products to reflect increasing costs from raw materials, ICs and transportation, according to sources from...
Quanta expects double-digit notebook shipment growth in 2021
Wednesday 31 March 2021Quanta Computer expects to post a double-digit increase in notebook shipments this year, while fellow ODM firms including Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec are also positive...
Graphics card supply to remain constrained
Wednesday 31 March 2021Graphics card makers expect their supply to remain constrained through the end of this year, due to shortages of chips and components, and are encouraged to raise their prices.
- GM extends North America production cuts due to chip shortage (Apr 8) - Reuters
- Electric-vehicle shift becomes life-or-death risk for automakers (Apr 8) - Bloomberg
- Why shortages of a US$1 chip sparked crisis in the global economy (Apr 6) - Bloomberg
- Subaru cuts output by 10,000 vehicles over chip shortage (Apr 6) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- Intel CEO to attend White House meeting on chip supply chain (Apr 6) - Reuters
- Chip shortage costs carmakers output of 1.3 million vehicles (Mar 31) - Bloomberg
- Renesas says normal production at fire-hit chip plant to take 100-120 days (Mar 30) - Reuters
- China EV maker Nio halts production for 5 days on chips shortage (Mar 26) - Bloomberg
- Volvo hit by semi-conductor shortage, sees negative impact on earnings and cash flow (Mar 23) - Reuters
- Automotive chip supplies to be hurt by Renesas fire, CEO says (Mar 21) - Reuters