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Friday 21 January 2022
Losing Apple might open new doors
At the end of 2021, China-based Luxshare Precision Industry announced it will invest CNY11 billion (US$1.7 billion) into expanding its mobile phone assembly production line by building...
Friday 21 January 2022
OmniVision enhances CIS in car, security applications
China's IC design industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and has gained a significant position in some segments such as CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips. Its leading CIS...
Friday 21 January 2022
Non-Apple handset vendors looking to galvanize sales with new models in 1H22

With Apple ending the fourth quarter of 2021 with the No.1 spot in global smartphone sales, Android handset vendors pin their hopes for a sales upturn on the Chinese New...

Thursday 20 January 2022
China continues to dominate lithium battery supply chain
China continues to dominate the global lithium battery supply chain, but the US could slowly develop into its competitor in the coming years, according to industry observers.
Thursday 20 January 2022
Singapore electronics manufacturing industry faces challenges
Singapore could face challenges in sustaining its economic revival spurred by strong global demand for electronic products and semiconductors in 2021, according to industry analyst...
Thursday 20 January 2022
TV-use LCD panel prices may hit bottom at end of 1Q22
Prices for TV-use LCD panels are likely to reach a low point at the end of the first quarter of 2022 and will begin to stabilize in the second quarter.
Thursday 20 January 2022
Supply-side constraints to push up memory contract prices
DRAM and NAND flash contract prices are likely to rally sooner than previously expected, due to supply-side constraints arising from COVID-19 induced lockdowns in China, according...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Japan UX consultant firm merges Taiwan startup to enter martech
Marketing technology, or martech, encompasses a broad range of technologies that can accomplish marketing goals. Omniscient Cloud Technologies, a martech startup in Taiwan, is merging...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Will US government scrutinize companies building the country's lithium-ion battery supply chain?
Thanks to the rising demand for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage solutions, lithium-ion batteries are set to be the next strategic resource after semiconductors. Because...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Handset TDDI prices falling
TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices have fallen further in the first quarter of 2022, as brand handset vendors with excess inventories of such chips have slowed the...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Foundry PSMC sees revenue, profit surge in 2021
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) saw its revenue hit a record high of NT$65.62 billion (US$2.38 billion) in 2021, when pre-tax profits hiked 300% on...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Eight-inch foundry prices set to rise
Limited growth in 8-inch fab capacities worldwide, coupled with supply-side constraints arising from events such as a recent power outage at Hua Hong Semiconductor's wafer fabs, may...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
China makers' aggressive mini/microLED capacity expansions challenge Taiwan LED makers
While Taiwan's LED manufacturing industry stands a chance of establishing a complete mini/micro LED supply chain by virtue of Taiwan's technological capabilities in LCD, LED, semiconductor...
Monday 17 January 2022
China exports of electric buses to South Korea on the rise
South Korea imported 285 China-produced electric buses during January-November 2021, an increase of 117.6% on year, according to a media report that cited South Korea's Ministry of...
Monday 17 January 2022
China CPU maker Loongson keen to build own instruction set ecosystem
China-based CPU designer Loongson Zongke Technology has pledged to build a homegrown CPU instruction ecosystem independent of Wintel and Android-ARM, and all its products will switch...