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Tuesday 24 August 2021
VinFast partners with Gotion in LFP battery cell R&D
Vietnam's VinFast has disclosed it has signed an MoU with China's Gotion High-Tech, focusing on the procurement of Gotion's LFP batteries and discussion of the possibility of establishing...
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
Global light vehicle production impacts now expected well into 2022
Unlike foundries' capacity constraints impacting mainly automotive MCUs, assembly capacity constraints impact all semiconductor types including sensors, power supplies, and discretes,...
Friday 20 August 2021
Yageo to cut chip resistor prices by 10-15%
Yageo has notified distributors based in the Greater China region about a 10-15% downward adjustment in its commodity chip resistor prices, with the new prices to be effective starting...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Highlights of the day: China foundries to see strong profits
China-based foundries may not be able to provide manufacturing sevices using the most advanced processes, but they see strong demand from the domestic market. SMIC...
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
Huahong hikes 12-inch fab capacity in Wuxi
Specialty IC foundry Huahong Semiconductor has seen monthly capacity at its 12-inch wafer fab in Wuxi more than double in less than six months to 48,000 wafers, according to company...
Thursday 19 August 2021
China foundries enjoy robust demand from domestic market
China-based pure-play foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huahong Group have enjoyed robust demand from China's domestic IC sector thus far this...
Thursday 19 August 2021
IT industry outlook (4): Is there any way out for China's beleaguered semiconductor industry?
The National Security Commission Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) of the US has made recommendations on the competitive relationship between American and Chinese high-tech industries,...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Automobile supply chain in Asia disrupted by Delta variant
The pandemic and undersupply of materials have disrupted the car supply chain in Asia, according to VIR, as some Asian countries are seeing a high infection rate of the Delta...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
China top-3 OSATs hike quotes by 20-30% for rush orders
China's top-3 backend houses JCET, Tongfu Microelectronics, and Tianshui Huatain Technology are all set to gain big from robust packaging demand in the second half of the year, having...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Shennan Circuits to build production capacity for ABF substrates
China-based PCB maker Shennan Circuits has disclosed plans to invest a total of CNY6 billion (US$925.3 million) in building production lines for ABF substrates, making it the first...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
China new energy car output, sales in July hike on year
China-based makers produced 284,000 new energy vehicles and sold 271,000 units in July 2021, soaring 170% and 160% respectively on year, according to the China Association of Automobile...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
China software revenues estimated at over CNY4,419 billion 1H21 says MIIT
China's software industry consisting of 40,020 companies generated total revenues of CNY4,419.795 billion (US$681.18 billion) in the first half of 2021, growing 23.2% on year, according...
Monday 16 August 2021
Chinese polarizer maker Shanjin nets CNY515 million for February-June 2021
China-based polarizer maker Shanjin Optoelectronics recorded net profit of CNY515 million (US$79.4 million) on consolidated revenues of CNY4.575 billion for February-June 2021.