CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: China market
China market news coverage
IN THE NEWS
Wednesday 17 June 2020
GlobalWafers to expand 12-inch silicon wafer capacity in Taiwan
GlobalWafers has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of subsidiary Taisil Electronic Materials, and will use offshore capital to fund the expansion, which is set to complete...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
China car sales stimulants may prop up auto-use PCB shipments
Taiwan-based makers of automotive PCBs, after suffering significant shrinkages in shipments since 2019, now have to pin hopes on China's car sales stimulus measures to prop up their...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Lite-On Tech increasing production outside China
EMS provider Lite-On Technology, to cope with the US-China trade disputes, has been adjusting its global deployments, increasing output and capacity at factories outside of China,...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
GSEO expanding production capacity in China
Smartphone-use lens module maker Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) is expanding production capacity in Xiamen, China to meet increasing demand, according to company chairman Jones...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Samsung unlikely to partner with Huawei
Samsung Electronics is unlikely to be a foundry partner of Huawei to support the Chinese vendor's "de-Americanization" of its supply chain in the wake of the US trade sanctions, according...
Friday 12 June 2020
US trade ban on Huawei may cast shadow over 2H20 IC market, says Chang Wah
New US trade sanctions against Huawei will bring "uncontrollable variables" to the IC market in the second half of 2020, according to Canon Huang, chairman and president for IC packaging...
Friday 12 June 2020
MediaTek firmly confident about business growth in 2020
MediaTek is firmly confident about its business growth in 2020, and expects end-market demand to pick up fast later this year, according to top company executives.
Friday 12 June 2020
Handset sales in China slip again in May
Handset sales in the China market fell 12% on year to 34 million units in May, after just experiencing a rebound of 14% to over 40 million a month earlier, according to data compiled...
Friday 12 June 2020
Memory spot prices start rising
Memory spot prices particularly those for DRAM have started to rise reflecting a pick-up in buying momentum prior to China's 618 shopping festival, according to industry sources.
Thursday 11 June 2020
TSMC Nanjing posts 170% revenue hike in 2019
TSMC Nanjing posted revenue of CNY4 billion (US$566.7 million) in 2019, up 170% on year, making it the third-largest foundry chipmaker in China trailing behind Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 11 June 2020
China top-3 handset ODMs receiving less orders from 4 major brands in 2020, says Digitimes Research
China's top-three handset ODMs - the Wingtech Group, Huaqin Telecom Technology and Longcheer - are expected to ship a total of 183 million ODM models to the world's four major brand...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
TSMC installing 3nm process fabrication lines
TSMC has been engaged in the installation of 3nm process fabrication lines and related facilities, and is keeping the progress on track, according to the pure-play foundry.
Tuesday 9 June 2020
XMC ramping 50nm SPI NOR flash output
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has reportedly kicked off mass production of its in-house developed 50nm SPI NOR flash...
Monday 8 June 2020
COVID-19 decimates automotive power semiconductor revenue in 2020, says Omdia
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on sales of automotive power semiconductors, with falling demand for motor vehicles causing global market revenue to decline by 16% in 2020,...
Monday 8 June 2020
Smartphone internal storage to reach 256GB
Smartphones are expected to increasingly come with 256GB or even 512GB of storage in 2020, thanks to brand vendors' launches of new 5G models and a gradual recovery in China's smartphone...