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Thursday 16 December 2021
Daxin expects to run new plant for semiconductor materials in 3Q22
LCD chemical material specialist Daxin Materials expects its new plant for semiconductor materials in Taichung to come online in the third quarter of 2022, and it is planning for...
Thursday 16 December 2021
DDI suppliers see better-than-expected November revenues
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers recorded better-than-expected revenues in November, as prices for large-sized LCD panels have stopped falling and TV shipments have...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Etron with in-house developed KOOLDRAM enters car industry supply chain
Etron Technology's in-house developed KOOLDRAM products are being adopted by car vendors, a milestone for its entry into the automotive sector, according to the Taiwan-based niche-market...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
IC design houses enjoy ramp-up in demand for commercial notebooks
Taiwan-based IC design houses have enjoyed a ramp-up in demand for commercial notebooks, which they expect will account for a larger proportion of the total notebooks set to be shipped...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Hon Hai subsidiary FII to invest in semiconductor companies through PE fund in China
Hon Hai Precision Industry announced that its subsidiary Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) will invest CNY2.22 billion (US$348.83 million) in a private-equity fund to invest in advanced...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Taiwan IC backend equipment specialists poised to generate record sales in 2021
Taiwan-based IC backend equipment specialists, particularly those specializing in advanced packaging equipment, are poised to generate record-high sales in 2021, buoyed by robust...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Industry watch: New EV opportunities for the supply chain
In the first half of 2021, global sales of EVs reached 2.6 million units, up 160% from the first half of 2020. EVs promise a lot of business opportunities, giving rise to diverse...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Global semiconductor equipment sales on track to top US$100 billion in 2021, says SEMI
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach a new high of US$103 billion in 2021, surging 44.7% from the previous...
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Rohm to build facility in Malaysia to increase capacity of analog LSIs, transistors
Rohm and Rohm Wako have announced a plan to build a new production facility at its manufacturing subsidiary in Malaysia, Rohm-Wako Electronics (Malaysia) to increase production capacity...
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Highlights of the day: Intel CEO in Taiwan
Intel's CEO has arrived in Taiwan to meet with local supppliers, includig TSMC, just days after he claimed Taiwan was unsafe because of geopolitical factors and urged the US to subsidize...
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Semiconductor capex on pace for 34% growth in 2021, says IC Insights
Worldwide semiconductor capex is on track to surge 34% in 2021, its strongest percentage gain since a 41% increase in 2017, according to IC Insights.
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Taiwan companies increase investment in compound semiconductors
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced Win Semiconductors, the world's largest gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry, has been approved for the second time for the...
Tuesday 14 December 2021
China memory startup gains support from Big Fund
China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund) has made about CNY99.5 million (US$15.64 million) worth of investment in Dosilicon, which specializes in...
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Taiwan supply chain braces for booming 3rd-gen semiconductor applications
Applications of third-generation semiconductors including SiC and GaN diodes, MOSFETs and related modules are set to take off in 2022, and Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain players...
Tuesday 14 December 2021
IC designers zero in on peripheral chips for WBG semiconductor modules
Taiwanese IC design houses have gradually expanded their deployments in the segment of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, but will place R&D focus on peripheral driver ICs rather...