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Tuesday 30 November 2021
Taiwan III-V IC makers poised to enjoy strong 1Q22
GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) and Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS), IDM Transcom, and epi-wafer suppliers Visual Photonics Epitaxy...
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Panel makers to see mixed results in 2022, says AUO chairman
Panel makers with larger proportions of output for consumer-use or standard-specification applications in large-volume shipments will be more affected by fluctuations in operating...
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Niche-market PCB firm FHt to expand capacity in 2022
First Hi-tec Enterprise (FHt), a PCB maker specializing in niche-market applications, expects to have its new production capacity come online in 2022 to satisfy robust demand for...
Monday 29 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Price hikes ahead for networking and memory ICs

Chipmakers and IC distributors of networking chips...

Monday 29 November 2021
Chin Poon optimistic auto supply chain recovery will drive auto shipments in 2022
Chin Poon Industrial, a Taiwan-based automotive PCB manufacturer, held an investor conference on Nov. 26 to talk about their views on the future global automotive electronics marke...
Monday 29 November 2021
IC distributors see order visibility for Wi-Fi SoCs through 1H22
Distributors of niche-type ICs such as networking chips are poised to benefit from quote hikes for Wi-Fi 5 SoCs that see an increasingly severe shortage, with their order visibility...
Monday 29 November 2021
New IC fab projects to draw government subsidies in Japan
TSMC, Kioxia and Micron Technology are reportedly expected to receive government subsidies in Japan to support their new fabs or expansion projects locally in Japan.
Monday 29 November 2021
Chipmakers to rev up production of Wi-Fi 6/6E SoCs in 2022
Wi-Fi SoCs in diverse specs are all in short supply, and chipmakers are stepping up production and shipments of Wi-Fi 6/6E chipsets amid tight foundry capacity supply looking to gain...
Friday 26 November 2021
Highlights of the day: PCB, IC substrate equipment demand robust
Strong demand for PCBs and IC substrates is sending suppliers increasing capacity, which in turn is extending order visibility at equipment...
Friday 26 November 2021
Equipment maker ACM debuts on China STAR market
ACM Research, a supplier of wafer cleaning technologies for advanced semiconductor devices, has had its Shanghai-based subsidiary start trading on the science and technology innovation...
Friday 26 November 2021
US puts China quantum computing companies on trade blacklist
The US Department of Commerce has imposed trade sanctions on a total of 27 foreign companies with 12 of them based in China, 13 in Pakistan, one in Japan and one in Singapore. These...
Friday 26 November 2021
PCB and IC substrate equipment makers see order visibility extended to 2H22
Taiwan-based equipment suppliers engaged in the PCB and IC substrate sectors have seen order visibility extended to the second half of next year, thanks to their clients increasing...
Friday 26 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses brace for profit erosion
Taiwan-based IC design houses particularly second-tier players are poised to see their profits eroded by rising foundry costs in 2022, as their customers are increasingly reluctant...
Friday 26 November 2021
PCIe Gen4 SSD demand for PCs to grow robustly in 2022, says Phison
Flash device controller IC specialist Phison Electronics expects demand for PCIe Gen4 storage devices to grow robustly in 2022, thanks to its rising adoption among notebooks.
Friday 26 November 2021
EDAs to play crucial role in upcoming 3D IC era
Going beyond Moore's Law has become an important force driving advanced semiconductor technology. Top companies such as TSMC, Samsung Electronics and Intel are all already seeing...