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Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels - 3Q 2021
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments are expected to increase 10.9% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021 due to seasonality.
Monday 15 November 2021
Macroblock expects revenue proportion for mini LED to rise to 20% in 2022
LED driver IC design house Mcroblock expects the revenue proportion for driver ICs used in miniLED backlighting and RGB fine-pitch miniLED displays to increase from 15% at present...
Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan large-size LCD panels - 3Q 2021
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments reached 73.76 million units in the third quarter of 2021, rising 2.5% sequentially.
Monday 15 November 2021
SiC chips are key to EV trends
Semiconductor suppliers Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia were present at this year's International Automobile Exposition (IAA) in Munich, Germany, marking the merging of semiconductor...
Monday 15 November 2021
Major tech companies strive to seize metaverse opportunities
Despite its recent popularity, whether or not the metaverse concept can actually be realized is still unknown. While some chip manufacturers have their reservations, for now, many...
Friday 12 November 2021
Nan Ya PCB expects double-digit revenue growth in 2022
Taiwan-based Nan Ya PCB is optimistic that its 2022 revenues will register another double-digit growth on new ABF and BT production capacities gradually coming online.
Friday 12 November 2021
MediaTek ramping up networking IC shipments
MediaTek has been ramping up shipments of its networking ICs to meet strong market demand and offset falling sales of mobile SoCs in the fourth quarter of the year, according to market...
Friday 12 November 2021
Chiang resigns from SMIC
China-based foundry house Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has approved the departure of Chiang Shang-Yi, who submitted his resignation as company vice chairman.
Friday 12 November 2021
UMC to raise foundry prices by another 10% in 1Q22
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is poised to make another 10% upward adjustment in its foundry quotes starting the first quarter of 2022, according to sources at IC...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Analog IC firm GMT striving for more foundry capacity
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, will continue striving for more available capacities at foundries to support...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Highlight of the day: TI reportedly slow in expanding production
Pure-play foundry houses have been keen on expanding fab capacity, but the notebook industry continues to see serious chip shortage. Some industry sources are blaming Texas...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Networking device makers expect chip shortage to persist in 2022
ICs manufactured with mature process nodes, particularly power management ICs (PMIC), MOSFET and Wi-Fi chips, are expected to remain in short supply until the middle of 2022, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Industry watch: 'I lose interest in the work right after the premiere'
Entrepreneurs love adventures. The destination of a journey is the inception of another. Look at it in another way: Real entrepreneurs never stop innovating. They enjoy the process...
Thursday 11 November 2021
IC shortage unlikely to ease until TI ramps up output
The global IC shortage is unlikely to ease until Texas Instruments scales up its output, according to sources in the notebook industry, which see supply-side constraints caused mainly...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
UMC posts record October revenues
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$19.16 billion (US$690.4 million) in October 2021, whereas fellow companies TSMC and Vanguard...