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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...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Semiconductor material distributors remain upbeat about demand
Despite a recent cutback in demand for large-size display driver ICs, Taiwan-based IC material distributors remain upbeat about the overall demand that will buoy their sales performance...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC to enjoy robust HPC processor demand in data-driven era
TSMC is set to enjoy robust demand for HPC processors in the data-driven world of 5G, AI and the metaverse, as the foundry's advanced sub-7nm process manufacturing attracts orders...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Nan Ya PCB to expand ABF substrate capacity in Taiwan
Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to invest NT$8.4 billion (US$302.9 million) in building additional ABF substrate production lines at its factory site in Shulin, New Taipei.
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Innolux, HannStar Display October panel shipments down sequentially
Innolux shipped12.04 million large-size TFT-LCD panels and 24.59 million small- to medium-size ones in October, decreasing 7.1% and 15.1% respectively on month, while HannStar Display...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC, Sony to form JV foundry in Japan
TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) have jointly announced plans to establish a joint-venture foundry in Kumamoto, Japan to initially provide 22nm and 28nm process manufacturing...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Industry watch: The era of market equilibrium is gone
In 2001, the PC-centric industrial structure started to evolve to a new era of mobile communication constituted by PCs, mobile phones and netcom products. The booming manufacturing...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Samsung phasing out low-density DRAM
Samsung is looking to phase out its DDR3 production in two years to focus more on making CMOS image sensors that offer...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Macronix posts record October revenue
ROM and flash memory chipmaker Macronix International saw its revenue hit a record high for the seventh consecutive quarter in October 2021, while revenue at fellow flash company...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Taiwan makers 3Q21 large-size panel shipments up 2.54% sequentially
Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux and HannStar Display together shipped 73.755 million large-size (9-inch and above) TFT-LCD panels in third-quarter 2021, growing 2.54% sequentially,...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Sensor vendor PixArt sees sales drop for 4Q21, guardedly optimistic about 2022
Image sensor specialist PixArt Imaging expects to post sequential revenue decreases through December due mainly to uneven inventories across different chip types and tight foundry...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
AUO October panel shipments down sequentially
AU Optronics (AUO) has disclosed it shipped TFT-LCD panels with total display area of 2.084 million square meters in October, shrinking 4.3% sequentially.