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Friday 5 November 2021
Silicon wafer shipments hit another record high
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments hit a record high for the third consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2021.
Friday 5 November 2021
Elan expects shipments for notebooks to grow 10% in 2022
Elan Microelectronics, which specializes in touchscreen controller chips and fingerprint sensors, expects its shipments for notebooks to increase about 10% in 2022. But overall notebook...
Friday 5 November 2021
Compeq to expand HDI production capacity at China plant in 2022
Compeq Manufacturing has decided to further expand its capacity for high-end HDI PCB at its manufacturing base in Chongqing, China next year to meet persistently strong demand for...
Friday 5 November 2021
Networking device makers post gross margin increases in 3Q21
Taiwan-based networking device makers managed to post sequential gross margin increases in the third quarter of 2021, despite the ongoing chip and component shortage disrupting their...
Friday 5 November 2021
Novatek aims to provide OLED TDDI chips
Display driver IC and SoC design house Novatek Microelectronics has taken a technological lead in OLED DDI (display driver IC) and moved a step further to develop OLED TDDI (touch...
Friday 5 November 2021
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for automotive IC boom
Taiwan-based foundries and IC design houses are looking to expand their presence in the automotive electronics sector, where chip demand is set to grow robustly, according to industry...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Taiwan pure-play foundries see profitability outperform international peers
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries, led by TSMC, are all poised to generate significant profit increases this year outperforming their international peers including Globalfoundries...
Thursday 4 November 2021
TV SoC demand drops at slow pace
TV SoC demand has started to drop but at a slower pace compared to slowdowns in demand for other TV-use chips, such as display driver ICs, according to industry sources.
Thursday 4 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Next-gen iPhone chips likely to use TSMC 4nm process
Apple is expected to take a slower approach to moving its iPhone chips to more advanced manufacturing nodes. The vendor is likely to adopt TSMC 4nm process for its next-generation...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Server ODM Wiwynn sees supply-side challenge remain
The ongoing shortage of specific ICs and components, as well as logistics congestion, will continue challenging Wiwynn in the fourth quarter of this year and 2022, despite brisk customer...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Flagship smartphones slated for launch in 2022 to feature 4nm chips
Flagship smartphones slated for launch next year will be mostly powered by 4nm SoC chips, suggesting that the real competition between Apple, MeidaTek and Qualcomm will be in the...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Apple may adopt TSMC 4nm process in next-gen iPhone chips, sources say
Apple may use TSMC's 4nm process technology for its next-generation iPhone processors, according to sources at backend houses.
Wednesday 3 November 2021
GaAs foundry AWSC sees revenue slow down
GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is likely to see a revenue slowdown in November and December after reaching the year's peak sales in October, as its China-based...
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Rigid demand keeps semiconductor sector undersupplied
The semiconductor sector is supported by rigid demand for automobile uses, 5G network, and factory control in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 November 2021
AP Memory posts record 3Q21 profit
AP Memory Technology, a subsidiary of Powerchip Technology specializing in customized DRAM memory designs and IPs, has reported net profits of NT$676 million (US$24.2 million) on...