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Tuesday 7 September 2021
Nan Ya PCB to enjoy sales growth through 4Q21
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Nan Ya PCB is poised to generate sequential revenue increases through the fourth quarter of 2021, as robust ABF-based as well as BT substrate demand...
Tuesday 7 September 2021
Unisoc smartphone AP business, 2H 2021
Unisoc has become an alternative source of smartphone AP supply for Chinese smartphone brands.
Tuesday 7 September 2021
LCD driver IC designers to be under thorny process of hiking prices
LCD driver IC design houses will hike quotes to reflect continually increased costs for wafer foundry services but have been faced with reluctance from clients, LCD panel makers,...
Tuesday 7 September 2021
Foundries step up capacity expansions
Pure-play foundries have accelerated their capacity expansions as they have seen promising demand for cloud computing, AI, EV, 5G and IoT related applications, with order visibility...
Monday 6 September 2021
Highlights of the day: IC design houses brace for weaker profits
IC design houses are caught between rising foundry costs and weakening end-market demand. The IC designers' sales and...
Monday 6 September 2021
IC design houses set to slow down shipments in 4Q21
Taiwan IC design houses are expected to slow down their shipments in the fourth quarter of the year, as downstream clients have recently started to soften their shipment pull-in momentum,...
Monday 6 September 2021
PCB makers guardedly optimistic about shipments for new Apple devices in 2H21
New Apple Watch and MacBook series reportedly are facing headwinds in production, but Taiwan's PCB makers in the supply chain of iOS devices are not concerned about possible delays...
Monday 6 September 2021
IC design houses to see sales and profits eroded by rising foundry costs
IC design houses will likely see their sales and profits eroded by rising foundry costs later this year, as their downstream customers are increasingly reluctant to accept higher...
Monday 6 September 2021
PSMC to raise foundry quotes by about 10% in 4Q21
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) plans to initiate a further price hike of about 10% mainly for its logic IC process manufacturing, with the new pricing...
Monday 6 September 2021
Southeast Asia roundup: Electronics manufacturing in Vietnam thrives; IC manufacturing in Malaysia disrupted
Vietnam saw a large increase in its exports of mobile devices and related components in July and higher foreign investment from South Korea-based electronics vendors, while Oppo made...
Monday 6 September 2021
UMC, Chipbond to form partnership through share swap
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to form a strategic partnership with Chipbond Technology, a display driver IC (DDI) backend specialist, through...
Monday 6 September 2021
SK Hynix foundry biz posts profit surge in 1H21
Specializing in 8-inch wafer foundry fabrication services for analog and mixed-signal ICs, SK Hynix System IC has disclosed net profits climbed 42.7% on year to KRW76.1 billion (US$65.8...
Monday 6 September 2021
SMIC to invest US$8.8 billion to build new fab in Shanghai
China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has disclosed it has struck a deal with the administrative committee of the Lingang Free Trade Zone (FTZ) under which...
Monday 6 September 2021
Global semiconductor sales increase in July
The global semiconductor industry posted July sales of US$45.4 billion, up 2.1% sequentially, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Friday 3 September 2021
Backend firms see robust demand for MEMS microphones, audio ICs
Taiwan's backend houses including ASE Technology, Greatek Electronics, Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE), Lingsen Precision Industries and Taiwan IC Packaging have seen clear...