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Monday 31 May 2021
Passive components shipments affected by IC shortages
Passive components makers are closely monitoring the impact of IC shortages on their actual shipments for notebook, server and automotive segments, so as to work out optimal materials...
Monday 31 May 2021
Acer non-PC business booming
Acer has seen its non-PC business grow significantly recently along with its booming PC sales, according to company chairman Jason Chen
Monday 31 May 2021
NXP is yet another vendor striking long-term deal with UMC
NXP Semiconductors is another chip vendor which has struck a long-term deal with United Microelectronics (UMC) under which the pure-play foundry will have some of its newly-established...
Monday 31 May 2021
India reportedly to invest US$20 billion to develop LCD panel industry
India's government plans to inject US$20 billion to promote the establishment of related LCD panel supply chains in the country, according to local media reports.
Monday 31 May 2021
Rohm to spend JPY400 billion on future expansion
Rohm will inject a total of JPY400 billion (US$3.64 billion) into its expansion through 2025, the Japan-based chip vendor disclosed in its mid-term management plan.
Friday 28 May 2021
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 1Q 2021
Taiwan shipped a total of 72.25 million large-size LCD panels in the first quarter of 2021, down only 3.4% sequentially, despite the quarter being a slow season.
Friday 28 May 2021
Highlights of the day: ABF substrate demand robust
Demand for ABF substrates from chip vendors has been strong, wiht new orders placed now unlikely to be delivered until 2023. Some chip vendors have offered higher prices trying to...
Friday 28 May 2021
Tesla reportedly scrambling for IC supply
Tesla is reportedly approaching IC suppliers in Taiwan, Korea and the US, seeking to secure steady supplies of automotive chips with advance payments, according to industry sources...
Friday 28 May 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see orders pick up for servers
Chip orders for servers and datacenters have started picking up, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses, which expect the orders pull-in momentum to carry on through...
Friday 28 May 2021
Chipmakers striving to obtain stable aQFN leadframe supply
Chipmakers including MediaTek, Qualcomm and Realtek Semiconductor are striving to secure stable supply of leadframes for use in aQFN packaging, with related leadframe suppliers already...
Friday 28 May 2021
Taiwan PCB output value surges 26.7% in 1Q21
Taiwanese PCB makers saw their combined first-quarter 2021 output value at their plants in Taiwan and China surge 26.7% on year to NT$173.4 billion (US$6.11 billion), a record high...
Friday 28 May 2021
Small-size TV panel prices to stop rising in June
Panel prices for small-size TV applications will stop rising in June, but those of large-size TV, monitor and notebook applications will continue moving upward.
Friday 28 May 2021
Android camp slow in adopting mmWave
Chinese vendors have yet to release mmWave 5G models and corresponding infrastructure construction in China remains slow, according to industry sources.
Thursday 27 May 2021
TSMC ramping up output for automotive MCUs
TSMC has disclosed it is ramping up its output for automotive microcontrollers (MCU) for 2021, which will be 60% higher than in 2020.
Thursday 27 May 2021
China LCD panel makers to ramp up output from existing 8.6G and 10.5G fabs
China-based LCD panel makers have continued to ramp up capacity at their existing 8.6G and 10.5G fabs although most of them have said they would not establish new LCD panel fabs.