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Friday 9 April 2021
MCU firm Megawin eyeing return to profit in 2021
Taiwan-based MCU company Megawin Technology is looking to return to profitability this year, when revenue is likely to more than double that in 2020, according to market sources.
Friday 9 April 2021
Backend houses see order visibility for CIS, sensor chips through 4Q21
Backend houses continue to enjoy strong demand for processing IP camera chips and CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips, with their order visibility clear through the fourth quarter of 2021,...
Friday 9 April 2021
IC and material distributors to embrace strong profit growth in 2021
Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices...
Friday 9 April 2021
Nexperia, UAES agree partnership for gallium nitride
Nexperia has announced a comprehensive partnership covering gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES). The program will focus...
Friday 9 April 2021
Largan expects one quarter delay in shipments due to component shortages
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision expects delays of at least one month for its shipments due to short supply of CMOS image sensors and application processors, according...
Friday 9 April 2021
Strong Chromebook shipments to buoy chip suppliers in 2Q21
Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) continue to enjoy a strong pull-in of orders for Chromebooks, which...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Himax sees revenue and EPS hit record highs in 1Q21
Himax Technologies has disclosed its financial results for the first quarter of 2021, with revenue, gross margin and EPS all exceeding the company's guidance given previously and...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Highlights of the day: Chinese phone vendors developing own 5G chips
MediaTek and Qualcomm may be the dominant players in the 5G smartphone SoC sector, but Chinese phone vendors Oppo and...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Backend firms see persistently strong demand for MCUs
Backend firms including ASE Technology, Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) continue to enjoy strong packaging demand for...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Additional ABF substrate output to buoy Nan Ya, Kinsus in 2021
Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are both poised to expand capacity for ABF substrates with additional output set to come online later this year, according to industry...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Unisoc, Oppo, Xiaomi gearing up for new 5G mobile chips roll-outs
Oppo and Xiaomi will introduce their in-house-developed sub-6GHz 5G chip solutions between late 2021 and early 2022, joining fabless chipmaker Unisoc in competing against chip vendors...
Thursday 8 April 2021
RichWave ramping up wafer starts at AWSC
RF IC vendor RichWave Technology is ramping up wafer starts at foundry house Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and also at its backend partners, looking to further grow...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Semiconductor units forecast to exceed 1 trillion devices in 2021
Total semiconductor shipments including shipments of ICs as well as optoelectronics, sensor/actuator and discrete (O-S-D) devices are forecast to rise 13% to a record high of 1.135...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees strong order momentum from Apple
Despite recent speculation about decreasing demand from Apple for semiconductor manufacturing services, the latest news from the supply chain has indicated TSMC...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
PCB maker Apex sees 1Q21 revenues grow 25% on year
Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, saw its first-quarter 2021 revenues grow 7.9% sequentially and 25.2% on year to NT$3.261 billion...