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Friday 15 January 2021
Intel expected to fully advance to 10nm in 2021
Intel is expected to see strong growths in sales and profits in 2021 thanks to the releases of new-generation 10nm CPUs, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 15 January 2021
PCB equipment maker Taliang sees capacity fully booked through 3Q21
Taiwan-based PCB equipment maker Taliang Technology has seen its production capacity fully booked through late third-quarter 2021, and will manage to flexibly adjust its production...
Friday 15 January 2021
Samsung intros 5G mobile processor built on EUV process
Samsung Electronics has announced its new 5G mobile processor series - Exynos 2100 - built using 5nm extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process technology.
Friday 15 January 2021
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Friday 15 January 2021
Taiwan PCB output value hits record high in 2020
The output of Taiwan's PCB industry grew 5.6% on year to a record high of NT$667.2 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2020, bolstered by pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy in most of...
Thursday 14 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Bright outlook for TSMC
TSMC has reported strong sales and profits for 2020, and the world's top pure-play foundry house expects to post another record...
Thursday 14 January 2021
HDI PCB makers see ramp-up in orders from China handset vendors
HDI PCB manufacturers have seen a significant ramp-up in orders from Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, who are seeking sufficient supply of components to support their expansion in the China...
Thursday 14 January 2021
TSMC expects another record in 1Q21 revenue
TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.7 billion and US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2021, which is a 1.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Thursday 14 January 2021
Automotive PCB makers guardedly optimistic about 2021
Taiwan-based automotive PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unitech and Dynamic Electronics are guardedly optimistic about their sales prospects this year after seeing revenues...
Thursday 14 January 2021
ASRock, ASMedia post profit surges in 2020
Motherboard and graphics card maker ASRock and ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, both enjoyed revenue surges in 2020 with promising...
Thursday 14 January 2021
Notebook brands promoting new models powered by AMD chips
Brand vendors, such as Acer, have more of their new-generation notebooks powered by AMD processors, according to industry sources.
Thursday 14 January 2021
China smartphone vendors step up chips, components procurement
Chinese handset vendors Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi (OVX) have stepped up their purchases of ICs and basic components for their smartphones as part of their efforts to expand presence in...
Thursday 14 January 2021
MediaTek enhances ASIC and IP design capability
MediaTek continues to enhance its ASIC and IP design capability through several acquisitions announced recently, while recruiting talent from the IP and IC design industry sectors,...
Thursday 14 January 2021
Value of semiconductor industry M&A agreements sets record in 2020, says IC Insights
Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Highlights of the day: Wireless applications and servers to see strong 2021
As 5G and Wi-Fi 6 are becoming the mainstream specifications for the IT market in 2021, Taiwan's III-V IC companies...