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Wednesday 13 January 2021
Major China MOSFET supplier raises prices
China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) has notified its clients based mainly in China about price hikes for all its power semiconductor products, including MOSFET and IGBT components,...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
PCB supply chain to gain from mass production of new Intel server processors
Taiwan's PCB supply chain is poised to embrace a new wave of growth momentum in 2021 from Intel entering volume production of its latest 10nm Ice Lake Xeon scalable server processors...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Unimicron posts record revenues for 2020
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has reported its 2020 revenues spiked 6.5% on year to a new high of NT$87.89 billion (US$3.14 billion) mainly driven by strong shipments...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
GIS reportedly lands new ultrasonic fingerprint sensor module orders from Samsung
Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) is expected to lock in the first batch of in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor module orders from Samsung Electronics for usage...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
III-V IC players enjoy high capacity utilization for 5G, Wi-Fi 6 applications
Taiwan's III-V IC firms including GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) as well as epi-wafer suppliers Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and Intelligent...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Ambarella unveils 5nm AI vision processor
Ambarella has unveiled CV5, an artificial intelligence (AI) vision processor for single 8K and multi-imager AI cameras, setting a new standard for power efficiency with 8K video recording...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Gowin embeds Winbond 64Mb HyperRAM to GoAI 2.0
Winbond Electronics Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, today announced that FPGA manufacturer Gowin Semiconductor has embedded a Winbond 64Mb...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms continue to see orders ramp up
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers continue to enjoy a ramp-up in orders including short lead-time ones, and will see their supply remains tight through the second quarter of 2021,...
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Probe cards in tight supply for driver ICs
With the supply of display driver ICs (DDI) falling increasingly short of demand, cantilever probe cards needed to process DDI and other midrange logic ICs including NAND controllers...
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Compeq, Tripod to log robust HDI board shipments for 1Q21
PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Tripod Technology have both seen strong HDI PCB shipment pull-ins from clients for handset, notebook and automotive applications, and are...
Tuesday 12 January 2021
MediaTek sees 2020 revenue top NT$300 billion
MediaTek has reported revenue climbed 30.8% on year to a record high of NT$322.15 billion (US$11.5 billion) in 2020.
Monday 11 January 2021
Highlights of the day: IC designers scrambling for 3Q21 foundry support
Tight supply and strong demand are pushing prices up in the secomiconductor sector, ranging from product pricing and manufacturing service quotes. Foundry houses have seen IC...
Monday 11 January 2021
PCB maker Apex scores record revenues in 2020
Taiwan's PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, has reported its 2020 revenues rose 13.92% on year to a record high of NT$11.833 billion (US$422.61...
Monday 11 January 2021
Taiwan fabless chipmakers to strive for additional foundry support in 3Q21
Taiwan-based IC design houses intend to offer higher prices in order to obtain more support from their foundry partners during the third quarter of 2021, according to sources at Taiwan's...
Monday 11 January 2021
Phison may further raise prices for NAND controllers in March-April
NAND flash memory controller specialist Phison Electronics has just raised quotes for its products by 15-20% to reflect tight supply and increased manufacturing costs, and may determine...