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Monday 16 November 2020
IC shortages to last till demand eases for notebooks, gaming gears, says Foxconn chair
Shortages of components, especially those ICs fabricated at 8-inch fabs, will not ease until terminal market demand slows down for notebooks, gaming machines and other devices supporting...
Monday 16 November 2020
ASE reportedly joins Sony supply chain for automotive CIS
ASE Technology reportedly has become Sony's second backend partner for processing automotive CMOS imaging sensors (CIS), marking its return to the CIS packaging segment following...
Monday 16 November 2020
Winbond sees profit fall in 3Q20
Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits fell 53.3% sequentially and 44% on year to NT$331 million (US$11.6 million) in the third quarter...
Friday 13 November 2020
Phison posts profit surge in 3Q20
Flash memory controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits surged 55% sequentially to NT$1.83 billion (US$64.3 million) in the third quarter, with EPS reaching NT...
Friday 13 November 2020
Himax optimistic about 4Q20 and beyond
IC design house Himax Technologies expects its gross margin to hit a record high in fourth-quarter 2020, propelled by increasing shipments of time-controllers (TCON ICs), low-power...
Friday 13 November 2020
Compeq sees clear PCB order visibility through 1Q21
Taiwan's PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has enjoyed a ramp-up in orders for both handset and non-handset applications, with clear order visibility extended through the first quarter...
Friday 13 November 2020
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenue surge 30% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenue of TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to grow over 3% sequentially in the fourth quarter after registering...
Friday 13 November 2020
Taiwan to head for smart digital economy, says science minister
Taiwan will focus its next wave of technology development on materializing smart healthcare, precision medicine, smart city and digital data governance by leveraging its robust semiconductor...
Thursday 12 November 2020
Highlights of the day: Apple M1 opens Arm floodgates
Apple's launch of new Macs with its own M1 chips means losses for Intel processor business. And M1 also comes as an...
Thursday 12 November 2020
TV price hikes not to deter panel demand
While some brands plan to hike TV prices during the year-end shopping holidays such as Black Friday to reflect rising panel prices, most panel suppliers do not believe such moves...
Thursday 12 November 2020
Apple M1 threatens Intel
Apple's Arm-based M1 processor featured in the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini is expected to challenge Intel's dominance in the notebook CPU market in the long term, according...
Thursday 12 November 2020
Taiwan supply chain bracing for new-generation game console boom
Taiwan supply chain players are gearing up for the game console replacement boom to be triggered by Sony's new-generation game console PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X, according...
Thursday 12 November 2020
HannStar Display swings back to profit in 3Q20
HannStar Display has reported profit for third-quarter 2020, ending a streak of two quarterly losses in the first half of the year thanks to strong demand for a-Si LCD panels for...
Thursday 12 November 2020
FocalTech posts profit hike in 3Q20
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchscreen and LCD driver ICs, has reported net profits hiked over 164.8% sequentially to NT$268 million (US$9.4 million) in the third...
Thursday 12 November 2020
Zhen Ding 4Q20 revenues to hit record quarterly high
Zhen Ding Technology saw its revenues and profits for the first three quarters of 2020 decline over 20% on year, due mainly to delays in shipments at the request of its clients, but...