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Monday 17 August 2020
Diode maker HYE launches new MOSFET devices
Diode maker HY Electronic (HYE) has taken a number of measures to maintain its sales momentum amid global economic uncertainty in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to...
Monday 17 August 2020
Rigid PCB makers see strong shipments in 3Q20
Most of Taiwan's rigid PCB makers are positive about their shipment prospects for the third quarter as ongoing demand for servers and networking devices supporting remote work and...
Monday 17 August 2020
HannStar Board expects notebooks, servers to drive PCB growth in 2H20
PCB maker HannStar Board expects notebook, desktop, server, networking and game console applications to be the sources of sales growth in second-half 2020.
Monday 17 August 2020
NeoGene unveils MagicWick-Inside platform for fabricating ultra-thin vapor chamber used in 5G smartphone thermal management applications
As demand for 5G mobile phones increases, the vapor chamber (VC) is emerging to become a key component in 5G smartphone thermal management. Competition is keen among vapor chamber...
Friday 14 August 2020
Highlights of the day: Notebook sector long-term outlook strong
The coronavirus pandemic is definitely changing the dynamics of the market and ecosystem, but at the start few would have foreseen the coming of a stay-at-home economy strong enough...
Friday 14 August 2020
Zhen Ding to set up PCB assembly lines in India
PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology has disclosed plans to invest US$15 million to set up a subsidiary in India to engage in backend assembly of PCB modules.
Friday 14 August 2020
Qualcomm-equipped 5G smartphones fastest, says Strategy Analytics
Tests of 5G smartphone downlink speed in the US and UK by Ookla show that smartphones using the 5G millimeter wave bands, on average, achieve blazingly fast downlink speeds 20 times...
Friday 14 August 2020
Dialog announces compatibility of octal SPI NOR flash with Renesas MPU
Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its EcoXiP octal xSPI non-volatile memory (NVM), which was added to Dialog's portfolio through its recent acquisition of Adesto Technologies,...
Friday 14 August 2020
Phison eyeing top spot among SSD controller suppliers
Flash device controller specialist Phison Electronics has enjoyed robust demand for PCIe Gen4 SSDs thus far in 2020, which boosted its overall SSD controller sales during the first...
Friday 14 August 2020
China pushing for homegrown CIS sector
China has stepped up the development of its homegrown CMOS image sensor (CIS) industry sector as part of the country's ambitions to achieve self-sufficiency in chips, with SmartSens...
Friday 14 August 2020
Taiwan could develop into a mmWave industry base, says Qualcomm executive
Taiwan has an opportunity to become a base for the development of mmWave technology, leveraging its established industry foundations, OEM/ODM technologies and related talent, according...
Thursday 13 August 2020
PCB maker Apex eyes record results for 3Q20
Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International with manufacturing operations in Thailand is optimistic that its business results will hit a record high in the third quarter thanks to strong...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Eight-inch fab capacity to stay tight in 2021
Eight-inch fab capacity will remain tight until 2021, due mainly to strong demand for display driver ICs and power management chips, according to industry sources.
Thursday 13 August 2020
Huawei reportedly developing display driver ICs in-house
Huawei is reportedly teaming up with foundry house SMIC to develop display driver ICs, a move which may undercut the dominant position that Taiwan's LCD driver IC suppliers have enjoyed...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2020
Small-to-medium-size panel shipments by Taiwan-based manufacturers soared 37.5% quarter-over-quarter and 28.9% year-over-year in second-quarter 2020.