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Tuesday 30 June 2020
GF to acquire land adjacent to NY fab
Globalfoundries announced recently it has secured a purchase option agreement for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility,...
Tuesday 30 June 2020
Nvidia, AMD see rising sales from server sector
Nvidia is currently still ahead of competitors in the server GPU market and saw its revenues from the datacenter business reach US$2.98 billion in 2019, nearly three times those of...
Monday 29 June 2020
IC equipment maker Group Up upbeat about 3Q20
Group Up Industrial (GP) has clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2020, thanks to growing demand from its PCB and IC substrate clients looking to ramp up their offerings...
Monday 29 June 2020
Industrial touch panel makers to post revenue, profit growths for 2Q20
Industrial touch panel solution providers including Young Fast Optoelectronics, Mildex Optical and Higgstec are expected to post strong revenue and profit growths for the second quarter...
Monday 29 June 2020
Backend firms raising capacity support for MediaTek
Taiwan's backend firms are moving to increase capex in the second half of 2020 to expand capacity to fulfill additional orders from MediaTek which is strengthening presence in 5G...
Monday 29 June 2020
Foundries see cutback in orders for auto chips
TSMC and other pure-play foundries have seen their mature process capacity utilization rates decline, due mainly to a substantial cutback in orders for automotive electronics applications,...
Monday 29 June 2020
Taiwan edges South Korea as largest base for IC wafer capacity, says IC Insights
As of December 2019, Taiwan led the world in wafer capacity with about 22% of worldwide capacity installed in the country, according to IC Insights. Taiwan surpassed South Korea in...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Highlights of the day: MediaTek sees robust orders
MediaTek has booked more capacities at foundries and backend service providers for the second half of 2020. MediaTek...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
TV panel prices to rise over 10% in 3Q20
LCD TV panel prices are expected to rise more than 10% in the third quarter 2020 as TV brands are building up their inventory levels for panels aiming to ramp up their shipments in...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Unimicron may supply ABF substrates for new Macs with Apple silicon
Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology is being identified as the major ABF substrate supplier for Apple's new-generation Mac computers that will be powered by its in-house developed ARM-based...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
MediaTek books additional capacities for wafer foundry and backend services
MediaTek has increased its bookings for additional capacities at Taiwan's wafer foundry houses, mainly TSMC, and backend IC packaging and testing service firms for the second half...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
No peak season this year for GlobalWafers
GlobalWafers will not see a peak season in 2020, according to Doris Hsu, chairperson for the silicon wafer manufacturer.
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Top-10 semiconductor suppliers defy weak market conditions in 1Q20
Defying a decline in market revenue, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1% in the first quarter of 2020, as they benefitted from a...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
IntelliEPI gearing up to tap demand for 5G devices
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, will complete installing new equipment and facilities and is gearing up to scale...
Tuesday 23 June 2020
PCB equipment maker Chime Ball conservative about 2H20
PCB equipment maker Chime Ball Technology (CBT) has expressed caution about its shipment prospects for the second half of 2020 due mainly to uncertain pandemic impacts on consumer...