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Tuesday 14 April 2020
HiSilicon places 14nm chip orders with SMIC
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) with its 14nm FinFET process manufacturing has obtained orders from HiSilicon, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 April 2020
HiSilicon to ramp up 5nm chip orders with backend houses in 3Q20
Taiwan-based backend houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will see orders for HiSilicon's 5nm chips for 5G base stations ramp up substantially in the third quarter of 2020...
Tuesday 14 April 2020
Handset PCB firms see limited order visibility beyond May
Handset PCB specialists' order visibility has extended only to May, and are still unsure about their overall sales results for second-quarter 2020 as orders for June are yet to be...
Monday 13 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Huawei, Samsung smartphone sales hit by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the hard the smartphone market, with components suppliers disclosing that orders from Huawei...
Monday 13 April 2020
Unitech sees opaque 2Q20 PCB shipment prospect for AirPods 2
Taiwan-based PCB maker Unitech ended the first-quarter 2020 with lackluster revenue performance due to weaker-than-expected shipments of rigid-flex boards for AirPods 2, and its order...
Monday 13 April 2020
Phison, Innodisk see ramp-up in demand for healthcare applications
Memory device controller supplier Phison Electronics and industrial memory module specialist Innodisk have both enjoyed an influx of short lead-time orders for healthcare applications...
Monday 13 April 2020
TV brands cutting panel orders for 2Q20
Most TV brands are cutting back their panel orders for the second quarter of 2020 as demand for TVs in most markets, particularly in the US and Europe, has contracted significantly...
Monday 13 April 2020
Panel makers see deceleration in car-use orders
With the coronavirus pandemic spreading fast, many display panel makers have seen tier-1 components suppliers in the automotive ecosystem defer or cancel orders, weakening visibility...
Monday 13 April 2020
5G smartphone chip demand recovering in China
With the coronavirus outbreak put under control in China, China's domestic 5G smartphone market has started recovering with chipmakers stepping up production for sub-6GHz solutions,...
Friday 10 April 2020
Gartner, IC Insights cut 2020 chip market growth forecasts to negative
Gartner and IC Insights both in their recent reports revised downward their chip market growth projections this year to slight decreases.
Friday 10 April 2020
TSMC, UMC post increased March revenues
Pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 21.5%...
Friday 10 April 2020
Young Fast adding new laminating equipment to ramp up output in Taiwan
Young Fast Optoelectronics plans to invest NT$30 million (US$998,640) to install new laminating equipment at its plant in Taiwan for ramping up output of touch panels for industrial...
Friday 10 April 2020
HannStar Board lands rush PCB orders for enterprise notebooks
HannStar Board has enjoyed an influx of short lead-time PCB orders for business-use notebooks increasingly needed to support remote working amid the coronavirus pandemic, drastically...
Friday 10 April 2020
Compeq guardedly optimistic about prospect for 2Q20
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its business prospect for the second quarter of 2020, as order visibility is clear through May but uncertain for...
Friday 10 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses cautious about 3Q20
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about their sales performance in the third quarter, as order visibility for the quarter remains unclear, according to industry...