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Tuesday 2 April 2019
COG packaging demand picking up
COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
VIA partnering with Aisimba for smart delivery vehicles, says paper
Taiwan-based IC designer VIA Technologies has cooperated with China-based Aisimba to develop self-driving delivery vehicles and the two firms have demonstrated their 10th-generation...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Unimicron to spend 60% of 2019 capex on IC substrates
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology expects about 60% of its capex this year to be spent on IC substrate production.
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Taiwan semiconductor firms see rising orders for TWS earbuds
Taiwan-based IC designers, MCU suppliers and back-end packaging and testing service providers are all optimistic about the business opportunity brought by true wireless stereo (TWS)...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Zhen Ding to see non-FPCB products account for over 20% of 2019 revenues
Flexible PCB specialist Zhen Ding Technology will see sales of its non-FPCB products including substrate-like PCBs and rigid-flex boards to account for more than 20% of company revenues...
Monday 1 April 2019
HiSilicon may unseat MediaTek as largest Asian IC designer in 2019
Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may unseat Taiwan's MediaTek as the largest IC design house in Asia in 2019, as the China-based company is set to roll out diverse new chipset...
Monday 1 April 2019
Taiwan IC design industry output value hits record high in 2018, says Digitimes Research
The output value of Taiwan's IC design industry sector climbed to a record high of about NT$620 billion (US$20.1 billion) in 2018, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 29 March 2019
Nan Ya PCB eyeing return to profit
PCB and IC substrate maker Nan Ya PCB, which managed to cut its losses substantially in 2018, is eyeing a return to profitability in 2019.
Friday 29 March 2019
PC chip demand to stay sluggish through 2Q19
CPU shortages continued driving down global PC shipments in the first quarter of 2019 and even blurring order visibility for the second quarter. This, in turn, is seen to dim business...
Friday 29 March 2019
LCD monitor panel prices to stop falling
Prices of LCD monitor panels are likely to stop falling soon as more flat panel makers are shifting more capacities of their 6G-8.5G fabs to the production of TV applications whose...
Friday 29 March 2019
Why 12-inch fabs are better for power components: Q&A with Bing Xue, AOS SVP of global sales
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS), which designs and manufactures power semiconductors for a broad range of applications, will start production at its new 12-inch wafer plant...
Friday 29 March 2019
HannStar Board seeing challenging year for PCB sector
PCB manufacturer HannStar Board has seen customer orders slow down since the fourth quarter of 2018, and expects 2019 to be challenging for the company and the overall PCB sector.
Thursday 28 March 2019
Taiwan offering one-stop services to returning ICT manufacturers
Seeing many Taiwan-based ICT companies planning to move their production lines back home or to Vietnam from China to avoid US tariffs on China-exported products, the Ministry of Economic...
Thursday 28 March 2019
CPT faces delisting, to keep 6G LCD line
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) as the net worth of its shares has turned negative. But the company will keep its 6G LCD line,...
Thursday 28 March 2019
New Huawei phones usee OLED displays from Korea and China suppliers
Huawei has announced its latest flagship smartphones, the P30 and P30 Pro, targeting specifically consumers with high demands for photography. The P30 is equipped with a 6.1-inch...