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Monday 23 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Suppliers eyeing Starlink opportunities
Taiwanese suppliers are keen to play a part in the SpaceX's Starlink project, which is expected to create significant...
Monday 23 August 2021
Handset vendors see sales challenges in 4G/5G transition
Despite putting sales focus on 5G smartphones, handset vendors will find it a crucial task to sustain the competitiveness of their 4G models if they want to achieve good business...
Monday 23 August 2021
China smartphone vendors step up pace of 4G chip orders, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen a strong pull-in of orders for 4G mobile chips recently from their China-based handset clients, with the orders being placed at a much more...
Monday 23 August 2021
Kinpo Electronics to add three factories in Thailand
EMS provider Kinpo Electronics will add three factories in Thailand by the end of 2021, according to company chairman Rock Hsu at the 2021 shareholder general meeting.
Friday 20 August 2021
Prices of 4G mobile chips to rise in 2H21
With mobile chip suppliers putting increased focus on 5G solutions, the supply of 4G smartphone chips is being scaled down. Prices of 4G mobile chips will be rising in the second...
Friday 20 August 2021
New 3M glass bubbles enable faster, more reliable 5G infrastructure and devices
3M has introduced a new member of its high-strength hollow glass bubbles product line to provide a low-loss high-speed high frequency (HSHF) resin additive for composite materials...
Friday 20 August 2021
Taiwan handset sales start picking up
Handset sales in Taiwan are expected to rise more than 30% sequentially in August after registering a nearly 20% increase in July, according to sources at the local retail channel.
Friday 20 August 2021
MediaTek intros 6nm chips for 5G smartphones
MediaTek has rolled out two new 5G smartphone chips built using TSMC's 6nm process technology.
Thursday 19 August 2021
Highlights of the day: China foundries to see strong profits
China-based foundries may not be able to provide manufacturing sevices using the most advanced processes, but they see strong demand from the domestic market. SMIC...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Supply of chips for 4G applications falls short of demand
The supply of 4G product chips including power amplifiers (PAs) and smartphone application processors has fallen short of demand due mainly to the chip suppliers' increased focus...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Tata, Reliance set to take over India's electronics manufacturing
India's manufacturing sector for years has been relying on foreign manufacturers. Since prime minister Narendra Modi took office, India is set to produce electronics, semiconductors,...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Growing demand for smart metering and asset tracking: Q&A with UnaBiz Taiwan managing director Carter Ho
The demand for smart metering and asset tracking solutions is growing. Many countries are adopting many smart techs, especially IoT solutions, to optimize energy consumption and to...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
IC distributors log impressive revenue gains on strong demand
Taiwan's IC distributors have scored impressive business results over the past months of the year thanks to persistently strong demand for diverse 5G, HPC, AIoT, and high-speed transmission...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Microsoft to commercialize Azure datacenter in Taiwan in 2H22
Microsoft is scheduled to kick off operations at its new Azure datacenter in Taiwan in the second half of 2022, which may prompt other web service giants including Amazon Web Services...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Arm-based notebook processor shipments post 5-fold jump in 2020
Arm-based notebook computing chips jumped nine-fold in revenue terms and five-fold in unit terms in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics.