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Tuesday 7 July 2020
Optical component makers see increased shipments for 5G
Taiwan-based optical component suppliers have seen shipments for 5G base station and other applications start gaining momentum thanks to an acceleration of 5G infrastructure construction...
Tuesday 7 July 2020
Mitac sees datacenter business grow, but car electronics decline
Mitac International has seen orders for datacenter servers strengthened in the third quarter while orders for automotive products remain sluggish.
Tuesday 7 July 2020
HTC June revenues hit 6-month high
HTC saw its revenues surge 63.8% sequentially to a six-month high of NT$649 million (US$22.1 million) in June, bolstered by the release of its mid-tier smartphone, the Desire 20 Pro,...
Tuesday 7 July 2020
Taiwan smart manufacturing trial base to extend to technological verification
A smart manufacturing trial base in central Taiwan will extend from experimental production for components to technological verification of smart manufacturing solutions, according...
Tuesday 7 July 2020
Major Taiwan fabless firms strive for more foundry support
Taiwan's first-tier IC design houses, such as MediaTek, have demanded more capacity support from their foundry partners recently, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 July 2020
5G to enhance gaming experience, says Winking chairman
The high-speed transmission of 5G will allow games to be played like streaming media and players will no longer need to wait for the contents to be fully downloaded, according to...
Monday 6 July 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC eyeing supercomputer chips
TSMC has also developed InFO_SoW (system-on-wafer) technology mainly for processing supercomputing AI chips. Demand for such extremely costly chips may be limited, but TSMC looks...
Monday 6 July 2020
PCB makers cautious about 2H20 shipments to Chinese handset vendors
Taiwan's PCB makers have turned cautious about their shipments for non-Apple handset applications in the second half of the year as most Chinese vendors have yet to give clear shipment...
Monday 6 July 2020
5G upgrades IoV
5G technology's low latency and fast data transfer can help improve IoV functions and hike traffic safety, according to Wu Kun-rong, vice president for Data Communications Business...
Monday 6 July 2020
Taiwan handset sales to grow 25% in 2H20, says FET
Handset sales in the Taiwan market are expected to grow 25% to 3.6 million units in second-half 2020, up from 2.9 million units shipped in the first half of the year, according to...
Friday 3 July 2020
Infineon eyes potential of e-SIM in M2M
Adoption of e-SIM technology is expected to be driven mainly by handset applications in the next few years as consumers can switch their telecom service providers easily with the...
Friday 3 July 2020
3x3 grid reference for industry developments
There are many factors that should be taken into consideration when doing market research. To better assess supply chain changes, let's first draw a 3x3 grid that offers a clear framework...
Friday 3 July 2020
Highlights of the day: Xiaomi relies on MediaTek-customized chips
In the competitive smartphone maket, product differentiation is one of the crucial factors to attract customers. Handset vendors are now looking to customized chips to achieve such...
Friday 3 July 2020
Adlink to set up joint venture with Foxconn
IPC solution provider Adlink Technology will set up a joint venture for developing AMR (autonomous mobile robot) software with Foxconn Electronics, company chairman and CEO Jim Liu...
Friday 3 July 2020
Semiconductor equipment, material suppliers urged to invest in Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is urging international material and equipment makers to invest in Taiwan where demand for semiconductor equipment, especially from the...