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Tuesday 14 April 2020
Taiwan CIS, 3D sensor packagers see revenues rally on strong demand
CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...
Monday 13 April 2020
EUV equipment suppliers post revenue growth in March
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain for EUV-based process manufacturing equipment, such as Gudeng Precision and Marketech International, saw their March revenues...
Monday 13 April 2020
5G iPhone mmWave AiP production schedule hinges on Apple strategy
Apple's assembly partners reportedly may defer volume production of 5G iPhones by at least one month amid high uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, but its mmWave AiP modules...
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%...
Thursday 9 April 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees surge in demand for packaging services
Apart from its leadership in the foundry sector, TSMC has been making a lot of efforts developing packaging technologies with which it can offer value-added services to customers...
Thursday 9 April 2020
TSMC sees CoWoS packaging capacity utilization ramp up
TSMC has seen utilization of its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity rise substantially in the second quarter of 2020, and now runs the packaging production lines...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Intel to launch new-gen desktop processors at end of April
Intel is set to introduce its 10th-generation Comet Lake-S desktop processors and 400 series chipsets at the end of April, according to sources at motherboard makers, who expect improvements...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see sales pick up in March and April
Despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic, most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues pick up in March and April, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 April 2020
ASE enters ZTE supply chain for 5G base station chips
ASE Technology has entered the supply chain of ZTE, providing advanced backend technology to volume process 5G base station chips developed in house by the Chinese vendor, according...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
TSMC plans NT$21.6 billion bond sale
TSMC's board of directors on April 6 approved the issuance of NT$21.6 billion (US$715.8 million) in unsecured corporate bonds to fund the construction of new facilities and equipment,...
Monday 6 April 2020
Samsung unlikely to move 3nm to volume production until 2022
Samsung Foundry, the foundry operations of Samsung Electronics, has set its goal of moving its advanced 3nm process technology to volume production as early as 2021. But the Korean...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC on track to 5nm volume production
TSMC may not have been entirely unscathed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production and chilled end-market demand, but the outlook of for the foundry's...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Bright Sheland busy fulfilling orders for liquid filtration solutions
Taiwan-based Bright Sheland International, a provider of total industrial liquid filtration and purification solutions, sees its plants in southern Taiwan running with a three-shift...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
TSMC on track to ramp 5nm chip production
TSMC is on track to move 5nm process technology to volume production in second-quarter 2020 as scheduled, and continues to see the process capacity fully booked despite recent speculation...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Trusval provides functional water supply systems for EUV process manufacturing
Taiwan-based Trusval Technology is able to beat its larger international peers to provide a leading foundry chipmaker functional water supply systems for use in EUV-based manufacturing...