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Kioxia has announced the launch of its Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 3.1 embedded flash memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology for applications requiring high density, such as cutting-edge smartphones.

Taiwan-based Compeq Manufacturing has expressed optimism about high-end HDI PCB demand in 2022, and expects its shipments for low-orbit satellites to double and to contribute 6-8% of its revenues for 2022 from 3-4% in 2021.

All the major smartphone providers, except Apple and Vivo, have announced they would release foldable smartphones in 2022. Among those brands, Samsung, Oppo, and Huawei already released their new foldable handsets in 2021. However, the rapidly falling price…

Asustek Computer and Pegatron have both seen their subsidiaries contribute considerably to their total revenues in 2021 and are optimistic about further revenue and profit gains driven by good sales prospects for those subsidiaries in 2022, according to market…

Foldable smartphone prices, particularly those for Samsung's models, have been falling at a rapid pace recently, according to industry sources.

Microsoft's US$68.7 billion bid to acquire video game developer Activision Blizzard could challenge the role of its rival Sony in the gaming industry, as the Japanese tech giant saw its share slide more than 12% in Tokyo on the day the blockbuster deal was…

At the end of 2021, China-based Luxshare Precision Industry announced it will invest CNY11 billion (US$1.7 billion) into expanding its mobile phone assembly production line by building a manufacturing facility the size of 40 football fields in Kunshan, China.…

China's IC design industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and has gained a significant position in some segments such as CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips. Its leading CIS vendor, OmniVision Technologies, now ranks together with Sony and Samsung…

MediaTek has showcased what the company claims is the world's first live demo of Wi-Fi 7 technology, and expects products with Wi-Fi 7 to hit the market starting in 2023.

Zhong Yang Technology (JMO), a maker of precision molds used to make glass and plastic optical lens pieces, has been standardizing its manufacturing process of various molds to allow production of small volumes, a move toward smart manufacturing, according to…

With chip vendors (including Broadcom, Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm) gearing up for the development of Wi-Fi 7 chip solutions, QFN packaging and burn-in testing demand will be ramping up, according to industry sources.

Vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics, in a bid to expand application of ToF (time of flight) 3D sensing, has begun shipments of in-house-developed automotive PV88Q series VCSEL array modules to US- and Europe-based automakers, according to the…

Taiwan's compound semiconductor output value grew about 26% on year to NT$83.5 billion (US$3 billion) in 2021, according to statistics compiled by the Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA).

With Apple ending the fourth quarter of 2021 with the No.1 spot in global smartphone sales, Android handset vendors pin their hopes for a sales upturn on the Chinese New Year shopping festival and are set to release new models to stimulate sales in the first…

TV vendor Hisense has released the Hi-View HV8107, an in-house-developed AI image quality chip for 8K TVs and the first model of its kind ever developed by any China-based company, according to Hisense.

Word has been circulating among suppliers that Toyota might manufacture semi-solid-state batteries with lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP)-based anodes in the US, following the Japanese carmaker's announcement that it will set up a lithium battery plant…

Ninja Van, one of Southeast Asia's leading tech-enabled express logistics companies, has unveiled its newest warehouse, located in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

Former president of Industrial Technology Research Institute Chin-Tay Shih pointed out in a recent forum organized by Li Kwoh-ting Foundation that top US companies often use Research Lab organizations to interact with young students. Intel offered 700 or 800…

China continues to dominate the global lithium battery supply chain, but the US could slowly develop into its competitor in the coming years, according to industry observers.

Singapore could face challenges in sustaining its economic revival spurred by strong global demand for electronic products and semiconductors in 2021, according to industry analysts.

The top executives of Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor have reportedly met to discuss the possibility of the two companies forming an automotive semiconductor alliance recently, according to SE Daily.

Prices for TV-use LCD panels are likely to reach a low point at the end of the first quarter of 2022 and will begin to stabilize in the second quarter.

To quickly catch up with its two major rivals – TSMC and Samsung, Intel announced to adopt another ASML's High-NA Twinscan EXE scanner for higher production manufacturing.

Taiwan-based backend houses, such as ChipMOS Technology, have recently landed an influx of short lead-time orders for DRAM memory from Micron Technology, according to industry sources.

DRAM and NAND flash contract prices are likely to rally sooner than previously expected, due to supply-side constraints arising from COVID-19 induced lockdowns in China, according to industry sources.

Unspecified Taiwan-based IC design houses have reiterated their optimism about orders for smartphones in the first quarter of 2022, in response to speculation indicating brand smartphone vendors are slowing the pace of their orders.

ODM Wistron has reported consolidated revenues of NT$263.452 billion (US$9.5 billion), gross margin of 5.87%, operating profit of NT$5.503 billion, net profit of NT$5.363 billion, and net EPS of NT$1.93 for the fourth quarter of 2021, with the net profit being…

Inductor and passive component maker Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics expects to enjoy a strong influx of orders (particularly for automotive applications) starting the second quarter of 2022.

Display driver IC (DDI) backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies both plan to raise their quotes by 10-20% later in the first quarter of 2022, according to industry sources.

At present, there are 801 publicly listed IT companies in Taiwan, with 395 in the main board of the stock exchange market and 406 in over-the-counter market. Since most of the major players have been raising operating funds through the open market, we can…