Sources: New-year irresolution

Sources: New-year irresolution.....»»

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has received commitments from eight of its customers for capacity demand for a six-year period, according to industry sources......»»

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to enjoy gross margin increases sequentially through the fourth quarter of this year, buoyed by rising wafer ASPs, according to industry sources......»»

A resurgence of COVID-19 infections in India and Southeast Asia, as well as a spike in confirmed cases in Taiwan, may cast clouds on the IC market outlook this year, according to industry sources......»»

The shortages of crucial parts and materials in the networking industry are likely to persist till the end of 2021, affecting the sales performance of related makers for the year, according to sources at Wistron Neweb......»»

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is striving to get its major clients including Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and Qualcomm to enter into 3-year supply agreements, according to industry sources......»»

TSMC will be stepping up its 5nm chip output, scaling it up to as much as 150,000 wafers monthly starting in the second quarter through the end of this year, according to industry sources......»»

Quanta Computer will see shipments for Apple's new iMac series boost its total AIO (all-in-one) PC shipments this year, market sources believe. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is another major AIO PC customer of the Taiwan-based ODM......»»

Taiwan-based MCU company Megawin Technology is looking to return to profitability this year, when revenue is likely to more than double that in 2020, according to market sources......»»

Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices up, according to industry sources......»»

Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are both poised to expand capacity for ABF substrates with additional output set to come online later this year, according to industry sources......»»

Taiwan's PCB equipment makers have seen their shipment schedules well set through the third quarter of the year and are in talks with clients about equipment orders for fourth-quarter 2021 and even for 2022, according to industry sources......»»

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards are still in short supply, which is unlikely to ease by the third quarter of this year, according to sources at graphics card makers......»»

Global LCD panel makers are setting higher shipment targets for notebook applications in 2021, expecting current robust panel demand from the notebook sector will persist at least in the first half of the year, according to industry sources......»»

Notebook and graphics card makers are poised to enjoy robust demand in the first half of 2021 with the demand growth momentum likely to carry on in the second half of the year, according to industry sources......»»

Rising copper foil prices will likely prompt Taiwan-based CCL makers to further raise their quotes later in the first half of this year, according to industry sources......»»

TSMC's ecosystem partners based in Taiwan are expected to post strong sales results for the first quarter of 2021, as well as the entire year, buoyed by brisk demand for chips fabricated by the pure-play foundry, according to industry sources......»»

LCD panel prices are poised to rise another 10% on average to hit a four-year high in first-quarter 2021, having been raised by 15-20% in the previous quarter, according to industry sources......»»

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will be expanding production capacity for automotive chips at a gradual pace, with additional output to arrive as early as the third quarter of this year, according to industry sources......»»

Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) both saw shipments of their high-margin gaming notebooks hit record highs in 2020, with the strong shipment momentum set to carry on in the first half of this year, according to industry sources......»»