Everlight optimistic about 1Q21
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has obtained orders for IR and UV LED devices with shipments scheduled until June-July 2021 and will soon begin shipments for miniLED backlight units (BLU) for LCD TVs, monitors, notebooks and tabl.....»»
Silicon Motion expects 7-12% revenue increase in 1Q21
Flash device controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology expects to post revenues of between US$154 million and US$161 million in the first quarter of 2021, representing a 7-12% sequential increase, with gross margin reaching 48-50% compared wit.....»»
Taiwan IC design houses to embrace strong 1Q21
Taiwan-based IC design houses are poised to embrace brisk sales in the first quarter of 2021 despite foundry capacity constraints, with first-tier players including MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics likely to generate record-high revenues during.....»»
PCB supply chain guardedly optimistic about Whitley-induced server replacement demand
Taiwan's PCB supply chain players are guardedly optimistic about business opportunities to arise from replacement demand for servers adopting Intel's new Whitley server processors, according to industry sources......»»
TSMC ecosystem partners set to enjoy strong 1Q21
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......»»
Everlight, Lextar, Excellence Optoelectronics join MIH
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics and LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) have joined MIH, an open hardware/software-integrated platform specific.....»»
Innolux expects strong 1Q21
Innolux expects to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021 with large-size panel shipments to stay flat but ASP to go up 7-9% sequentially, according to the company......»»
Global tablet shipments to fall 31% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide tablet shipments climbed to a 13-quarter high of 51.56 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research. However, shipments will fall 31% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021......»»
China smartphone market to contract in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to fall over 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, after growing 19.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research's latest data from its smartphone tracker......»»
Global AIO PC shipments to fall in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Global AIO (all-in-one) PC shipments will be weighed down by lingering shortages of crucial parts and components to suffer a sequential decline of 17.5% in the first quarter of 2021, having edged up 3.3% to 3.54 million units a quarter earlier, accor.....»»
Backend house Xintec expects strong 1Q21
TSMC-invested backend house Xintec expects to enjoy a particularly strong first-quarter 2021 and stable revenue and profit increases for the entire year, thanks to brisk wafer-level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) business, a ramp-up in demand for autom.....»»
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to drop 7% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's large-size panel shipments (excluding Sharp's) are expected to decline 7.3% sequentially in first-quarter 2021, having expanded 4.4.% sequentially and 26.5% on year to 74.76 million units in fourth-quarter 2020, according to Digitimes Resear.....»»
Global server shipments to fall 1.8% sequentially in 1Q21
Global server shipments are expected to increase 5% on year and see a slight sequential fall of only 1.8% in first-quarter 2021 thanks mainly to a ramp-up in demand from datacenter operators and the availability of new server processors, according to.....»»
China 1Q21 smartphone AP shipments to stay flat, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors (AP) to China, including those for handset exports, will stay flat sequentially in the first quarter of 2021, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments compared to a year earlier will register a rob.....»»
China smartphone shipments to post annual gains in 1Q21
Chinese smartphone vendors are expected to see robust annual growths in first-quarter 2021 shipments to both the domestic and overseas markets, according to Digitimes Research......»»
DDI backend houses to further raise quotes later in 1Q21
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies plan to enforce a second wave of price hikes in late February or early March to reflect their continued tight capacity, according to industry sources......»»
Taiwan small- to mid-size panel shipments to fall 9.5% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to fall 9.5% sequentially but up 3.9% on year to 174 million units in the first quarter of 2021, Digitimes Research estimates......»»
Apple revenues reach record level in fiscal 1Q21
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 first quarter ended December 26, 2020 and posted all-time record revenues of US$111.4 billion, up 21% on year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of US$1.68, up 35%. International sales.....»»
Highlights of the day: MediaTek expects bright 2021
MediaTek is optimistic about its operation in 2021, with revenues expected to rise up to 8% sequentially in the first quarter of 2021 thanks to clients' robust orders, and the momentum is also expected to benefit MediaTek's backend services partners......»»
MediaTek expects up to 8% revenue growth in 1Q21
MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of up to 8% sequentially to between NT$96.4 billion (US$3.44 billion) and NT$104.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021. Despite foundry capacity constraints, overall demand will grow outperforming seasonal pat.....»»
Macronix expects strong 1Q21
Taiwan-based chipmaker Macronix International expects to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2021, judging from robust demand for all its product lines including ROM, NOR and NAND flash memory......»»