Highlights of the day: MediaTek sees strong orders
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MediaTek has booked extra capacities at foundries and backend service suppliers for the second half of 2020. MediaTek is seeing strong demand not just for its smartphone chips, but in addition its different choices. As far as chip provide is anxious, Apple is ditching Intel and equipping its subsequent Macs with its personal processors. Taiwan-based Unimicron is being recognized as doubtlessly a serious provider of ABF substrates for the Apple silicon. Meanwhile, Kioxia is expectd to finish its acquisition of Lite On Tech’s SSD unit in July, after just a few months’ delay within the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
MediaTek books extra capacities for wafer foundry and backend providers: MediaTek has elevated its bookings for added capacities at Taiwan’s wafer foundry homes, primarily TSMC, and backend IC packaging and testing service companies for the second half of 2020 because the agency is ramping up chip shipments not just for 4G/5G smartphones but in addition for pill, networking, TV, STB, IoT and server functions, in response to business sources.
Unimicron could provide ABF substrates for brand new Macs with Apple silicon: Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology is being recognized as the key ABF substrate provider for Apple’s new-generation Mac computer systems that will probably be powered by its in-house developed ARM-based processors, in response to market sources.
Kioxia to finish acquisition of Lite-On SSD biz in July: Kioxia (renamed from Toshiba Memory) is anticipated to finish its takeover of Lite-On Technology’s SSD enterprise in early July, in response to business sources.
