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Thursday 7 November 2019
Global Unichip to see revenues rebound in 4Q19
IC design service company Global Unichip is expected to see monthly revenues rebound to over NT$1 billion (US$32.9 million) for both November and December, with revenues for the fourth...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
TSMC, UMC enjoy ramp-up in China fab utilization rates
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their China-based wafer fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by growing...
Friday 4 October 2019
TSMC 7nm process attracts multiple orders for AI processors
TSMC with its competitive 7nm process technology has obtained orders for made-for-AI chip processors from Nvidia, Xilinx and Qualcomm, and a number of China-based vendors such as...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Huawei ramping up chip demand for 5G base stations
Huawei has been ramping up orders for chips used in its 5G base station equipment, according to sources at backend houses, which expect the China-based player's chip demand to remain...
Friday 23 August 2019
Xilinx intros FPGA featuring 9 million system logic cells
Xilinx has announced the expansion of its 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include what the company claims is the world's largest FPGA, the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P, with 35...
Monday 5 August 2019
Global Unichip cuts revenue growth forecast to negative for 2019
IC design service company Global Unichip has revised downward its revenue forecast this year to a double-digit drop from the flat growth estimated previously.
Thursday 25 July 2019
IC backend firms expanding capacities on strong demand from Huawei
Taiwan IC backend service firms are moving to carry out capacity expansions to meet increased shipment demand from Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon, which, coupled with growing...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Faraday eyes sharp revenue increases for 3Q19
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to surge over 27% sequentially after the company experienced...
Thursday 18 July 2019
Skeptics question report about Bitmain resuming 7nm chip orders
China-based Bitmain Technologies has reportedly placed around US$300 million worth of orders with TSMC for processing 30,000 wafers on 7nm node amid speculated sharp increase in demand...
Friday 5 July 2019
Backend firms see pickup in short lead-time orders for mining ASICs
Backend houses have seen a pickup in short lead-time orders for crypto mining ASICs recently, driven by significant upturn of Bitcoin prices, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 June 2019
MediaTek reiterates sales guidance for 2Q19
Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek expects its sales for the second quarter of 2019 to come within the guidance given previously of 13-21% sequential growth.
Tuesday 11 June 2019
CHPT cautious about 4Q19
Wafer test solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has expressed caution about its shipments in the fourth quarter of 2019, judging from poor order visibility for the...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Marvell to acquire Globalfoundries ASIC business
Marvell has entered into definitive agreements to purchase Avera Semiconductor, the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business of Globalfoundries, according to the com...
Thursday 2 May 2019
ASE panel-level packaging reportedly attracts orders from HiSilicon
IC backend house ASE Technology Holding's newly-developed fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology has obtained orders from HiSilicon, according to sources familiar with the...
Thursday 2 May 2019
MediaTek gross margin rebounds above 40%
MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2% sequentially to a four-quarter low of NT$3.42 billion (US$110,5 million) in the first quarter of 2019, but gross margin climbed 2.3pp on...