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Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Monday 26 November 2018
TSMC likely to post 14-16% revenue drop in 1Q19, report says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to post a 14-16% sequential decline in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2019, due mainly to inventory correction...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Chipmakers may see profits deflated by smartphone sales headwind in 2019
As worldwide smartphone vendors are expected to further lower prices for new models to stimulate replacement demand in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and UNISOC...
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Nanya to buy back shares
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has unveiled plans to buy back as many as 120 million of its own shares starting November 13. The new stock repurchase program will be implemented...
Monday 12 November 2018
TSMC October revenues up 7%
A ramp-up of chip orders for Apple's new iPhone devices boosted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) October revenues to the second-highest monthly levels in the contract...
Friday 9 November 2018
MediaTek gaining ground in global ASIC market
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek is developing at full throttle ASICs for customers, posing increasing competition pressure to IC design service providers including Global Unichip and Alchip...
Thursday 8 November 2018
SMIC expects to post 7-9% revenue decrease in 4Q18
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 7-9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Qualcomm to better partner with TSMC for HPC chips fabrication
Qualcomm is expected to significantly enhance its partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of high-performance computing (HPC) chips for...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Macronix October revenues up, Winbond down
Macronix International has reported October consolidated revenues increased 3.9% sequentially to NT$3.89 billion (US$126.9 million), while Winbond Electronics' consolidated sales...
Thursday 1 November 2018
UMC suspends R&D with China DRAM firm
With the US banning exports to Jinhua Integrated Circuit, United Microelectronics (UMC) will suspend its R&D assistance to the China-based DRAM firm until further notice, according...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Winbond set to ramp up 25nm DRAM chip production in 4Q18
Winbond Electronics saw shipments of chips built using 38nm process technology ramp up substantially to account for 24% of the chipmaker's total DRAM sales in the third quarter of...
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Chipmakers advancing 5G chips rollout by one quarter
As leading brand vendors are set to roll out 5G-based smartphone models in the first half of 2019, chipmakers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek have advanced the launch schedules for...
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Nanya cuts capex outlook
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has revised downward its capex outlook for 2018 to NT$21 billion (US$681.7 million), down from the NT$24 billion set previously, in a move to decelerate...
Friday 12 October 2018
TSMC to be only supplier of Apple A13 chips in 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to win all orders for A13 chips that Apple will reelase in 2019, extending its dominance in the pure-play foundry sector,...
Thursday 4 October 2018
Nanya 3Q18 revenues slip
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its third-quarter revenues slip nearly 1% on quarter, which came below market watchers' expectation of sequential growth.
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