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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.
Wednesday 3 October 2018
IC packagers warming up to 5G opportunities
Globally leading IC designers are keen to develop 5G-related chipsets as the new generation mobile communications technologies are set to kick off commercial applications in 2020,...
Tuesday 25 September 2018
Chipmakers to gain from robust demand for smart voice-based devices
MediaTek is likely to land handsome orders for smart voice service chipsets from Amazon as the web giant is extending its built-in Alexa smart voice software to a variety of devices...
Friday 21 September 2018
AP Memory gearing up for transformation
AP Memory will be executing its business transformation between the fourth quarter of 2018 and first-half 2019, as the company is looking to improve its gross margin and profit performance,...
Friday 14 September 2018
Specialty IC foundry VIS cuts outlook following power blackout
Eight-inch IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has trimmed its financial guidance for the third quarter following a power blackout that hit one of its wafer fabs.