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Friday 20 April 2018
OSAT firms see flip-chip package orders eroded by digital coin price swings
Taiwan OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) firms are facing headwinds in striving for flip-chip packaging orders for cryptocurrency mining ASICs, as the sharp price...
Friday 20 April 2018
Global semiconductor packaging materials market reaches US$16.7 billion in 2017
The global semiconductor packaging materials market reached US$16.7 billion in 2017, according to a report by SEMI and TechSearch International. While slower growth of smartphones...
Friday 20 April 2018
TSMC cuts revenue outlook for 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cut its revenue growth forecast for 2018 to 10% from the previously-estimated 10-15%, citing weaker-than-expected smartphone...
Thursday 19 April 2018
Taiwan IC designers asked to defer shipments of mining chips
Taiwan-based IC design houses have received requests from customers in the cryptocurrency mining sector to defer shipments of mining ASICs amid lackluster replacement demand for mining...
Thursday 19 April 2018
Rising component and material costs to put pressure on gross margin
IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...
Friday 13 April 2018
Greatek enjoys robust demand for auto MCUs
Taiwan-based logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI), has seen orders for MCUs ramp up from its IDM clients while enjoying strong demand...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
TSMC March revenues surge
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 of about NT$103.7 billion (US$3.55 billion), up 60.4% sequentially and 20.8% on...
Friday 30 March 2018
TSMC revenues to rebound in March
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its March revenues rebound to over NT$100 billion (US$3.43 billion), driven by a ramp-up of 16nm and 12nm chip...
Thursday 29 March 2018
ASRock rolls out AMD Radeon graphics cards
ASRock has introduced the first series of its Phantom Gaming-branded graphics cards based on AMD's chips in Thailand, focusing on the mainstream price segment and it will sell them...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Yen Sun reports strong profits for 2017 thanks to car-use fans
Cooling fan and home appliance maker Yen Sun Technology has announced its 2017 financial results with consolidated revenues growing 5.51% on year to come to NT$2.42 billion (US$82.64...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Niching posts record gross margin in 4Q17
IC packaging material and tool distributor Niching Industrial saw its gross margin reach a record high of 23% in the fourth quarter of 2017. Gross margin for all of 2017 climbed to...
Thursday 22 March 2018
Gigabyte reports on-year EPS growth of 21.5% in 2017
Gigabyte Technology has announced net profit of NT$842 million (US$28.71 million) for the fourth quarter of 2017, down 23.86% sequentially, while its net profit for 2017 increased...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
IC distributor Supreme Electronics upbeat about 2018 revenues
Taiwan-based Supreme Electronics, which mainly distributes memory products and display panels for Samsung Electronics, expects its revenues to pick up steadily starting in the second...
Thursday 15 March 2018
TSMC seeing tight capacity for cryptocurrency mining chips
TSMC's 16nm and 12nm process production capacity has been tight in the first quarter of 2018 driven by strong demand for GPUs and ASICs for cryptocurrency mining, according to industry...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Nvidia wary of possible cryptocurrency demand drop
GPU demand from the cryptocurrency mining industry is showing signs of slowdown recently and Nvidia has started taking measures to minimize possible damage, according to some market...