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Friday 9 March 2018
TSMC February revenues fall to 10-month low
Consolidated revenues at pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fell to a 10-month low of NT$64.64 billion (US$2.2 billion) in February 2018.
Thursday 8 March 2018
TSMC sales receive strong boost from Bitmain orders
In addition to orders for 7nm chips, robust orders for cryptocurrency mining ASICs from China-based Bitmain Technologies are expected to drive Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
ASRock to enter graphics card market
Motherboard player ASRock reportedly will enter the graphics card market in April and focus mainly on supplying AMD-based products, according to some market watchers.
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Acer reportedly mulls buying Albatron shares
Acer is reportedly considering buying a stake in IPC developer Albatron Technology or fully acquiring the company in order to quickly gain access to the cryptocurrency mining and...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Singapore-based SpherePay to launch its own cryptocurrency
South East Asian mobile payment platform SpherePay has disclosed it is set to launch its own cryptocurrency in the coming few months. The Singapore-based company will introduce what...
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Samsung 4Q17 profits surge on robust chip demand
Robust memory chip demand boosted Samsung Electronics' profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017, when the vendor's net profits surged 72.9% on year to KRW12.26 trillion (US$11.5...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Cryptocurrency mining, AI applications to drive up demand for analog, MOSFET chips
Taiwan-based suppliers of analog ICs, MOSFET chips and protection components are braced for strong shipment growths in the first quarter of 2018 as demand for graphics cards for cryptocurrency...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Taiwan IC packagers to cash in on mining craze in 2018
Taiwan IC backend service providers including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics (KYE), are upbeat about their...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
TSMC lands big orders for mining ASICs from Bitmain
Taiwan semiconductor firms will see major revenue boosts from the global cryptocurrency mining craze in 2018, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has landed sizable...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Gigabyte sees weak motherboard orders in 1Q18
Motherboard orders received by Gigabyte Technology so far in the first quarter of 2018 are much lower than those received during the same period of a year earlier, an apparent result...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
China DRAM firms unlikely to offer competitive products without licensed tech, says Nanya president
China DRAM players can hardly roll out competitive products if they fail to obtain licenses for using crucial technologies, and their in-house-developed products will pose little...
Thursday 4 January 2018
Leadtek eyeing smart medical device market
Graphics card supplier Leadtek Research has launched amor H2 smart wristband for AI-based personalized health management, and aims to ship 500,000 units in 2018, with Japan, China...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Midrange, high-end graphics card prices to rise
Graphics card vendors are expected to raise their prices for mid-tier to high-end models by US$5-20 in the near future to reflect increasing product costs caused by the tight supply...
Tuesday 26 December 2017
Taiwan moving to set up IoT information security standards
Deeply sensing the increasing importance of information security associated with the IoT (Internet of Things) applications, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has set 2018...
Monday 25 December 2017
Gigabyte, TPK team up for AI and IoT
Gigabyte Technology has reportedly partnered with touch panel maker TPK Holding to establish a joint venture for obtaining orders from the artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet...