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Wednesday 11 December 2019
Competition in TWS chip market to heat up in 2020
The global market for SoCs for true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds is poised for exponential growth in 2020, but competition will heat up, driving IC suppliers to improve their product...
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Unisoc set to raise new funds to support 5G, IoT chips development
Tsinghua Unigroup's chipmaking arm Unisoc will enforce a capital increment of CNY5 billion (US$707.44 million) to support its development of core 5G and IoT chipsets, according to...
Friday 27 September 2019
More Chinese firms developing advanced-node CPUs in-house
More China-based firms have become keen on in-house development of new-generation CPUs and GPUs, allowing Taiwan IC design service providers, especially those associated with TSMC,...
Tuesday 24 September 2019
China homegrown processors to be ready for mass shipments in 2020
China's homegrown processor makers will be ready for commercial shipments of their newly developed CPUs and GPUs in 2020, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 24 September 2019
Supply chain upbeat about mini LED sector in 2020
Strong demand for mini LED in 2020 is expected offer related equipment suppliers, driver IC vendors, panel makers and materials distributors lucrative business opportunities.
Friday 30 August 2019
Backend firms eyeing COF orders for ultraslim optical fingerprint ID chips
As super-slim in-display optical fingerprint sensor chips will see increasing penetration in 5G smartphones, Taiwan's IC backend service firms including ASE Technology Holding, ChipMos...
Thursday 22 August 2019
Elan eyes record revenues for 3Q19
Taiwan-based IC designer Elan Microelectronics expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to hit a new quarterly high on a notable sequential increase to be driven by demand for stylus...
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Foxconn set to build 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 as IDM
Foxconn Technology Group is likely to kick off construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 in Zhuhai, southern China in cooperation with the city government there, and will operate...
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Sigurd capacity utilization rate rises to over 80% on rush orders from China
IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its capacity utilization rate rebound to over 80% recently, thanks to a pull-in of short lead-time orders from mainly China,...
Thursday 30 May 2019
Intel reportedly mulling outsourcing chipset design to ASMedia
Intel is reportedly considering placing chipset design orders with Taiwan IC designer ASMedia Technology, which is already a partner of AMD, as part of its efforts to fend off competition...
Wednesday 29 May 2019
ZillTek enjoys robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips
Robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips to China have boosted revenues at ZillTek Technology in May, inspiring the Taiwan-based IC designer to expect its monthly and quarterly revenue...
Thursday 11 April 2019
FocalTech may swing to profitability in 2019 on robust TDDI chip shipments
Taiwan-based IC designer FocalTech Systems is likely to return to profitability in 2019 thanks to robust shipments of its new-generation TDDI and fingerprint ID chip solutions expected...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Backend firms see significant pickup in orders for TDDI chips
Backend houses have seen orders for handset-use TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips ramp up significantly, prompting them to allocate part of their COF (chip on film)...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
VIA partnering with Aisimba for smart delivery vehicles, says paper
Taiwan-based IC designer VIA Technologies has cooperated with China-based Aisimba to develop self-driving delivery vehicles and the two firms have demonstrated their 10th-generation...
Monday 1 April 2019
HiSilicon may unseat MediaTek as largest Asian IC designer in 2019
Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may unseat Taiwan's MediaTek as the largest IC design house in Asia in 2019, as the China-based company is set to roll out diverse new chipset...