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Friday 7 February 2020
DSS to be used for enterprise applications for 5G in 2H20, says Digitimes Research
To improve 5G spectrum's usage efficiency, 3GPP has brought up several solutions with dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) being one of the major technologies expected to be used when transitioning...
Monday 6 January 2020
CHPT sees vertical probe card biz expand
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) saw sales generated from its new VPC (vertical probe card) product line grow to account for a double-digit percentage of the company's total revenues...
Friday 3 January 2020
KYEC starting 2020 with robust test orders for 5G, AI, CIS chips
Taiwan-based testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to see its first-quarter 2020 revenues hit the highest record ever for the same quarter with monthly revenues to...
Friday 3 January 2020
TSMC, KYEC reportedly grab orders for automotive AI chips from Intel
Foundry house TSMC and testing house KYEC have both obtained orders for automotive AI chips from Intel, with the orders set to generate revenues starting the second half of 2020,...
Tuesday 31 December 2019
IC testing interfaces suppliers to embrace bright prospects in 1H20
Taiwan-based IC test solutions providers including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT), Keystone Microtech and WinWay Technology are poised to embrace robust orders from major chipmakers...
Tuesday 24 December 2019
MediaTek to make aggressive 5G push in China
MediaTek is expected to embrace an ambitious strategy to grow its presence in the 5G smartphone SoC sector. It will focus its efforts on 5G chip solutions for the upper midrange smartphone...
Friday 13 December 2019
Hisilicon to sell IoT chip modules on open market, executive says
Hisilicon Technologies, a chip arm of Huawei, will be ready to sell its IoT chip modules on open market in early 2020 at the earliest, according to company technology vice president...
Monday 9 December 2019
ASE reportedly grabs SiP orders for new Qualcomm PC processor
Qualcomm has launched new Arm-based processors for notebooks. Among the chips, the new Snapdragon 7c series designed for entry-level devices reportedly adopts ASE Technology's system-in-package...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Qualcomm intros new 5G SoC lineup
Qualcomm has introduced its new Snapdragon 865 and 765 seies SoC chips designed for 5G-capable Android smartphones slated for launch in 2020. TSMC and Samsung Foundry reportedly are...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
MediaTek's role in 5G world: Q&A with TL Lee, GM of wireless communication
MediaTek has released Dimensity 1000 featuring four Arm Cortex-A77 cores operating up to 2.6GHz with four power-efficient Arm Cortex-A55 cores operating at up to 2.0GHz, accelerating...
Tuesday 3 December 2019
5G chip price to stay above US$100 in 1H20
5G mobile SoC unit price will stay above US$100 in the first half of 2020, several times that for 4G solutions, as tight capacity at TSMC's 7nm node is likely to keep production cost...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Intel, MediaTek partner to bring 5G connectivity to next-gen PC
MediaTek has announced it is partnering with Intel to bring MediaTek's new 5G modem to PCs. Through this partnership, Intel has been working with MediaTek on the 5G solution for deployment...
Friday 18 October 2019
Robust 7nm and 5nm chip demand to drive TSMC 2020 growth
TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...
Thursday 12 September 2019
Taiwan semiconductor foundry sector, 2Q19
With global market demand on a moderate increase in second-quarter 2019, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundries showed recovery. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United...
Monday 29 July 2019
Apple revving up in-house IC design capability; TSMC to benefit most
Apple has clinched a deal to acquire Intel's smartphone baseband (modem) chip business unit, and the US vendor is also expected to roll out MacBook models featuring its own ARM-based...