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Wednesday 22 May 2019
Huawei development of sub-6GHz 5G chips remains on track
Despite the escalating US-China trade war and US ban on the transfer of technology to Huawei, the Chinese firm's development of application processors and modem chips for sub-6GHz...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan server, network equipment makers gaining from US-China trade war
Taiwan suppliers of servers and network communication modules have seen orders mount significantly as their clients in the US and Europe have moved to boost ratios of shipments from...
Friday 17 May 2019
Unisoc 5G modem chip validated, to be made on TSMC 7nm node
Unisoc's Ivy 510 5G modem chip has been validated for 5G NR sub-6 GHz signaling, and will be fabricated by TSMC on the 7nm node for official application in the starting year of 5G...
Friday 17 May 2019
TSMC obtains orders for 5G modem from fabless firms
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly grabbed orders for all the 5G modem chips that have been introduced by fabless chipmakers, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon...
Friday 17 May 2019
Huawei tightening ties with Taiwan IC supply chain
China's largest telecom equipment maker Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon are ambitiously proceeding with their vertical and horizontal deployments in diverse chip solutions...
Thursday 16 May 2019
HiSilicon keen to develop modem-integrated 5G mobile SoCs
Huawei's chipmaking arm HiSilicon is aggressively planning the development of its 5G mobile SoC integrating a modem chip, as well as 5G mmWave solutions for smartphones after releasing...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Samsung details 3nm gate-all-around technology
Samsung Electronics provided an update to its advanced-node process technology roadmap, including its 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) technology, during a recent company event in Santa...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Nan Ya PCB posts smaller loss in 1Q19
PCB and IC substrate maker Nanya Printed Circuit Board saw its net loss improve to NT$278 million (US$8.9 million) in the first quarter from loss of NT$677.9 million during the same...
Monday 13 May 2019
Samsung enters AiP module production for 5G mmWave
Qualcomm has introduced the world's first 5G NR mmWave antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices, but Samsung is fast catching up.
Monday 13 May 2019
Unimicron to pour US$20 billion into FC substrate biz over next 4 years
Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of NT$20 billion (US$644.7 million) in R&D and expanding production capacity for advanced flip-chip (FC) substrates...
Friday 10 May 2019
IntelliEPI April revenues fall 23.8%
GaAs epi-wafer company Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which uses MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) growth technology, saw its revenues for April plunge 23.8% on month to...
Friday 10 May 2019
5G technology to lift 8K/4K video services, says Sharp executive
The developments of related key technologies and solutions for the ultra-high definition (UHD) 8K/4K video services will be accelerated and realized by optimizing 5G networks, according...
Thursday 9 May 2019
Edge computing dominant in 5G-driven smart production operation
Smart manufacturing plants will materialize faster with commercialization of 5G mobile communication technologies, and edge computing will play a leading role in the materialization...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Monday 6 May 2019
Global 1Q19 smartphone market continues to shrink; Huawei shines
Following four consecutive quarters of negative growth in 2018, the global smartphone market continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2019 suffering a 6.3% year-over-year decline...