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Wednesday 21 March 2018
GlobalWafers posts record profit for 2017
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, a supplier of semiconductor silicon wafers, saw its net profits climb to a record high of NT$5.275 billion (US$180.7 million) in 2017. EPS for the year...
Monday 19 March 2018
AI, 5G may drive global IC revenues to US$500 billion, says SEMI president
After soaring 22.3% on year to hit a 7-year annual high of US$420 billion in 2017, the global semiconductor revenues will enter a new round of growth mainly driven by AI and 5G technologies...
Friday 16 March 2018
ShunSin swings to profit in 4Q17
ShunSin Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) specializing in assembly and test of system-in-package (SiP) modules, returned to profitability...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
IC analyzer iST sees 5G, AIoT, car electronics as major growth drivers
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), specialized in offering semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, will see revenue growth driven by five major...
Monday 12 March 2018
Bandwidth upgrades, IoT applications bring huge opportunities, says Sercomm CEO
Global demand for broadening network bandwidths is still maintaining substantial growth momentum, particularly bolstered by active deployments of optical fiber transmission networks...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
DRAM prices may rise 5-10% on datacenter demand in 1H18
Bolstered by robust demand from datacenter and smartphone sectors, the global production value of the DRAM industry is estimated to surge over 30% to US$96 billion in 2018, and price...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Lelon foresees record-breaking 2018 revenues, driven by automotive electronics and 5G
Benefitting from flourishing growth of automotive electronics and telecommunication markets, Taiwan's No. 1 aluminum electrolytic capacitor manufacturer Lelon Electronics has recently...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Sigurd revenues rise 51% on year in February
Taiwan IC tester Sigurd Microelectronics saw its revenues for February 2018 surge 51% on year to NT$692 million (US$23.63 million) despite the Lunar New Year holidays in the month,...
Monday 5 March 2018
Compound semiconductor suppliers set to benefit from 5G
Taiwan suppliers of compound semiconductor devices are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA)...
Friday 2 March 2018
High cost may dim initial prospects for 5G
With the imminent commercialization of 5G mobile technologies and services, mobile chipset suppliers, telecom operators and related supply chains will all face the initial incorporation...
Tuesday 27 February 2018
W2BI exhibiting 5G and IoT system-level test products at MWC 2018
W2BI, an Advantest Group company and a supplier of wireless device test automation products, is exhibiting its newest test automation products for the wireless electronics market...
Tuesday 27 February 2018
MediaTek and China Mobile announce collaboration to develop 5G devices for pre-commercial launch in 2019
MediaTek has announced it joined the "China Mobile 5G Device Forerunner Initiative" at GTI summit 2018. The collaboration of MediaTek and China Mobile will encompass applications...
Friday 23 February 2018
Intel, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA team up for 5G smartphone chips in China
Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA has announced it is teaming up with Intel to develop a 5G smartphone platform designed for the China market.
Monday 12 February 2018
Nokia to cooperate with Taiwan telecom operators for 5G deployments
Nokia has signed MoU agreements with a number of telecom operators in Taiwan calling for collaborating efforts to accelerate their 5G deployments while further enhancing related 4G...
Friday 9 February 2018
Globalfoundries 22FDX process to attract more orders, says company executive
After securing orders from STMicroelectronics, Globalfoundries' 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) process is being evaluated by hundreds of potential customers looking to use a more advanced fully-depleted...