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Friday 21 December 2018
Taiwan export order value dropping in November, says MOEA
Taiwan's export order value totaled US$47.68 billion in November, decreasing 2.7% on month and 2.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...
Friday 21 December 2018
AMEC 5nm plasma etching tools verified by TSMC
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) announced recently its in-house developed 5nm plasma etching tools have been verified by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM...
Thursday 20 December 2018
No surprises if Intel quits contract chipmaking market
Intel's recent announcement about refocusing its manufacturing resources on its own products has raised speculation again that the company may discontinue its so-called custom foundry...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Foundries see orders for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors ramp up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their fabless customers particularly those engaged in the TDDI (touch and display...
Thursday 20 December 2018
CIS demand set to grow robustly in 2019
The market for CMOS image sensors is expected to see robust growth in 2019, thanks to brisk demand for multi-lens handsets, cars equipped with ADAS capabilities, and security control...
Thursday 20 December 2018
North America semi equipment industry billings fall in November, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Taiwan science minister urges support for startups
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will lead 44 tech startup companies to attend CES 2019 in Las Vegas in January 2019, MOST minister Liang-Gee Chen announced on We...
Wednesday 19 December 2018
USB Type-C chip prices to fall over 20% in 2019
USB Type-C interface devices are increasingly applied to a variety of consumer electronics gadgets, prompting major Taiwan IC design houses to deepen their deployments in related...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
SEMI cuts fab equipment spending growth forecast for 2019 to negative
Total fab equipment spending in 2019 is projected to drop 8%, a sharp reversal from the previously forecast increase of 7% as fab investment growth has been revised downward for 2018...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
HannStar Display, others may land windfall panel orders in wake of CPT suspension
Flat panel makers including Innolux, HannStar Display and BOE Technology are likely to land windfall orders for small- to medium-size applications after Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Yahoo TV to enrich services in Taiwan via AR/VR, 5G applications
Yahoo TV has made significant progress in its business expansion through multiple partnerships, intensive live streams and innovative services in Taiwan in 2018 and is looking at...
Monday 17 December 2018
CPT shuts down LCD lines in Taiwan
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has been forced to shut down its LCD production lines in Longtan and Yangmei, both in northern Taiwan, as its primary nitrogen supplier, Linde Lien Hwa...
Monday 17 December 2018
Taiwan IC distributors look to IoT, 5G for 2019 growth
With the AI and 5G markets set to flourish, chip demand for HPC, IoT and cloud servers is expected to enjoy substantial growth in 2019, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC dist...
Friday 14 December 2018
Taiwan server revenues to surge 24.6% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Overall revenues scored by Taiwan's server sector including segments of motherboards, terminal systems, storage devices and related network equipment, are expected to surge 24.6%...
Thursday 13 December 2018
UMC to spend NT$27 billion on capacity deployment
The board of directors of United Microelectronics (UMC) has authorized a capital budget execution of NT$27.406 billion (US$889.4 million) for capacity deployment.