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Friday 20 July 2018
Panjit developing high-power IGBT devices for automotive use
Taiwan discrete components maker Panjit International is stepping up the development of high-power IGBT devices for automotive and mass transportation uses while expecting uninterruptible...
Friday 20 July 2018
Texas Instruments to launch DLP5531-Q1 chipset for use in automotive headlights
Texas Instruments will launch DLP5531-Q1, a chipset consisting of 1.3-megapixel DLP5531-Q1 DMD (digital micromirror device), DLP230-Q1 DMD controller and TPS99000-Q1 system management...
Friday 20 July 2018
Acer tops PC vendors in Amazon Prime Day sales
Acer on July 19 announced that the best-selling PC-related products including notebook, desktop, LCD monitor during Amazon Prime Day were all devices from Acer. Amazon Prime Day is...
Friday 20 July 2018
TSMC revises revenue, capex outlook for 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has revised its revenue growth forecast for 2018 to 5-9%, compared with the up to 10% estimated previously. Disappointing crypto...
Thursday 19 July 2018
AI-based xPUs proliferating as new growth driver for IC supply chains
With the advent of the 5G era, artificial intelligence (AI) applications will be in full swing, prompting chipmakers to develop multiple xPU chips beyond Intel's CPU and Nvidia's...
Thursday 19 July 2018
TV panel prices to rebound in 3Q18 as supply becomes tight
TV panel prices are set to rebound in the third quarter as overall supply is expected to be getting tight in the quarter, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 18 July 2018
VirtualLink combines simplicity of single USB-C connector with higher bandwidth to drive VR experiences
A new industry consortium led by Nvidia, Oculus, Valve, AMD, and Microsoft has introduced the VirtualLink specification - an open industry standard that enables next-generation VR...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Edom likely to post 30% revenue growth in 3Q18
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology is expected to report about 30% revenue growth sequentially for the third quarter of 2018, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Winbond completes NT$10 billion bond issue
Winbond Electronics has completed the sale of NT$10 billion (US$327.2 million) worth of secured corporate bonds in Taiwan, according to the maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Taiwan CIS suppliers put increased focus on niche-market applications
Taiwan-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including related backend service providers have put increased focus on niche-market applications such as automotive and medical, as...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
New businesses under Acer should be internationalized, says Acer founder
Acer founder Stan Shih at a recent event has noted that the Acer Group's current business operation consists of three major segments: core PC business; business derived from PCs such...
Monday 16 July 2018
Ultra HD TVs propelling flat panel TV market to 194 million units in 2022, says ABI Research
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide Ultra HD flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. Ultra...
Monday 16 July 2018
Worldwide PC shipments grow for the first time in 6 years during 2Q18, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1.4% increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This...
Monday 16 July 2018
Technology is only one of the ingredients to startup success, says Tally Liu
In a media career spanning nearly three decades, Tally Liu served as senior vice president of Knight Ridder, in charge of finances, operations, internal audit and new technologies...
Monday 16 July 2018
SMIC expanding 8-inch fab capacity
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) held a ceremony recently to mark the start of equipment move-in at the new facilities of its 8-inch wafer plant in Tianjin, China,...