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Thursday 15 March 2018
IC designer Weltrend to enforce 20% capital reduction in June
Taiwan-based IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor has announced a plan to trim its paid-in capital by 20% or NT$445 million (US$15.225 million) from its current level of NT$2.226...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Advantech to buy 25% stake in Turkey distributor Alitek
Taiwan-based IPC player Advantech has announced plans to acquire a 25% stake in Alitek, the largest channel distributor in Turkey, and will continue increasing the shareholding each...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Top-5 notebook vendors see slight shipment growth in February, says Digitimes Research
The worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in February increase slightly on a sequential basis, reaching 8.08 million units, led mainly by US-based vendors....
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Wistron expects better profits in 2018
Wistron, having survived the difficult times over the past two to three years, is seeing rapid growths for its high-margin products and expects its gross margins and operating profit...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Synnex posts strong profit for 2017
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported fourth-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues of NT$106.968 billion (US$3.65 billion), with...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
ARM-based IPC opportunities: Q&A with Jason Liu, director of Intelligent Solution and System, Avalue
Avalue Technology is one of Taiwan's veteran industrial PC (IPC) players, having been in the sector since 2000. Although it is not as big as some of the first-tier players, Avalue...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Diode makers striving for more wafer supplies
Diode makers are striving to secure more supplies from their upstream wafer providers, as well as production capacities at their foundry partners, according to industry sources.
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...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Nvidia wary of possible cryptocurrency demand drop
GPU demand from the cryptocurrency mining industry is showing signs of slowdown recently and Nvidia has started taking measures to minimize possible damage, according to some market...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Falling prices to accelerate SSD adoption in notebooks
SSD suppliers have recently cut prices to promote their 64- and 72-layer 3D devices, which is expected to accelerate the adoption of SSDs in notebooks, according to DRAMeXchange.
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Optical lens firms developing automotive applications
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision as well as optical lens makers Calin Technology, Kinko Optical and Asia Optical have been developing automotive lenses, according...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
iST, Dekra to jointly offer Wi-Fi test, certification services for Asia clients
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), dedicated to providing semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, has lately signed a cooperation memorandum with...
Monday 12 March 2018
Adlink reports EPS of NT$1.79 for 2017
IPC player Adlink Technology registered consolidated revenues of NT$10.67 billion (US$362.35 million) for 2017, rising 11.5% on year, but its gross margin was only 37%, leading net...
Monday 12 March 2018
MOSFET makers to see 1Q18 revenues rise on price hike
Aided by the price hikes enforced in late 2017, Taiwan MOSFET makers including Sinopower Semiconductor, Excelliance MOS, Niko Semiconductor and Advanced Power Electronics (APEC) all...
Monday 12 March 2018
TDDI chipmakers see shipment boom eroded by price competition
Taiwan IC designers will see their shipments of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips and fingerprint recognition chips sustain growth momentum in 2018, but looming price-cutting...