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Thursday 29 August 2019
Sigurd, Winstek step up capacity expansion pace
IC backend houses Sigurd Microelectronics and Winstek Semiconductor both plan to expand production capacity aiming to satisfy growing demand for 5G-related chips and blockchain ASI...
Thursday 29 August 2019
eTreego tapping global EV charging opportunities with tech-based customization capability
With the growing awareness of environmental protection and energy conservation, more and more people are replacing gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles (EVs). A report released...
Wednesday 28 August 2019
Micron on track to kick off 1znm DRAM production in Taiwan
Micron Technology is already engaged in risk production of DRAM chips built using 1z-nanometer process technology at its Hiroshima fab in Japan, according to the US memory chip vendor...
Wednesday 28 August 2019
Orbotech's yield enhancement solutions are harnessing AI technologies to provide added value to Taiwan panel makers
The 8K resolution display, or Super Hi-Vision (SHV), is expected to succeed 4K and become the next TV standard. Earlier this year at CES 2019, global TV brands and panel makers came...
Tuesday 27 August 2019
China IC industry revving up to sharpen in-house supply capability
China semiconductor industry has been aggressively revving up its "de-Americanization" drive since the start of 2019 seeking to sharply wean itself off US suppliers of crucial IC...
Friday 23 August 2019
Intel launches new-generation 14nm mobile chips
Intel has introduced eight new mobile processors that are based on its 14nm Comet Lake architecture, under its U and Y series for ultra-thin notebooks and over 90 new ultra-thin notebooks...
Friday 23 August 2019
Xilinx intros FPGA featuring 9 million system logic cells
Xilinx has announced the expansion of its 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include what the company claims is the world's largest FPGA, the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P, with 35...
Thursday 22 August 2019
Elan eyes record revenues for 3Q19
Taiwan-based IC designer Elan Microelectronics expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to hit a new quarterly high on a notable sequential increase to be driven by demand for stylus...
Wednesday 21 August 2019
System integrators take center stage at Automation Taipei 2019
Over 900 smart automation solutions providers including more than 50 system integrators are showcasing their latest offerings at the Automation Taipei 2019 running August 21-24 at...
Wednesday 21 August 2019
IC material distributors positive about 5G-driven demand
Semiconductor materials distributors Wahlee Industrial and Topco Scientific are both optimistic that strong demand for high-end engineering plastics, silicon wafers and photoresist...
Wednesday 21 August 2019
TSMC to see revenues surge in 2020
Growing chip demand for 5G- and AIoT-related applications will boost TSMC's revenues for 2020, which are expected to climb over 10% on year, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 21 August 2019
Healthcare AI solution value hinges on problem addressing ability, says AstraZeneca executive
Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) is emerging as a new smart healthcare application, but what counts most for software developers to successfully tap into the medical AI domain...
Tuesday 20 August 2019
Graphics card market to see heated competition between Nvidia, AMD, Intel in 2021
Nvidia's dominance in the discrete graphics card market is expected to see strong challenges from Intel and AMD beginning from 2021, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Tuesday 20 August 2019
Micron moves 1znm DRAM process to volume production
Micron Technology has kicked off mass production of 16Gb DDR4 products using 1z-nanometer process technology, according to the US vendor.
Monday 19 August 2019
HannStar Board steps up investment in Taiwan
HannStar Board has disclosed plans to invest about NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million) in its factory site in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan where the PCB manufacturer will build additional...