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Thursday 15 March 2018
Challenges looming for Foxconn IIoT arm after going public
Amid speculations on reasons behind the recent speedy regulatory approval of Foxconn Industrial Internet's (FII) initial public offering (IPO) in China, it remains unclear to outsiders...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
High-speed transmission chipmakers land stable orders from first-tier clients
With the growing demand for high-speed data transmission interface solutions including PCIe, Type C, DP, and SerDes fueled by rampant AI, cloud service, big data and IoT applications,...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
New MediaTek AI chip to power upcoming Oppo, Meizu smartphones
MediaTek's recently-introduced Helio P60 mobile SoC that comes with AI capabilities has been adopted by Oppo and Meizu for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report...
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
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...
Thursday 8 March 2018
AcBel posts EPS of NT$0.60 for 2017
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech has reported net profits of NT$311 million (US$10.6 million) or NT$0.60 per share for 2017, when consolidated revenues decreased 9.9%...
Thursday 8 March 2018
China web giants moving to develop blockchain applications
China's three web giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, collectively dubbed as BAT, are actively exploring the blockchain-based applications although the blockchain technology is still...
Thursday 8 March 2018
MediaTek gearing up for AI smartphones
MediaTek has introduced its new solution to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to smartphones, and is gearing up for competition in the AI smartphone field.
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
Aaeon partners with Intel for AI
Taiwan-based IPC player Aaeon has cooperated with Intel to unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) Core module that is equipped with Intel's Movidius Myriad 2 VPU, at Embedded World...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Chicony posts 2017 EPS of NT$4.21
Chicony Electronics has reported net profits increased 16.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.56 billion (US$53.5 million) in 2017. EPS for the year came to NT$4.21.
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Nanya February revenues increase
DRAM maker Nanya Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.93 billion (US$202.3 million) for February 2018, up 49.3% on year.
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
Global January semiconductor sales increase 22.7%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$37.6 billion for the month of January 2018, an increase of 22.7% compared to the January 2017 total of US$30.6 billion, according to the...
Friday 2 March 2018
Micron announces mobile 3D NAND solutions for flagship smartphones
Micron Technology has announced three new 64-layer, second-generation 3D NAND storage products, which support the high-speed Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.1 standard. Micron's new...