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Thursday 2 May 2019
Cloud servers for datacenters to see significant shipments in 2H19
Global server shipments are not expected to regain significant growth momentum until the third quarter or even the fourth quarter of 2019, but the cloud segment's outlook remains...
Thursday 2 May 2019
MediaTek gross margin rebounds above 40%
MediaTek has reported net profit fell 16.2% sequentially to a four-quarter low of NT$3.42 billion (US$110,5 million) in the first quarter of 2019, but gross margin climbed 2.3pp on...
Thursday 2 May 2019
ASE profits fall in 1Q19
ASE Technology Holding has reported net profit of NT$2.04 billion (US$66.2 million) for the first quarter of 2019, down 62% sequentially. EPS for the quarter came to NT$0.48.
Tuesday 30 April 2019
China smartphone AP shipments – 1Q 2019
Smartphone AP shipments to China slid 29.3% sequentially in first-quarter 2019 under the influence of system integrators' inventory adjustment and fewer working days.
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan moving to develop B5G, 6G tech
Despite 5G applications still at a budding stage, Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is actively seeking B5G (beyond 5G) and 6G academic research projects aiming to...
Monday 29 April 2019
Taiwan PCB makers urged to extend tech lead over China peers
Taiwan PCB makers have to strengthen their investment in R&D of high-end processes to extend their technological lead over Chinese rivals who are fast catching up, CM Lee, chairman...
Monday 29 April 2019
Unisoc releases new mobile SoC to meet pre-5G replacement demand
Tsinghua Unigroup's chipmaking arm Unisoc has recently released a new generation chipset platform, Tiger 310 mobile SoC, for 4G smartphones, seeking to better cash in on pre-5G replacement...
Friday 26 April 2019
IC equipment maker Group Up sees clear order visibility through 3Q19
Taiwan-based Group Up Industrial (GP), dedicated to supplying automation and semiconductor dry process equipment, has seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2019...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
PCB firm Tripod Tech kicking off NT$2 billion capacity expansion
Taiwan-based Tripod Technology has disclosed it has signed a contract worth NT$2 billion (US$64.8 million) for the construction of additional production lines at its manufacturing...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
MediaTek gearing up for 5G smartphone market boom in China
MediaTek is expected to kick off shipments of its Helio M70 5G modem chips to China smartphone vendors in the second quarter of 2019 to cash in on the first wave of 5G business opportunities,...
Monday 22 April 2019
Backend houses in FC-CSP price war
With the crypto mining fever subsiding, many Taiwan backend houses have seen their FC-CSP machines dedicated to packaging mining ASICs stay idle since late 2018, forcing them into...
Monday 22 April 2019
Multi-tasking mobile power banks see robust demand in 5G era
Market demand is getting strong for fast and wireless charging systems, and mobile power banks featuring slim, high-power, and high-capacity specs suitable for multi-task integration...
Friday 19 April 2019
5G mobile modem chips become valuable strategic resources after Intel exit
Mobile modem chips are likely to become scarce strategic resources in the 5G era, now that Intel has decided to exit the 5G smartphone modem market to focus on 4G and 5G modems for...
Thursday 18 April 2019
ASE sees significant pickup in orders for customized SiP solutions
ASE Technology has landed more customized SiP (system-in-package) backend orders than expected earlier this year thanks to growing demand for heterogeneous integration of 5G chips,...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...