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Monday 15 April 2019
IC materials distributors see stable revenue increases in 1Q19
Taiwan-based distributors of semiconductor materials have posted revenue increases in the first quarter of 2019, mainly driven by ramp-up in demand for high-end chips for 5G, AI and...
Monday 15 April 2019
Shennan Circuits posts strong 1Q19 results on 5G PCB shipments
China-based PCB maker Shennan Circuits has reported revenues of CNY2.163 billion (US$322.49 million) and net earnings of CNY187 million) for the first quarter of 2019, shooting up...
Friday 12 April 2019
FCCL firms eying orders from China handset vendors as growth driver
Taiwan-based FPCB materials suppliers Asia Electronic Materials (AEM) and Taiflex Scientific, after experiencing lackluster revenue performances in the first quarter of 2019, both...
Thursday 11 April 2019
China IC design growth may slow to under 20% in 2019, says Digitimes Research
The annual growth of China's IC design industry output value will likely slow to less than 20% in 2019, for the first time since 2011, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 11 April 2019
MediaTek revenues climb to 6-month high in March
MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues increased 57.6% sequentially and nearly 11% on year to a six-month high of NT$22.32 billion (US$723.5 million) in March 2019.
Thursday 11 April 2019
ASE, PTI post revenue decreases in 1Q19
Major Taiwan-based backend houses ASE Technology Holding and Powertech Technology (PTI) have both reported sequential decreases of 22.1% and 13.2%, respectively, in consolidated revenues...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Memory long-term outlook promising: Q&A with Micron EVP Sumit Sadana
The memory-chip market conditions will start to improve later in 2019, followed by several years of prosperity, according to Sumit Sadana, executive VP and chief business officer...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Huawei momentum boosts March sales for Taiwan suppliers
A surge in orders for Huawei's new smartphones and 5G base stations boosted March revenues at several Taiwan-based ecosystem partners, such as backend firm King Yuan Electronics (KYEC)...
Monday 8 April 2019
TSMC and OIP ecosystem partners deliver complete design infrastructure for 5nm process
TSMC has announced delivery of the complete version of its 5nm design infrastructure within the Open Innovation Platform (OIP). This full release enables 5nm systems-on-chip (SoC)...
Monday 8 April 2019
PCB makers lack new growth momentum in transition to 5G
Taiwan PCB makers lack new growth momentum to spur demand during the transition to the 5G era, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Inspur headhunting talent from Taiwan ODMs
China-based server vendor Inspur has been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec for its R&D office in Taiwan,...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
MA-tek revving up organic IC materials analysis to tap 5G opportunities
Taiwan's Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek), after gaining a solid presence in the silicon-based materials analysis business, is aggressively venturing into the analysis market...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Foxconn sees Internet Plus applications as new growth driver
The Foxconn Group (Hon Hai), after seeing its business transformation and diversification efforts gradually paying off, expects Internet Plus applications to fuel its next wave of...
Monday 1 April 2019
HiSilicon may unseat MediaTek as largest Asian IC designer in 2019
Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may unseat Taiwan's MediaTek as the largest IC design house in Asia in 2019, as the China-based company is set to roll out diverse new chipset...
Friday 29 March 2019
Why 12-inch fabs are better for power components: Q&A with Bing Xue, AOS SVP of global sales
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS), which designs and manufactures power semiconductors for a broad range of applications, will start production at its new 12-inch wafer plant...