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Thursday 14 February 2019
Lite-On Semi enhances power semiconductor line
Lite-On Semiconductor has set up a new business unit to combine its discrete component and power management IC offerings, the company has disclosed.
Thursday 14 February 2019
Good Tech Instruments' dry pump monitoring solution takes risk out of semiconductor manufacturing
The fabrication of semiconductor devices comprises a sequence of processing steps including etching, lithography, diffusion and thin film. How to ensure all process equipment is in...
Thursday 14 February 2019
PCB firm Apex expects sales growth in 1Q19
PCB maker Apex International expects to post on-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2019, and remains optimistic about its sales performance this year.
Thursday 14 February 2019
ASE Technology January revenues drop 10.5%
ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has reported January consolidated...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
BOE unseats LG Display to become largest LCD TV, monitor panel supplier
Having already served as the top panel supplier for smartphone, tablet and notebook applications, BOE Technology has also managed to outrace LG Display to become the world's largest...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2018
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments slipped 22.1% sequentially and 23.1% on year to arrive at only 240.55 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018 due primarily to se...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Global Unichip posts record 2018 profit
IC design service company Global Unichip has reported net profits of NT$988 million (US$32 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$13.46 billion for 2018, with both results hitting...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
MediaTek to see revenues rebound in 2Q19
MediaTek is expected to see its second-quarter revenues rebound to over NT$60 billion (US$1.95 billion), thanks to mass shipments of its new Helio P90 and P35 mobile SoCs, as well...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Shipments of 3D sensing-enabled Android smartphones to boom, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of Android-based smartphones featuring 3D sensing technology are set to boom in 2019, propelled by the increasing adoption of back-end time-of-flight (ToF) sensor solutions,...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Foundry houses see poor order visibility for 2Q19
Taiwan foundry houses see poor order visibility for the second quarter of 2019, as domestic and international IC design houses need more time to digest their chip inventories, according...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Taiwan cryptocurrency mining supply chain to see sales drop in 1Q19
Taiwan-based graphics card players, Nvidia and semiconductor players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Global Unichip and Faraday Technology are expected...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Global semiconductor sales increase 13.7% in 2018, says SIA
The global semiconductor industry posted sales of US$468.8 billion in 2018, the industry's highest-ever annual total and an increase of 13.7% compared to the 2017 total, according...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
More panel makers step into hole-punch display segment
More flat panel makers are enhancing their deployments in the hole-punch handset panel sector as more handset brands will follow the steps of Samsung Electronics and Huawei to launch...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Four China firms among top 10 chip buyers in 2018, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the top-10...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Chroma to buy 20.5% of Camtek
Camtek has announced that Chroma Ate, a Taiwan-based high precision test and measurement equipment provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 20.5%...