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Friday 17 May 2019
Backend firm OSE sees utilization rate ramp up
Backend house Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) has seen its capacity utilization rate for flash memory products climb above 80% recently, according to industry sources.
Friday 17 May 2019
HannStar Board braces for impact from US tariffs against China
Taiwan PCB maker HannStar Board sees little impact from the US hiking tariffs from 10% to 25% on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports starting May 10, but may face significant...
Friday 17 May 2019
Worldwide semiconductor revenues to decline 7.2% in 2019, says IDC
After three consecutive years of growth, worldwide semiconductor revenues will decrease 7.2% to US$440 billion in 2019, according to IDC.
Friday 17 May 2019
Richtek names new chairman
MediaTek's CEO Rick Tsai has been appointed as chairman of Richtek Technology.
Friday 17 May 2019
TPK to make decision on deal with JDI by year-end
TPK Holding expects to make a final decision on an investment deal with Japan Display (JDI) by the end of 2019, according to Michael Chiang, chairman of the Taiwan-based touch panel...
Friday 17 May 2019
TSMC obtains orders for 5G modem from fabless firms
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly grabbed orders for all the 5G modem chips that have been introduced by fabless chipmakers, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon...
Friday 17 May 2019
Huawei tightening ties with Taiwan IC supply chain
China's largest telecom equipment maker Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon are ambitiously proceeding with their vertical and horizontal deployments in diverse chip solutions...
Friday 17 May 2019
Asian Edge: Competition between Korea and Taiwan in semiconductor
Samsung has a far smaller share than TSMC in the wafer foundry sector, but Samsung's technologies built from its experience in memory and Exynos series AP production are as good as...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Asian Edge: The outlook of Chinese semiconductor equipment market
The worldwide semiconductor equipment market, which had a scale of US$60.5 billion in 2018, is controlled mostly by companies in the West. The development of China's semiconductor...
Thursday 16 May 2019
FocalTech expects sales recovery starting 2Q19
FocalTech Systems, which remained unprofitable in the first quarter of 2019, expects its sales and gross margin to recover starting the second quarter.
Thursday 16 May 2019
TSMC 7nm process attracts orders for AI chip from Alibaba
Pingtouge Semiconductor, Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary, reportedly has placed orders for 7nm chip solutions with Global Unichip and TSMC.
Thursday 16 May 2019
Microcontroller market growth drops to nearly zero in 2019, says IHS
Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Innolux cuts paychecks for top executives
Innolux will introduce measures, including salary reductions for its top executives, to tackle increasing difficulies facing the flat panel industry, looking to become stronger in...
Thursday 16 May 2019
HiSilicon keen to develop modem-integrated 5G mobile SoCs
Huawei's chipmaking arm HiSilicon is aggressively planning the development of its 5G mobile SoC integrating a modem chip, as well as 5G mmWave solutions for smartphones after releasing...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Spirox expects 2Q19 sales to hit bottom
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, expects sales to hit bottom for 2019 in the second quarter.