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Monday 15 April 2019
MediaTek 2Q19 revenues likely to grow by up to 14%
MediaTek is expected to post revenues of between NT$56 billion (US$1.82 billion) and NT$61 million in the second quarter of 2019, representing a 7-14% sequential increase, with gross...
Friday 12 April 2019
China IC foundry industry faces idle capacity concerns
Unclear product positioning and customer orders will likely leave a substantial portion of production capacity idle in China's IC foundry sector, where more 12- and 8-inch fabs are...
Friday 12 April 2019
Power, talent shortages may dent hi-tech investments in Taiwan
Taiwanese semiconductor, communication and electronics firms have significantly increased their investments in Taiwan since the China-US trade war kicked off in 2018, but shortages...
Friday 12 April 2019
Taiwan panel supply chain makers gearing up for foldable smartphones
Taiwan-based makers in the panel supply chain, including those producing OLED panels, polarizers, chemicals and masks, are gearing up efforts to develop related materials for the...
Friday 12 April 2019
PCB firm Tripod Tech conservative about 2Q19
Uncertainty in end-market demand has caused PCB firm Tripod Technology to remain conservative about its performance in the second quarter of 2019.
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
STB chip vendors see bright prospects ahead of 2020 Olympics
Taiwan-based set-top box (STB) chip vendors Rafael Micro and Ali are seeing clearer order visibility for 2019 than 2018, likely to score record-high profits for the year thanks to...
Thursday 11 April 2019
Orders from Huawei, AMD key to driving TSMC growth in 2Q19
Orders placed by Huawei and AMD will play a critical role in driving TSMC's revenue growth in the second quarter of 2019, according to market watchers.
Thursday 11 April 2019
Semiconductor equipment sales jump to record US$64.5 billion in 2018, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 14% from US$56.62 billion in 2017 to an all-time high of US$64.5 billion in 2018, according to SEMI.
Thursday 11 April 2019
FocalTech may swing to profitability in 2019 on robust TDDI chip shipments
Taiwan-based IC designer FocalTech Systems is likely to return to profitability in 2019 thanks to robust shipments of its new-generation TDDI and fingerprint ID chip solutions expected...
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
Taiwan PCB firms post mixed 1Q19 results
PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing saw its revenues decrease 4.3% from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2019, while revenues at fellow companies Unimicron Technology and...
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...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Niche-IC backend specialists enjoy strong 1Q19
GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
PCB maker Apex 1Q19 revenues surge 18%
PCB maker Apex International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.85 billion (US$92.3 million) for the first quarter of 2019, the highest for the quarter on record and up 17.7%...