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Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Monday 26 November 2018
Global Unichip revenues to disappoint in 2018, says report
Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip is likely to post revenue growth of 11-13% sequentially in 2018, a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report quoted...
Monday 26 November 2018
TV panel prices to continue to fall in December
Prices of large-size flat panels, mainly TV panels, are expected to continue to fall in December due to oversupply resulting from continued capacity ramps by China-based flat panel...
Monday 26 November 2018
TSMC likely to post 14-16% revenue drop in 1Q19, report says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to post a 14-16% sequential decline in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2019, due mainly to inventory correction...
Friday 23 November 2018
Qualcomm expands R&D team in Taiwan
Qualcomm has been expanding its local R&D team in Taiwan to bring the company closer to its Taiwan-based partners such as TSMC for the development of 5G mobile chips, according...
Friday 23 November 2018
Acter to gain from electronics production relocation amid US-China trade war
Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter expects its revenues for 2019 to grow 5-10% on year despite the global economic uncertainties caused by the escalating US-China...
Friday 23 November 2018
Advantest to acquire Test Systems from Astronics
Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest has announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the company will acquire the commercial Semiconductor...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Unitech enhancing auto PCB offering
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board will enhance further its high-end PCB offering for automotive electronics, and expects the effort to make a positive contribution to the...
Thursday 22 November 2018
MOSFET makers optimistic about revenue prospects for 2019
Taiwan MOSFET makers are optimistic about their revenue performances for 2019, as they are awash with orders from downstream customers willing to stockpile MOSFET inventories for...
Thursday 22 November 2018
China IC output value surges 22% in 1Q-3Q18, says CSIA
The overall output value of China's IC design, manufacturing and backend industries came to CNY446.15 billion (US$64.4 billion) for the first three quarters of 2018, rising 22.4%...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Chipmakers may see profits deflated by smartphone sales headwind in 2019
As worldwide smartphone vendors are expected to further lower prices for new models to stimulate replacement demand in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and UNISOC...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Leadframe maker Jih Lin gearing up for capacity expansion
Taiwan-based leadframe supplier Jih Lin Technology has established a new headquarters in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, and is looking to build additional production capacities at its...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Chip demand for auto electronic systems promising
Sales of automotive electronic systems are forecast to grow 7.0% in 2018 and 6.3% in 2019, the highest growth rate in both years among the six major end-use applications for semiconductors,...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
ARTC forms self-driving vehicle industry alliance
Government-sponsored Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) has partnered with 18 firms to form Autonomous Driving Vehicle Industry Alliance to establish Taiwan's technological...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
PCB equipment maker Group Up bracing for strong sales in 2019
Dry-process PCB equipment supplier Group Up Industrial expects its sales to expand at least 10% on year in 2019, given that its order visibility has extended to the second quarter...