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Monday 2 April 2018
Robust IoT chip orders filling 8-inch fab capacities
Strong demand for Internet of Things (IoT) related chips is filling China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries' 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.
Friday 30 March 2018
IntelliEPI to expand epi-wafer capacity by 50-60% in 2018
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, is expected to see its overall production capacity expand...
Friday 30 March 2018
Taiwan IC design houses vying for orders for ASIC
With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...
Friday 30 March 2018
Himax to fully acquire Emza
Himax technologies has decided to exercise its options to fully acquire Emza Visual Sense for an undisclosed sum, according to the Taiwan-based IC design house. The transaction is...
Friday 30 March 2018
BOE claims high yield rates at 8.5G and 10.5G lines
China-based flat panel maker BOE Technology has denied recent market speculations that claimed low yield rates had marred production of its 10.5 line in Hefei and 8.5G line in Fuzh...
Friday 30 March 2018
TSMC revenues to rebound in March
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its March revenues rebound to over NT$100 billion (US$3.43 billion), driven by a ramp-up of 16nm and 12nm chip...
Thursday 29 March 2018
ALi posts another year of losses
IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, saw its net loss improve to NT$1.60 (US$0.06) per share in 2017 from NT$1.95 in 2016.
Thursday 29 March 2018
Automotive IC market to top US$40 billion in 2018, says Digitimes Research
The global market scale for automotive semiconductors is estimated to surpass US$40 billion in 2018 after surging 11% on year to US$35.7 billion in 2017 from US$32.2 billion, according...
Thursday 29 March 2018
Global semiconductor revenues increase 21.7% in 2017, says IHS
Global semiconductor revenues grew 21.7% to US$429.1 billion in 2017, the highest year-over-year growth in 14 years, according to IHS Markit.
Thursday 29 March 2018
Microsoft mulls raising license fees for Windows OS
Microsoft reportedly is mulling adjusting its current Windows licensing plan and is expected to charge more fees on models with higher-end specifications. The move is expected to...
Thursday 29 March 2018
Ardentec seeing orders for auto MCU ramp up
Taiwan-based Ardentec is expected to enjoy growing revenues generated from orders for automotive MCUs in 2018, according to industry sources. The IC testing company has seen orders...
Thursday 29 March 2018
Taiwan science parks post record revenues of NT$2.462 trillion for 2017
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2.462 trillion (US$82.74 billion)...
Thursday 29 March 2018
CPT swings to profit in 2017
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported net profits of NT$3.567 billion (US$122.28 million) for 2017, ending nine years of consecutive losses. Consolidated revenues came to NT$34.74...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
IC designers gearing up to develop datacenter server chipsets
With global datacenter operators showing rampant demand for servers with faster, safer and more power-saving data transmission and processing performances, Taiwan leading IC designers...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
TDDI chip shipments to top 500 million mark in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Global TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chip shipments are expected to hit the five million mark in 2018, Digitimes Research estimates.