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Tuesday 26 December 2017
MediaTek may land modem chip orders from Apple in 2018
Taiwan IC designer MediaTek has a chance of winning orders for baseband modem chipsets from Apple, which is seeking additional modem chip capacity support after transferring half...
Monday 25 December 2017
UltraChip eyes impressive revenue rise on strong ESL driver IC shipments in 2018
With market demand for electronic shelf labels (ESL) to be significantly boosted by unmanned stores, Taiwan-based driver IC supplier Ultrachip expects its revenues to experience a...
Monday 25 December 2017
VCSEL suppliers set for brisk sales in 2018
Taiwan-based VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) device providers, including Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), Epistar, Advanced Wirelss Semiconductor (AWSC) and Global...
Friday 22 December 2017
Global smaller-size LCD panel shipments to see negative CAGR of 6.9% during 2018-2022
Global shipments of small- and medium-sized LCD panels are estimated to suffer a negative CAGR of 6.9% during the next five years to reach 1.8 billion pieces in 2022, down from 2.4...
Friday 22 December 2017
Taiwan wafer foundry revenues to surge 7.8% sequentially in 4Q17
Taiwan wafer foundry revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 are estimated to surge 7.8% sequentially and 9.3% on year to US$10.54 billion, with the growth mainly seen in revenues...
Friday 22 December 2017
Shipments of iPhone X to reach 30-35 million units in 4Q17, say sources
Shipments of the iPhone X are estimated to reach between 30-35 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017 and stay flat or drop slightly in the first quarter of 2018, according to...
Wednesday 20 December 2017
Taiwan IC designers stand to benefit from booming gaming market
With market demand for gaming consoles and notebooks to stay robust for a long while along with the growing popularity of e-sports fueled by increasing international competitions,...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
MediaTek and ITRI unveil new transmission technology for 5G
MediaTek and the Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have jointly developed a LWA (LTE/Wi-Fi Link Aggregation) prototype system and other technologies...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Smartening up Bluetooth earphones: Q&A with UnlimiterHear executives
With the growing popularity of smart speakers and voice assistance tools offered by first-tier Internet service providers, many have focused on the development of emerging home devices...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Taiwan backend firms eyeing OLED driver IC opportunities
With China's LCD panel industry emerging as a major supply source worldwide and demand for panels among China brand vendors of ICT products expanding significantly, Taiwan-based LCD...
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Logic IC packager Greatek to see record revenues in 2017, rosy 2018
Logic IC packaging and testing service provider Greatek Electronics is expected to score record annual revenues in 2017 and sustain significant growth momentum in the first half of...
Monday 18 December 2017
3D sensing to become mainstream for smartphones in 2018
3D sensing is expected to replace fingerprint sensing as mainstream for smartphones in 2018 with more smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Xiaomi Technology and Oppo, expected to...
Monday 18 December 2017
LCD TV shipment downtrend to reverse in 2018, says WitsView
WitsView has reported that global shipments of branded LCD TV sets will total 210 million units in 2017, down 4.1% on year, but 2018 shipments will grow by 3.9% to 218 million.
Monday 18 December 2017
SPIL, KYEC to benefit from Huawei-Dialog tie
Taiwan-based IC backend service firms Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) are expected to see their sales momentum continue into 2018 thanks to...
Monday 18 December 2017
North American semiconductor equipment industry billings up in November, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.05 billion in billings worldwide in November 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI.