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Thursday 22 June 2017
FPCB firm Flexium to see July revenues rise substantially
Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect is expected to see its July revenues rise substantially driven by robust demand for high-end smartphones, according to industry sourc...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Samsung mass producing Exynos-branded IoT solution
Samsung Electronics has announced the start of mass production of its first Exynos-branded IoT solution, the Exynos i T200.
Thursday 22 June 2017
Faraday MFP ASIC shipments rise at CAGR of 38%
Faraday Technology has announced that its MFP (Multi-Function Printer) ASIC solutions have surpassed 50 design wins since its introduction 10 years ago, and the MFP ASIC shipment...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Xiaomi sampling in-house developed Surge S2 chips, says report
Earlier in 2017, Xiaomi Technology unveiled its first in-house developed smartphone solution, dubbed Surge S1, which is built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Aspeed enjoys brisk BMC chip orders
Server management SoC solution provider Aspeed Technology has obtained a pull-in of baseboard management controller (BMC) chip orders for new servers based on AMD's EPYC processor...
Thursday 22 June 2017
NOR flash prices to rise 20% in 3Q17, says DRAMeXchange
Increasing demand for AMOLED panels from brand-name smartphone vendors and the industry's rising output for TDDI (touch with display driver) solutions have propelled the NOR flash...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Global industrial semiconductor revenues rise 4% in 2016, says IHS
Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues grew 3.8% on year to US$43.5 billion in 2016, according to IHS Markit.
Thursday 22 June 2017
Taiwan IC design houses seeing orders pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen customer orders pick up on seasonality with some expected to post sequential revenue growth of 10% or more in the third quarter, according...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
TSMC secures 7nm chip orders from Qualcomm
TSMC has regained chip orders from Qualcomm for baseband chips produced on its 7nm process, but not application processors, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 21 June 2017
ARM intros enhanced DesignStart program
ARM has made several enhancements to the ARM DesignStart program, providing the fastest path forward for evaluating, designing and bringing custom SoCs to market, according to the...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Nuvoton 2Q17 sales likely to hit record
Fabless IC firm Nuvoton Technology is expected to see its second-quarter 2017 revenues hit an all-time high driven by robust MCU shipments, according to market sources.
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Innolux, Next Biometrics tie up for mass production of flexible fingerprint sensors
Innolux will begin volume production of a flexible fingerprint sensor product co-develop with Norway-based Next Biometrics for smart card applications in the third quarter of 2017,...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
WPG expects profit growth in 2Q17
IC distributor WPG expects to post sequential profit growth for the second quarter of 2017 with revenues meeting the company's guidance.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
GlobalWafers teaming up with Ferrotec to expand 8-inch wafer supply
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers is teaming up with Ferrotec to ramp up new 8-inch wafer capacity, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Handset IC sales to top total personal computing in 2017, says IC Insights
The ongoing slump in shipments of standard PCs along with the drop-off in tablets are setting the stage for handset IC sales to finally surpass IC revenues in total personal computing...