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Tuesday 28 November 2017
Cypress achieves aerospace-grade QML certification for 65nm and 40nm SRAM devices at UMC
Cypress Semiconductor has claimed its 65nm and 40nm technology platforms are the industry's first to achieve Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) certification for their advance product...
Monday 27 November 2017
Booming automobile electronics business to benefit Taiwan backend IC service firms
Taiwan-based IC backend service firms including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Etrend Hightech, Lingsen Precision Industries and GEM Services are to benefit from the ongoing...
Monday 27 November 2017
ASE, SPIL to set up joint holding company in May 2018
Taiwan IC packaging and testing specialists ASE and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will convene provisional shareholders meetings in February 2018 and set up a joint holding...
Monday 27 November 2017
MediaTek launches chipset supporting NB-IoT
MediaTek has announced its newest chipset, the MT2621 dual-mode system-on-chip (SoC) designed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications with both narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) Release...
Monday 27 November 2017
Chroma ATE-invested firm receives ITRI technology transfer for semiconductor front-end process inspection
Innovative Nanotech, a firm with investment from Chroma ATE, has signed a contract with Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) for nanoparticles monitoring technology tran...
Friday 24 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Global large-size LCD panel capacity to see 7% CAGR 2018-2022
The overall global production capacity for large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LDC panels is estimated to see an impressive CAGR of 7% in the next five years, driven by robust market...
Friday 24 November 2017
ChipMOS Shanghai to grab backend orders for China homegrown 3D NAND chips
ChipMOS Technologies (Shanghai), of which Tsinghua Unigroup is a major stakeholder, is expected to secure backend orders for 3D NAND flash chips developed by Yangtze River Storage...
Friday 24 November 2017
BOE 10.5G line to heat up competition in large-size panel sector
Global competition in the large-sized flat panel sector is entering a new phase as China's BOE Technology has announced plans to advance the official operation of its first, as well...
Friday 24 November 2017
China Big Fund planning second round of support for local IC sector
China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (known as the Big Fund) has raised an estimated CNY150-200 billion (US$22.8-30.4 billion) which will be spent for the...
Thursday 23 November 2017
MediaTek sells partial stake in Goodix
MediaTek has announced that through a HK-based investment arm, the company plans to dispose of part of its stake in China-based Goodix and transfer the shares to China's National...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Flat panel demand to grow 7.2% in 2018, says IHS Markit
Global demand for flat panel displays by area is forecast to grow 7.2% to 210 million square meters in 2018 compared to 2017, according to IHS Markit. That will be the biggest annual...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Global Unichip opens new office in Nanjing
Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has announced the opening of a new branch office in Nanjing, China where its major foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Digitimes Research: China smartphone AP shipments to grow mildly in 4Q17
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to reach 179 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 4.1% on quarter and 1.4% on year, according to...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
OSE looks to swing back to profitability in 2018
Memory backend specialist Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) is looking to return to profitability by the first half of 2018 due partly to increasing packaging and testing orders...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Smartphone panel prices stay flat in November
Prices of a-Si and LTPS smartphone panels will remain steady in November due to decreasing demand for 16:9 handset displays, according to China-based market consulting firm Sigmain...