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Thursday 11 May 2017
Lite-On Semi 2Q17 revenues likely to grow up to 15%
Market watchers now expect revenues at Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, to increase up to 15% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017.
Thursday 11 May 2017
On-Bright reports increased revenues for April
Power management (PWM) IC vendor On-Bright Electronics saw its revenues expand 31.5% on month and 8.1% on year to NT$336 million (US$11.11 million) in April. Year-to-date revenues...
Thursday 11 May 2017
SMIC expects revenues to drop 3-6% in 2Q17
China-based pure-play foundry SMIC expects to post a sequential decrease of 3-6% in revenues for the second quarter of 2017, with gross margin ranging from 25% to 27%.
Thursday 11 May 2017
Novatek reports decreased earnings for 1Q17
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$929 million (US$30.71 million) for the first quarter of 2017, down 26.04% on quarter and 23.94% on year...
Thursday 11 May 2017
CMOS sensor distributor Sunnic to see revenues hit highs in May-June
CMOS image sensor distributor Sunnic Technology & Merchandise is expected to see its revenues continue hit highs in May and June thanks to increasing demand for the sensor products...
Thursday 11 May 2017
TSMC obtains 12nm chip orders from fabless firms
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has secured 12nm chip orders from Nvidia, MediaTek, Silicon Motion Technology and HiSilicon for the fabless firms' different chip...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Sumco lowering wafer shipments to XMC, say sources
Sumco has reportedly cut its wafer shipments to Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), and given priority to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Intel and...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Taiwan IC distributors April revenues decrease
Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics and Edom Technology have reported sequential decreases in April revenues of 10.4%, 4.4% and 14.9%, respectively.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Qualcomm ramping up shipments of mid-tier smartphone CPUs
Qualcomm is expected to ramp up shipments of its Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 CPUs for the mid-tier smartphone segment, putting more pressure on Taiwan-based smartphone AP provider...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
TSMC April revenues decrease
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) revenues for April 2017 fell to a new low in 37 months.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
TSMC board approves US$1.27 billion for advanced technology capacity expansion
The board of directrors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of US$1.269 billion for the purpose of upgrading and expanding capacity...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
UMC, VIS April revenues down
Pure-play wafer foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its April revenues fall to a new low in 12 months, while fellow company Vanguard International Semiconductor's (VIS) April...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
VIS seeking 8-inch fab equipment from memory chipmakers
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is looking to expand its 8-inch fabs, and has approached several memory makers to buy their second-hand equipment,...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Novatek expects to post 5-9% revenue growth in 2Q17
IC design house Novatek Microelectronic expects to post revenues of between NT$11.5 billion (US$379.8 million) and NT$11.9 billion for the second quarter of 2017 representing a sequential...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Infineon rides automotive wave into top-10 semi supplier ranking, IC Insights says
IC Insights has released its list of the world's top-10 semiconductor sales leaders excluding pure-play foundries in the first quarter of 2017. In total, the top-10 semiconductor...