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Tuesday 17 October 2017
Mong-song Liang becomes SMIC co-CEO
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced the appointment of Haijun Zhao and Mong-song Liang as the company's co-chief executive officers and executive directo...
Monday 16 October 2017
Taiwan peripheral suppliers to benefit from rising wireless charging market demand
As wireless charging is set to gain popularity following the adoption of Qi wireless charging standard of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) by both the latest iPhone devices and...
Monday 16 October 2017
OLED smartphone panel shipments to surpass LCD ones in 2020
Global shipments of OLED smartphone panels are expected to top 1.37 billion units in 2019 and surpass the unit shipments of TFT LCD panels in 2020, DSCC (Display Supply Chain Consultants)...
Monday 16 October 2017
KYEC obtains key backend orders from MediaTek
Testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has obtained orders for MediaTek's major products for 2018, including 12nm mobile SoCs, and chips solutions for voice assistant devices...
Monday 16 October 2017
AUO, Innolux to generate profits in 2017
Taiwan-based flat panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux, and other fellow suppliers globally are expected to generate profits for all of 2017 as large-size panel prices have...
Monday 16 October 2017
Samsung vice chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon to resign
Samsung Electronics has announced vice chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon plans to resign as the head of the company's device solutions business and will not seek re-election as a member of the...
Friday 13 October 2017
Demand for 12-inch silicon wafers to surge in China
Demand for blank 12-inch silicon wafers is set to increase to 1.1-1.3 million pieces per month in China in 2018, up from the current 500,000 units, according to local media.
Friday 13 October 2017
ON Semi looking to fully own Fujitsu fab
Fujitsu Semiconductor and ON Semiconductor have announced an agreement that ON Semi will purchase a 30% incremental share of Fujitsu's 8-inch wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, resulting...
Friday 13 October 2017
Gartner raises 2017 chip market growth forecast again
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to reach US$411.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 19.7% from 2016, according to Gartner. This represents the strongest growth since the...
Friday 13 October 2017
ACTT complete IoT solutions available on SMIC 55nm eFlash platform
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Chengdu Analog Circuit Technology (ACTT) have jointly announced the availability of ACTT's analog IP solutions on SMIC's 55nm...
Friday 13 October 2017
Chipbond posts record 3Q17 revenues
Chipbond Technology's consolidated revenues climbed to a record high of about NT$5 billion (US$165.3 million) in the third quarter of 2017. Market watchers expect the company to post...
Friday 13 October 2017
Taiwan IC designers to rely on emerging markets for 4Q17 growth
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders from China's smartphone market slow down, but orders from vendors launching handsets in emerging markets like India have surged recently,...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Himax reportedly supplying WLO chips for iPhone X face ID
Fabless IC firm Himax Technologies has begun shipments of chips based on wafer-level optics (WLO) technology to Apple, according to industry sources. The solution is reportedly a...
Thursday 12 October 2017
LCD TV panel prices to drop in October, says AVC
LCD TV panel prices are expected to fall at a steady pace in October as the global build-ups of display products will gradually come to an end, according to China-based All View Consulting...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Global tablet AP market returns to growth after 2 years of decline, says Strategy Analytics
After two consecutive years of decline, the global tablet applications processor (AP) market returned to growth and registered a 5% year-over-year growth to reach US$984 million in...