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Thursday 12 October 2017
Wireless charging: Q&A with Steven Tateosian, director of IoT and Security Solutions at NXP
The launch of Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone X has highlighted wireless charging, a function that will also be featured in other smartphine vendors' upcoming models. However, besides...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Morris Chang sees hurdle for semiconductor development in China
While China is aggressively accelerating the development of its semiconductor industry, a hidden barrier will gradually surface to affect its development, in that many countries will...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Qualcomm faces antitrust fine in Taiwan
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, finding that certain of the company's business practices are in violation of...
Thursday 12 October 2017
ASE, SPIL 3Q17 revenues increase
IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have reported sequential increases of 11.9% and 7.5%, respectively, in consolidated...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Pure-play foundries boosting presence in China
With the rise of fabless IC companies in China, demand for foundry services in the country has also increased. In total, pure-play foundry sales in China are expected to increase...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Global semiconductor sales increase 4% in August, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$35 billion for the month of August 2017, an increase of 4% compared to the previous month's total of US$33.6 billion and a 23.9% jump...
Wednesday 11 October 2017
WPG reports increased revenues for September
WPG Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$51.257 billion (US$1.7 billion) for September 2017, representing a 3.52% increase on month and 0.57% increase on year.
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Service-oriented corporate culture counts most in foundry sector, says Morris Chang
Once describing Intel and Samsung Electronics as "700-pound gorillas" when commenting on his company's two major competitors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman...
Friday 6 October 2017
Dialog to acquire Silego
Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, charging, and low power connectivity technology, has announced it has signed a definitive...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Realtek revenues increase in September
Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.923 billion (US$129.29 million) for September 2017, representing a 9.07% increase on month and 7.48% increase on ye...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Elan reports increased revenues for September
Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$750 million (US$24.72 million) for September 2017, representing a 1.35% increase on month and 12.6% increase on year.
Thursday 5 October 2017
TSMC 3nm fab plan to create huge biz opportunities for supply chains
The decision made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to build its 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park has won acclaims from both member firms of the TSMC Grand...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
MediaTek to conduct interoperability tests with SoftBank for NB-IoT development in Japan
MediaTek has announced it will conduct a series of interoperability tests of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank in the first quarter of 2018 to pave the way for development...
Monday 2 October 2017
MediaTek regains smartphone AP market share in China
MediaTek's revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 are likely to be the highest level for the year as the chipset vendor has managed to recapture more share in China's smartphone...
Monday 2 October 2017
IT component shortages could worsen during holidays
With components including DRAM and panels still in shortages, the long holidays in China, South Korea and Taiwan in October are expected to pose a great challenge to smartphone and...