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Wednesday 19 April 2017
Intel to build second Spreadtrum chip
Intel and Spreadtrum Communications have extended their foundry ties under which Intel will start making another 14nm chip for the China-based mobile SoC supplier, according to industry...
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Microwave device maker UMT sees earnings up nearly 70% on year in 1Q17
Universal Microwave Technology (UMT), a maker of high-frequency microwave devices used in broadband wireless communications, has reported net profits of NT$61.52 million (US$2.02...
Monday 17 April 2017
Intel cancels IDF for 2017
Intel has decided to stop hosting its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) events for 2017 that were originally scheduled in Shenzhen, China in April and in San Francisco, the US in August...
Monday 17 April 2017
Himax invests in Emza Visual Sense
Himax Technologies announced recently it had made a strategic investment in cash in exchange for a 45.1% equity ownership of Emza Visual Sense, with a one-year option to acquire the...
Monday 17 April 2017
Sitronix expected to see revenues grow by double-digit rate in 2Q17
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology is expected to see its revenues grow by a double-digit rate in the second quarter of 2017 thanks to increasing demand for LCD driver ICs from...
Monday 17 April 2017
Macroblock ships more small pitch LED display products in 1Q17
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock has reported consolidated revenues of NT$231 million (US$7.618 million) for March, up 13.6% on month and 13.9% on year. For the first quarter of...
Monday 17 April 2017
PWM IC backend specialist GEM Services to enjoy another year of record revenues
Taiwan-based GEM Services, a backend house focusing exclusively on the power management semiconductor market, is expected to enjoy another record year in 2017 driven by robust demand...
Monday 17 April 2017
Gartner raises 2017 chip market outlook to 12% growth
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total US$386 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.3% from 2016, according to Gartner. The prediction is up from the research firm's...
Monday 17 April 2017
Semi material distributor Topco seeing more favorable silicone market
The market for silicone materials is expected to turn healthy as China-based suppliers reduce their output, according to Topco, which distributes and sells silicone materials for...
Friday 14 April 2017
Global SOI market to increase at 29.1% CAGR of 29.1% over 2017-2022, says research firm
The SOI (silicon on insulator) market is expected to be valued at about US$1.86 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 29.1% between 2017 and 2022, industry research and consulting...
Friday 14 April 2017
Elan fingerprint sensors adopted for smart cards
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics has announced it is teaming up with smart card integrator Jinco Universal and Korea Smart ID (KSID), a security solution provider, to develop smart...
Friday 14 April 2017
Over 100,000 wafers embedded with eMemory NeoEE IP shipped
Embedded NVM IP provider eMemory Technology has shipped more than 100,000 wafers embedded with its NeoEE IP solutions, according to the company. The eMemory NeoEE IP has been successfully...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Taiwan fabless IC firms seeing ramp-up of orders from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders placed by their China-based smartphone customers ramp up for the second quarter, with demand coming from China's first-tier smartphone...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Zhonghuan Semiconductor lowers mono-Si solar wafer price
Zhonghuan Semiconductor, the second largest China-based maker of solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafers, has lowered quotes by US$0.02 per wafer, according to China-based media...
Thursday 13 April 2017
China fabless firm Montage Tech gearing up for data centers and cloud computing
China-based fabless IC firm Montage Technology is engaged in the development of processors and hybrid DIMM solutions for data centers and cloud computing, and is targeting to enter...