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Monday 31 July 2017
MCU firm Nuvoton sees 2Q17 profits surge
Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics specializing in MCU and PC peripherals, has reported net profits hiked 172% sequentially to NT$247...
Monday 31 July 2017
Demand for high-speed transmissions surges
Emerging applications arising from IoT, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are demanding high-speed transmissions, while high-speed interfaces such as USB, PCI Express (PCIe)...
Friday 28 July 2017
eMemory announces validation of on-chip security IP on UMC advanced nodes
Taiwan-based eMemory has verified its latest on-chip security IP on several of UMC's advanced nodes, according to the embedded NVM IP provider. The IP, based on unique IC biometrics,...
Friday 28 July 2017
ChipMOS Shanghai obtains backend orders for NOR flash from XMC
ChipMOS Technologies (Shanghai), a joint venture between Taiwan-based ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup, has obtained backend orders for NOR flash memory from Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor...
Friday 28 July 2017
Intel reports record 2Q17 revenues of US$14.8 billion
Intel has reported second-quarter revenues of US$14.8 billion, up 9% on year. After adjusting for the Intel Security Group (ISecG) transaction, second-quarter revenues grew 14% from...
Friday 28 July 2017
FocalTech swings to profit in 2Q17
Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems has reported net profits of NT$31.19 million (US$1.03 million) for the second quarter of 2017 compared with losses of...
Friday 28 July 2017
TSMC to enter mass production for new 10nm HiSilicon chips in September, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly begun mass production of 10nm chips in the third quarter by fulfilling orders for Apple's A11 chips, as well as HiSilicon's...
Thursday 27 July 2017
Samsung chip biz drives overall profit growth in 2Q17
Samsung Electronics has posted a record KRW14.07 trillion (US$12.6 billion) in operating profits for the second quarter of 2017, while revenues increased 20.1% sequentially to KRW61...
Thursday 27 July 2017
Taiwan panel makers ready to face challenge from China 10.5G line
While BOE Technology is slated to kick off production at its 10.5G fab in 2018 sparking concerns of panel oversupply in the coming year, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux both have said...
Thursday 27 July 2017
TSMC, UMC offer higher prices to secure wafer supplies
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have recently secured 1-2 year supply contracts with Shin-Etsu and Sumco and offered higher prices...
Thursday 27 July 2017
Elan posts EPS of NT$1.04 in 1H17
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics has reported net profit surged 74% from a year earlier to NT$405 million (US$13.3 million) in the first half of 2017. EPS...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Shanghai forms CNY50 billion IC industry investment fund
The city government of Shanghai, China recently introduced a CNY50 billion (US$7.4 billion) IC industry investment fund aimed at cultivating and supporting the local leading enterprises,...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Global TV panel shipments stagnant in 1H17, says firm
Global shipments of LCD TV panels totaled 123.35 million units in the first half of 2017, down 0.1% from a year earlier, according to WitsView.
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan IC design service and IP firms land AI chip orders from China
Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have started to land orders for artificial intelligence (AI) applications from China's IC industry and academia,...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Toshiba transfers Phison shares to memory unit
Toshiba has transferred its partial stake stake in Phison Electronics to its memory unit, Toshiba Memory (TMC), according to the Taiwan-based memory device controller supplier.