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Tuesday 27 June 2017
Xcerra, Spirox reinstate agreement on sales and support operations in China and Taiwan
Xcerra and Spirox have reinstated the distribution agreement assigning Spirox the exclusive rights for field sales, application engineering and customer service support operations...
Tuesday 27 June 2017
China Big Fund commits investment of CNY85 billion
China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (known as the Big Fund) has committed to invest CNY85 billion (US$12.4 billion) into the local IC industry, mainly the manufacturing...
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Yield rates, OLED supply may be key in new iPhone shipments
Industry sources have predicted shipments of upcoming iPhones could be interrupted, with yield rates at assembly plants and the supply of OLED panels likely to become issues.
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Unitech suspends plant partially after fatal accident
Unitech Prinited Circuit Board has suspended part of the operations at its plant in Yilan, northeastern Taiwan, in the wake of a fatal accident there.
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Taiwan LCD driver IC suppliers 3Q17 revenues to increase over 15%
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers have become more optimistic about their revenue outlook for the third quarter of 2017, as short lead-time orders from mainly China-based handset...
Tuesday 27 June 2017
MediaTek shifts half of its 16nm chip orders away from TSMC, says report
Half of MediaTek's 16nm chip orders placed with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be shifted to Globalfoundries, according to a report from Taiwan's TechNe...
Monday 26 June 2017
SMIC mass producing 28nm HKMG chips
Semiconductor Manufacturing International's (SMIC) 28nm HKMG process has entered its mass production stage, according to company CEO Haijun Zhao. SMIC will move forward making chips...
Monday 26 June 2017
China foundries striving for more dummy wafer supplies
China-based logic IC and memory foundries including Nexchip Semiconductor and Rui-Li (transliterated from Chinese) Integrated Circuit have offered 20% higher prices than what their...
Monday 26 June 2017
Taiwan IC designers at critical juncture
Taiwan’s IC design industry has suffered lackluster business performance in recent years, significantly losing ground in the world market to their rapidly counterparts from...
Monday 26 June 2017
Touch panel maker GIS raises over US$200 million via GDR sale
Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) has completed selling 30 million new shares in the form of global depository receipts (GDRs) raising US$207 million to finance capital...
Friday 23 June 2017
IntelliEPI expects to post sequential revenue growth through 3Q17
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epitaxy-based compound semiconductor epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, expects to post sequential...
Friday 23 June 2017
IC distributor Edom to post double-digit revenue growth in 2017
Taiwan-based Edom Technology, which distributes products such as Skyworks' power amplifiers, Silicon Labs' mixed-signal ICs and NXP's wireless RF chips, is expected to post double-digit...
Friday 23 June 2017
Foxconn chairman still expects 50% chance of getting Toshiba semiconductor business
Commenting on Toshiba's decision that it will put its negotiation priority for the sale of its semiconductor department on the alliance of Japan- and US-based enterprises, Foxconn...
Friday 23 June 2017
Yageo to raise MLCC prices 15-30%
For the second time in 2017, Yageo and Walsin Technology will raise MLCC (multi-layer ceramic capacitor) prices to reflect tight supply, according to industry sources.
Thursday 22 June 2017
FPCB firm Flexium to see July revenues rise substantially
Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect is expected to see its July revenues rise substantially driven by robust demand for high-end smartphones, according to industry sourc...