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Friday 9 June 2017
IC distributor Supreme May revenues rise 12%
Taiwan-based Supreme Electronics, a major IC distributor for Samsung Electronics, has announced revenues for May 2017 increased 12.4% sequentially and 27% on year to NT$11.19 billion...
Thursday 8 June 2017
Pixart revenues hit 3-year high in May
CMOS image sensor supplier Pixart Imaging saw its consolidated revenues climb 3.47% on month and 15.8% on year to a three-year high of NT$420.78 million (US$13.99 million) in May.
Thursday 8 June 2017
TSMC names new president for North America operation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has announced the promotion of a veteran executive, Dave Keller to president of TSMC North America. Rick Cassidy remains as CEO of TSMC...
Thursday 8 June 2017
China AMOLED panel capacity expansion forecast, 2016-2020
This Digitimes Research Special Report examines the China AMOLED industry, focusing on the expansion capacity of the makers, the current implementation plans of major smartphone vendors...
Thursday 8 June 2017
Sitronix reports decreased revenues for May
LCD driver IC maker Sitronix Technology saw its consolidated revenues decline 5.33% on month and 10.2% on year to NT$710.74 million (US$23.62 million) in May.
Thursday 8 June 2017
Novatek to ship LCD driver ICs to LG for iPhone in 2018, says report
LCD driver IC supplier Novatek Microelectronics has entered LG Electronics' flexible OLED panel supply chain for Apple's next generation iPhone devices and will see shipments of its...
Thursday 8 June 2017
Fingerprint sensor maker Egistec suffers significant revenue setback in May
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$252.19 million (US$8.38 million) for May, down 22.7% on month but up 51.58% on year.
Wednesday 7 June 2017
Global semiconductor sales increase 21% in April 2017, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$31.3 billion for the month of April 2017, an increase of 20.9% from the April 2016 total of US$25.9 billion and 1.3% more than the previous...
Wednesday 7 June 2017
MediaTek denies reports of massive layoffs
MediaTek has denied several Taiwan media reports saying the company plans to lay off about 3,000 employees within a year.
Wednesday 7 June 2017
ASE, PTI post increased May revenues
IC backend houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Powertech Technology (PTI) have reported sequential increases in consolidated revenues for May 2017 of 9.6% and 2.4%,...
Wednesday 7 June 2017
Winbond, Macronix post revenue growth in May
Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have reported sequential increases in May consolidated revenues of 4.5% and 2.1%, respectively.
Wednesday 7 June 2017
MediaTek considers placing chip orders with Globalfoundries
MediaTek is mulling placing chip orders with Globalfoundries using the foundry's 22nm FD-SOI process technology, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Elan May revenues climb to 8-month high
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$606 million (US$) for May 2017, up 17.3% on year and 0.6% sequentially.
Tuesday 6 June 2017
MediaTek posts slight sequential growth in May revenues
MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$18.44 billion (US$612.5 million) for May 2017, up 3.9% sequentially but down 25.2% on year.
Tuesday 6 June 2017
TSMC orders equipment for NT$3 billion
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on June 5 disclosed a total of about NT$3.09 billion (US$102.8 million) spent on machinery equipment from ASML,...