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Wednesday 14 December 2016
China to join top-3 semiconductor equipment spenders for first time, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 8.7% to US$39.7 billion in 2016, according to SEMI. In 2017, another 9.3% growth is expected,...
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Handset panel prices stable in December, says Sigmaintell
Mainly due to shrinking demand, prices for handset-use a-Si TFT-LCD panels in December mostly has remained unchanged on month, while those for handset-use LTPS TFT-LCD panels has...
Tuesday 13 December 2016
FocalTech November revenues fall to 9-month low
IC design house FocalTech Systems saw its November revenues fall to a nine-month low of NT$870 million (US$27.4 million).
Monday 12 December 2016
Foxconn and Sharp plan to set up LCD TV panel factory in China, says Nikkei
Foxconn Electronics and Sharp plan to cooperatively set up a 10.5G or 11G LCD TV panel factory in China at an estimated total investment of JPY800 billion (US$6.95 billion), with...
Monday 12 December 2016
RDA striving to provide 4G RF PA modules across all key platforms
RDA Microelectronics, a provider of radio-frequency and mixed-signal chips in China, has been working closely with key chipset providers in the mobile handset market to certify its...
Monday 12 December 2016
WPG, WT Micro November revenues increase
Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics have reported November revenues increased 7.1% and 4%, respectively, on month.
Friday 9 December 2016
IC distributor Edom to post double-digit revenue growth in 4Q16
Taiwan-based Edom Technology, which distributes products for brands such as Nvidia, NXP and SanDisk, is expected to post double-digit on-year growth in consolidated revenues for the...
Friday 9 December 2016
Holtek, Sonix November revenues increase
Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard microcontrollers (MCU) and consumer electronics IC solutions, has reported consolidated revenues for November 2016 increased...
Friday 9 December 2016
Macroblock 2016 EPS to reach NT$6.50-7
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock is expected to see its EPS for 2016 reach between NT$6.50 (US$0.21) and NT$7, according to market sources. The company's EPS for the first three...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Kinsus, Nanya PCB November revenues down
IC substrate suppliers Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Nanya PCB have reported on-year declines in consolidated revenues for November 2016 of 7.1% and 0.5%, respectively.
Thursday 8 December 2016
Conexant working with Amazon to create AudioSmart 2-mic development kit for Amazon Alexa
Conexant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of audio and voice technology solutions that enable a more natural user experience, today announced that it is collaborating with Amazon...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Analog, LCD driver IC firms seeing orders slow down
Taiwan-based analog and LCD driver IC design specialists have seen their customers, mainly China-based ones, slow down their pace of orders which could result in lower revenues for...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Chip orders for entry-level smartphones going down
Chip orders for entry-level 4G phones and 3G devices have been falling recently, according to industry sources.
Thursday 8 December 2016
Qualcomm begins commercial sampling of 10nm server chips
Qualcomm, through subsidiary Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, has announced commercial sampling of 10nm server processors. The Qualcomm Centriq 2400 series has up to 48-cores, and...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Prices of 12-inch blank wafers to rise 10-20% in 1Q17
Chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology have been informed by their upstream suppliers that prices...