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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...
Thursday 8 December 2016
CEVA creates new value by enhancing IoT and machine learning applications
CEVA is a global leader that provides the semiconductor industry with digital signal processing (DSP) silicon intellectual property (SIP). The firm has been developing DSP technology...
Thursday 8 December 2016
DSP applications focus on IoT and computer vision to stimulate new industrial growth
CEVA Technology Symposium 2016 was held in Hsinchu, Taiwan on November 21, 2016 and two more sessions were held later in Shenzhen and Shanghai respectively. Each year CEVA holds a...
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Imec demos vertically stacked GAA silicon nanowire CMOS transistors
Nanoelectronics research center imec has reported for the first time the CMOS integration of vertically stacked gate-all-around (GAA) silicon nanowire MOSFETs. Key in the integration...
Wednesday 7 December 2016
MediaTek November revenues hit 7-month low
MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$23.52 billion (US$739.9 million) for November 2016, down 1.2% sequentially but up 12.2% on year. The figures were the company's lowest...
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Parade reports increased revenues for November
Mixed-signal IC vendor Parade Technologies has reported revenues of NT$852 million (US$26.84 million) for November, up 6.6% on month and 17.3% on year. Accumulated 2016 revenues through...
Wednesday 7 December 2016
BMC chip vendor Aspeed November revenues hit record high
Baseboard management controller (BMC) chipset provider Aspeed Technology saw its consolidated revenues grow 5.72% on month and 60.29% on year to a record high of NT$137 million (US$4.316...
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Compeq November revenues hit 12-month high
PCB firm Compeq Manufacturing saw its November revenues climb to a 12-month high of NT$4.81 billion (US$150.9 million).
Wednesday 7 December 2016
EETI November revenues hit 37-month high
Touchscreen controller IC supplier Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) saw its November 2016 revenues climb to a 37-month high of NT$123 million (US$3.9 million).
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Novatek sees November revenues down slightly
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.63 billion (US$113.62 million) for November, down 6.05% on month and 13.65% on year.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Top-5 semiconductor vendors to hold a combined 41% market share in 2016, says IC Insights
Vigorous M&A activity in 2015 and 2016 has reshaped the landscape of the semiconductor industry, with the top companies now controlling a much greater percentage of market share,...
Tuesday 6 December 2016
Chip demand for iPads slows
Chip demand for Apple's iPad devices has been slow according to supply-chain sources. Shipments of the iPad-series for 2016 could reach just 40 million units or even below the mark,...
Tuesday 6 December 2016
Global October chip sales increase, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$30.5 billion for the month of October 2016, an increase of 3.4% from the previous month's total of US$29.5 billion and 5.1% higher than...
Tuesday 6 December 2016
Global 3Q16 semiconductor equipment billings rise, says SEMI
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$11 billion in the third quarter of 2016, according to SEMI. The billings figure was 5% higher than the prior quarter,...
Tuesday 6 December 2016
PCB inspection equipment firm Machvision revenues hike
Strong shipments for flexible PCB inspection products have boosted revenues at equipment supplier Machvision, which saw its cumulative 2016 revenues through November already break...