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Thursday 17 November 2016
Taiwan FTC OKs ASE-SPIL merger
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has approved the proposed merger between Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL).
Thursday 17 November 2016
eMemory NeoFuse IP verified in TSMC 10nm FinFET process
Taiwan-based eMemory, a logic NVM IP provider, has announced the successful demonstration of its security-enhanced NeoFuse IP in TSMC's 10nm FinFET process, along with IP design kits...
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Taiwan IC production value to fall 4.8% in 4Q16, says IEK
Taiwan's IC production value is forecast to decline 4.8% sequentially to NT$627.7 billion (US$19.8 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the Industrial Economics and...
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Nvidia and MediaTek fastest-growing semiconductor companies for 2016, says IC Insights
The top-20 semiconductor companies' sales are forecast to increase by 3% in 2016, according to IC Insights. Among them, five companies are forecast to enjoy double-digit sales growth...
Wednesday 16 November 2016
TSMC orders NT$2.4 billion worth of facility equipment for Nanjing site
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed its Nanjing subsidiary has ordered facility equipment from Taiwan Puritic and L&K Engineering (Suzhou) totaling...
Wednesday 16 November 2016
SMIC, IMECAS cooperate on MEMS R&D and foundry
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement...
Monday 14 November 2016
Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from strong smartphone shipments by Oppo, Vivo
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, FocalTech Systems and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), are to see their shipments gain a boost in 2017 due to increasing orders...
Monday 14 November 2016
ALi stays in the red
IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, has reported its third consecutive quarterly loss in the third quarter of 2016, in which net losses...
Monday 14 November 2016
Global 7-inch and above panel shipments to fall 2.4% in 2017, says WitsView
There will be 725 million 7-inch and above panels shipped globally in 2017, decreasing 2.4% on year, but total area of panels will grow 3.8%, according to WitsView.
Monday 14 November 2016
Tripod October revenues drop, Chin-Poon flat
PCB maker Tripod Technology saw its October revenues decrease 3.2% sequentially while fellow company Chin-Poon Industrial's revenues grew 0.7% on month.
Monday 14 November 2016
WPG, WT Micro October revenues decrease
IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics have reported October revenues decreased 13.1% and 5%, respectively, on month.
Friday 11 November 2016
HLMC to break ground for new 12-inch fab in early December
Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC) is scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in early December for its second 12-inch fab in Shanghai, according to the China-based pure-play...
Thursday 10 November 2016
Elan 3Q16 profits surge
IC design house Elan Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$243 million (US$7.7 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 76% sequentially. EPS for the quarter came to NT...
Thursday 10 November 2016
PWM IC vendor On-Bright posts EPS over NT$10 for January-September period
Power management (PWM) IC supplier On-Bright Electronics has reported net profits of NT$230 million (US$7.28 million) for the third quarter of 2016, up 1.32% from the previous quarter...
Thursday 10 November 2016
Panel shortages expected to hurt notebook demand in 1H17, says Compal president
LCD TV panel shortages are prompting panel makers to shift their capacity and the issue has caused notebook panels to see tight supply, according to Compal Electronics president Ray...