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Wednesday 8 March 2017
Record spending for fab equipment expected in 2017 and 2018, says SEMI
Fab equipment spending is expected to reach an industry all-time record, more than US$46 billion in 2017, according to SEMI. The record is expected to be broken again in 2018, nearing...
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Fingerprint sensor maker Egistec sees revenues up 4-fold on year in February
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) has reported revenues of NT$387 million (US$12.53 million) for February, down 16.41% on month but up 427.5% on year.
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Novatek February revenues up 8% on year
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronic has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.36 billion (US$108.6 million) for February 2017, up about 8% on year but down nearly...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
MediaTek February revenues fall to 12-month low
MediaTek's consolidated revenues fell to a 12-month low of NT$16.95 billion (US$547.2 million) in February 2017.
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Taiwan IC design service and IP providers seeing robust 10nm, 16nm chip demand in China
Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have recently enjoyed a ramp-up of demand for 10nm and 16nm products from their China-based customers, according...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Elan revenues up over 37% on year in February
Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$486 million (US$15.74 million) for February 2017, representing a 6.61% drop on month and 37.63% increase on year.
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Commentary: The rise of 10.5/11G lines and new forces in global flat panel industry
The groundbreaking ceremony held for a 10.5G IGZO TFT-LCD panel plant to be built by Japan-based Sakai Display Products (SDP) in Guangzhou, China heralds a drastic change of the landscape...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Global January semiconductor sales rise 14%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$30.6 billion for the month of January 2017, an increase of 13.9% compared to the January 2016 total of US$26.9 billion, according to the...
Monday 6 March 2017
Realtek reports on-year increase for February revenues
Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.047 billion (US$98.35 million) for February 2017, representing a 13.35% drop on month and 33.11% increase on year.
Monday 6 March 2017
Testing solution provider CHPT February revenues up 68% on year
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) has reported revenues of NT$262 million (US$8.446 million) for February, up 1.9% on month and 68% on year.
Monday 6 March 2017
FocalTech obtains new integrated driver controllers for smartphones, says report
FocalTech Systems has landed integrated driver controller orders for a number of new smartphones slated for launch in 2017, according to a report by Taiwan's Central News Agency...
Friday 3 March 2017
TSMC will continue to outgrow global chip industry, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post 5-10% revenue growth in 2017, outperforming the global semiconductor industry's growth of 4-5%, according to...
Friday 3 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi mobile SoC to heat up competition in AP market
While the performance and market acceptance of Xiaomi's recently released Surge S1 application processor still remains to be seen, the roll-out of the Surge S1 will certainly heat...
Friday 3 March 2017
Apple redesigns fingerprint ID solution for OLED iPhone, say sources
Apple has selected neither Synaptics' Natural ID touch fingerprint sensor nor Qualcomm's Sense ID fingerprint technology for its new OLED iPhones, and decided to use its own Authentec...
Thursday 2 March 2017
China-based Meizu may switch mobile AP orders to MediaTek from Samsung, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu reportedly plans to purchase mobile application processors from MediaTek for its upcoming high-end M Pro 7 smartphone instead of buying Exynos...