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Wednesday 4 January 2017
Faraday sells security control business to Novatek
IC design service provider Faraday Technoloy and Novatek Microelectronics, a supplier of LCD driver ICs and TV SoC solutions, have reached an agreement under which Novatek will acquire...
Wednesday 4 January 2017
Ichia revenues fall 17% in 2016
Flexible PCB and handset component maker Ichia Technologies has reported consolidated revenues of NT$541 million (US$16.7 million) for December 2016, down 8% sequentially but up 7%...
Tuesday 3 January 2017
TSMC 7nm ready for customer tape-outs in 2Q17, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has moved to qualify its more advanced 7nm FinFET technology, which will be ready for customer tape-outs in the second quarter of...
Friday 30 December 2016
Qualcomm, Meizu sign 3G/4G global patent license agreement
Qualcomm and Meizu Technology have announced they have reached a patent license agreement whereby Qualcomm grants Meizu a worldwide royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture...
Friday 30 December 2016
PWM IC vendor Leadtrend sees sales growth
Power management (PWM) IC vendor Leadtrend Technology has seen its sales continue to gain momentum recently as the company's PWM ICs have found the way into the supply chains of Sony's...
Friday 30 December 2016
EPA passes environmental impact assessment for TSMC 10nm facilities
Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has approved an environmental impact assessment on land designated for construction of 10nm production facilities by Taiwan...
Thursday 29 December 2016
HPE Taiwan optimistic about Taiwan server market
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) Taiwan chairman Jon Wang expects Taiwan's server market to enjoy good growth in 2017 with an improved economy and new cloud applications such as IoT...
Thursday 29 December 2016
On-Bright to see revenues hit NT$1 billion in 4Q16
Analog IC vendor On-Bright Electronics is expected to see its revenues reach NT$1 billion (US$30.96 million) in the fourth quarter of 2016 thanks to orders from the smartphone sector...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Egistec to swing back to profitability in 2016, says paper
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) is expected to swing back to profitability in 2016 as the earnings it is expected to generate in the fourth quarter...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Global Unichip opens new office in the Netherlands
IC design services provider Global Unichip has announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in a move to actively expand its business in Europe.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Qualcomm, Gionee sign 3G/4G patent license agreement
Qualcomm and Gionee Communication Equipment have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, according to the companies.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Etron looks to new products for future growth
Etron Technology has been engaged in the development of new product lines since 2014, eyeing opportunities in emerging market segments such as AR, VR and UAVs, according to Nicky...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Lite-On Semi ramping GPP diode shipments to China, says paper
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has been ramping up shipments of its GPP (glass passivated package) diodes to the smartphone sector in China,...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
PCB maker Unimicron developing SLP products
PCB maker Unimicron Technology has set aside a capex budget of NT$4.946 billion (US$153.19 million) for 2017, according to the company.
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Himax announces 5.5MP BSI image sensor for computer vision and NIR imaging applications
Himax Imaging, a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, has announced the HM5530 UltraSenseIR product, a low-power and low-noise 5.5-megapixel backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor...