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Friday 13 May 2016
MediaTek in trading halt pending release of material information
IC design house MediaTek will enter a trading halt on May 13, pending the release of material information, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). MediaTek...
Friday 13 May 2016
Phison posts EPS NT$4.71 in 1Q16, anticipating NAND flash shortage in 3Q16
NAND flash controller and solution provider Phison Electronics has reported net profits of NT$964 million (US$29.6 million) for the first quarter of 2016, down slightly from NT$1.029...
Thursday 12 May 2016
Cypress adopts Cadence design tools for 40nm auto ICs
Cypress Semiconductor has selected the full Cadence RTL-to-signoff digital design flow and complete Spectre circuit simulation platform for all of its 40nm automotive chip designs,...
Thursday 12 May 2016
Macronix looks to build on automotive success with its high-performance Serial NOR Flash by eyeing ADAS opportunities
Over the past several years semiconductor firms worldwide have become increasingly aware of the opportunities in the automotive market, from infotainment, to advanced telematics to...
Thursday 12 May 2016
Automotive electronics system demand fails to boost auto IC market in 2015, says IC Insights
With discussion increasingly focused on autonomous vehicles and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, demand is rising for electronic systems...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
LED driver IC firm Macroblock 1Q16 profits increase
LED driver IC specialist Macroblock has reported net profits of NT$45.46 million (US$1.4 million) for the first quarter of 2016, up significantly from profits of NT$17.08 million...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Chip orders from China smartphone vendors to boost MediaTek 2Q16 revenues
Orders placed by China-based Oppo, Gionee and Vivo are set to boost revenues at smartphone-chip provider MediaTek in the second quarter of 2016, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Chin-Poon April revenues fall 14% on month
PCB firm Chin-Poon Industrial, with more than 70% of its revenues coming from the automotive industry, has announced consolidated revenues for April 2016 fell 14.32% on month but...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
SEMI reports 2015 semiconductor photomask sales of US$3.3 billion
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.3 billion in 2015. After increasing 3% in 2014, the photomask market increased 1% in 2015, according to...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
WPG April revenues up, WT Micro down
Taiwan-based WPG saw its April revenues increase 5.5% compared to April 2015 while fellow IC distributor WT Microelectronics' revenues decreased 5.3% on year.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Generalplus, Sonix see April revenues rise
Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology and Sonix Technology both saw their April revenues climb to the highest monthly levels for 2016.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Topco Scientific reports increased April revenues
Semiconductor materials distributor Topco Scientific has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.22 billion (US$68.3 million) for April 2016, up 39.6% on year and 22.3% sequentially...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
PCB firm Tripod posts revenue growth in April
Consolidated revenues at Tripod Technology increased 4.9% sequentially and 1.1% from a year ago to NT$3.47 billion (US$107 million) in April 2016, according to the Taiwan-based PCB...
Monday 9 May 2016
Compeq posts revenue decrease in April
PCB firm Compeq Manufacturing has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.05 billion (US$93.9 million) for April 2016, down 0.1% on month and 3.4% on year.
Monday 9 May 2016
Winbond April revenues rise
Specialty memory specialist Winbond Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.52 billion (US$108.5 million) for April 2016, up 2.8% sequentially and 11.4% on year.