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Thursday 25 August 2016
Taiwan PCB production value to rise 8.8% in 3Q16, says IEK
The production value of PCB products rolled out by Taiwan-based makers in China and Taiwan is expected to grow 8.8% sequentially to NT$144.2 billion (US$4.54 billion) in the third...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Innolux, AUO chairmen urge government to financially support panel makers
Innolux chairman Wang Jyh-chau and AU Optronics (AUO) chairman Paul Peng, on the occasion of Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Touch Taiwan 2016 on August 24, called for government...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments increase 8% in 2Q16
China's mobile application processor (AP) market is forecast to reach a total of 166 million units in the second quarter of 2016, up 7.8% sequentially, according to Digitimes Resea...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Nvidia unveils Tegra Parker mobile SoC
Nvidia has unveiled its newest mobile processor, the Tegra Parker, which is suited for automotive applications like self-driving cars and digital cockpits.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
US fab-tool book-to-bill ratio rises, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.15 in July 2016, having been above parity for eight months in a row, according to the...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China firms to share up to 30% of 2016 global fingerprint sensor shipments
Due to fast growing use of smartphone-based mobile payment services in the China market, both international and domestic vendors, including white-box ones, have adopted fingerprint...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Qualcomm to extend lead in smartphone AP market
Qualcomm will manage to extend its lead in the smartphone applications processor market in the second half of 2016 thanks to its competitive high-end and mid-range solutions, according...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Prices for handset peripheral chips falling
Prices for handset peripheral chips have started to fall, squeezing further profits generated from phones, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Hua Hong ships 1.2 billion MCUs in 1H16
Hua Hong Semiconductor, a China-based pure-play 200mm (8-inch) foundry, has announced shipments for microcontrollers (MCU) climbed 50% from a year earlier to 1.2 billion chips in...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China IC self-sufficiency rate to reach 40% by 2020
China is set to improve the self-sufficiency rate for ICs in the nation to 40% in 2020, and could even exceed the target ratio, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
GaN device supply chain remains robust, says Strategy Analytics
Even with the well-publicized consolidation of RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier (IR) and most-recently Wolfspeed,...
Monday 22 August 2016
PWM IC specialist Anpec 3Q16 sales to rise 5-10%, says report
Taiwan-based Anpec Electronics, an IC design house specializing in power management chips (PWM IC), is expected to post revenue growth of 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of...
Monday 22 August 2016
Winbond flash chip adopted in Samsung Galaxy Note 7, says report
Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics has entered the supply chain for Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7-series smartphones with its flash memory, according to a report by Taiwan's Central...
Friday 19 August 2016
ASMedia expects operations to peak in 4Q16
USB 3.0 chip controller design house ASMedia Technology expects operations to peak in the fourth quarter of 2016 as Intel has launched Kaby Lake-architecture processors and AMD will...
Friday 19 August 2016
Nanya PCB sees losses narrow in 2Q16
Nanya Printed Circuit Board (Nanya PCB) saw its net losses narrow to NT$230 million (US$7.32 million) in the second quarter of 2016 from the NT$322 million recorded a quarter earlier...