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Wednesday 12 July 2017
MediaTek IoT chips expand presence in China bicycle-sharing market
Specializing in smartphone SoC chips, MediaTek has been aggressively developing its highly-integrated SoC offerings for wearable and IoT applications. With its IoT solutions, MediaTek...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Intel unveils new Intel Xeon scalable processors
Intel has launched its new Intel Xeon scalable processors, providing businesses with performance to handle compute-hungry tasks including real-time analytics, virtualized infrastructure...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
China smartphone vendors ramping a-Si LCD panel orders
Demand for smartphone-use a-Si TFT LCD panels has bounced recently, notably from China-based smartphone vendors, including Vivo and Xiaomi Technology, according to Taiwan-based supply...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
MediaTek seeing robust chip demand for voice assistant devices
MediaTek has ramped up shipments of its chips for voice assistant devices which will further buoy the company's revenues for the third quarter of 2017, according to market sources.
Tuesday 11 July 2017
WPG revenues down 3% on year in June
Semiconductor components distributor WPG Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$44.42 billion (US$1.45 billion) for June 2017, representing a 4.54% increase on month and...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Broadcom to slash workforce in Taiwan
Broadcom is set to cut its workforce in Taiwan by over 90% at the end of August, according to industry sources. The speculation has drawn the attention of several chipmakers such...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
Global Unichip opens new Korea office
Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has announced the establishment of its new office in Seoul. The move is to enhance both technical and business customer su...
Monday 10 July 2017
NSIG hires former MEMC CEO
China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) has hired Nabeel Gareeb, former CEO of MEMC Electronic Materials, to help it establish a materials eco-system in China.
Monday 10 July 2017
Certification service firms IST, MA-tek post record June revenues
Integrated Service Technology (IST) and Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek), two Taiwan-based certification service providers, both enjoyed record revenues in June thanks to strong...
Monday 10 July 2017
ASE June revenues increase
IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$23.08 billion (US$754.5 million) for June 2017, up 2.8% sequentially and 6% on year.
Monday 10 July 2017
TSMC, UMC June revenues rise
Pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential increases in June consolidated revenues of 15.6% and...
Monday 10 July 2017
Globalfoundries 22FDX attracts orders from Shanghai Fudan
Globalfoundries' 22nm FD-SOI process, dubbed 22FDX, has obtained orders from Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics, according to industry sources.
Monday 10 July 2017
Panel maker Giantplus reports increased sales for June
LCD panel and module maker Giantplus Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.034 billion (NT$33.79 million) for June, up 7.7% on month and 12.1% on year. Year-to-date...
Monday 10 July 2017
MediaTek 2Q17 revenues meet guidance
IC design house MediaTek has reported June consolidated revenues increased 18.75% sequentially to NT$21.89 billion (US$715.9 million). Revenues for the second quarter of 2017 came...
Friday 7 July 2017
China set to become largest cluster of 10.5/11G flat panel fabs
China-based flat panel makers are drawing plans to turn the country into the world's largest cluster of 10.5/11G panel fabs in the next few years, with total capacity far beyond their...