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Friday 23 October 2015
Utilization rates at 8-inch fabs rise
Taiwan-based IC foundries have recently landed a pull-in of orders for LCD driver ICs, analog chips and consumer ICs lifting capacity utilization rates at their 8-inch fabs, according...
Friday 23 October 2015
LG Display to not meet OLED TV panel shipment goal in 2015, says report
LG Display will ship approximately 400,000-500,000 OLED TV panels in 2015 and over one million in 2016 as pricing drops as a result of increased yields, according to Korea-based Digital...
Friday 23 October 2015
Display panel prices still in a slump in October despite positive signs from industry, says TrendForce
According to TrendForce, TV panel shipments have been steady to the third quarter of this year. In the monitor panel market, rush orders from vendors for the year-end sales have returned...
Friday 23 October 2015
IC demand from China smartphone vendors to remain brisk in 2016, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect demand for IC parts from China-based smartphone vendors to remain brisk in early 2016 as vendors have continued to upgrade the hardware specifications...
Friday 23 October 2015
MediaTek to attract investment from China Mobile, says report
China Mobile will make an equity investment in MediaTek to form a strategic alliance with the Taiwan-based IC design house, according to a recent Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Thursday 22 October 2015
BOE jumps to number 4 in ranking in TV panel shipments over 3-quarter period, says WitsView
TV panel shipments totaled 24.47 million units in September 2015, representing a monthly increase of 9.9% and an on-year increase of 13.8%. Iris Hu, WitsView assistant research manager,...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Foundries asking LCD driver IC firms to switch to 12-inch wafers
IC foundries have requested their LCD driver IC clients to upgrade to 12-inch process in order to provide a stable supply for analog ICs, fingerprint sensors, MCUs, mixed-signal ICs,...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Silicon wafer shipments to grow modestly, says SEMI
Silicon wafer shipments to the global semiconductor industry are forecast to increase at a modest pace in 2015, 2016 and 2017, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 21 October 2015
TPCA Show 2015 to take place from October 21-23
The TPCA Show 2015 will take place at the Taiwan World Trade Center, Nangang Exhibition Hall from October 21-23 with focuses on flexible and printed electronics, automation intelligence...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Supply chain contraction leads to declining LCD TV panel demand, says IHS
Since the third quarter of 2014, the LCD TV panel industry has been going through a difficult time, with TV set makers adjusting panel inventories as well as their 2015 business plans...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Mentor Graphics Veloce VirtuaLAB adds protocols for networking designs
Mentor Graphics has announced its Veloce VirtuaLAB Ethernet environment with support for 25Gb, 50Gb and 100Gb Ethernet designs. VirtuaLAB is Mentor Graphics' platform for delivering...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Taiwan PCB players to turn down slim-profit orders from smartphone vendors
With demand for smartphones weakening and Apple's iPhone sales continuing to rise, some smartphone vendors such as HTC, Xiaomi Technology and Asustek Computer have been demanding...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Intersil uses time-of-flight technology to improve autofocus
While a number of high-end smartphones have started to incorporate phase detect and laser technology into their devices to improve autofocus, Intersil believes its recently introduced...
Monday 19 October 2015
Taiwan touch panel makers optimistic about new demand in 4Q15
Touch panel makers in Taiwan witnessed double-digit revenue declines in the third quarter of 2015 due to a slowdown in the market coupled with declining pricing but they expect revenues...
Monday 19 October 2015
Marvell strengthening competitiveness in SSD controller market
Marvell has accelerated its transition to 28nm process production for its SSD controller chips, while partnering with China-based Longsys Electronics to expand its market presence...