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Tuesday 15 September 2015
Global 2Q15 semiconductor equipment billings reach US$9.4 billion, says SEMI
SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.4 billion in the second quarter of 2015.
Tuesday 15 September 2015
MediaTek dismisses speculation about Parade acquisition
MediaTek has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) stating it was not the source of a Chinese-language Liberty Times report indicating Parade Technologies...
Monday 14 September 2015
Taiwan IC design houses receive short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based handset-use IC suppliers, which are offering solutions including application processors, LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controller ICs and analog chips, have landed an influx...
Monday 14 September 2015
China, Taiwan-based IC foundries gearing up for MEMS market boom
IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet...
Monday 14 September 2015
In-cell touch share for smartphones to rise rapidly, says WitsView
The share of in-cell and on-cell touch display solutions within the smartphone industry is rising fast, according to WitsView. With Japan panel makers as the leading adopter, the...
Monday 14 September 2015
IC distributor ANStek reports decreased August revenues
Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes IC parts mainly from Analog Devices (ADI), Xilinx and Avago Technologies, saw its August revenues decrease about 10% sequentially.
Monday 14 September 2015
PCB firm Chin-Poon August revenues rise 18%
Chin-Poon Industrial, which specializes in the manufacture of automotive PCBs, has reported consolidated revenues increased 18.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.97 billion (US$60.7 million)...
Friday 11 September 2015
Digitimes Research: MediaTek acquisition to help Richtek ramp up PWM IC shipments
The acquisition of Richtek Technology by MediaTek will help the analog IC vendor to push sales of its power management (PWM) solutions to the smartphone and TV panel sectors, according...
Thursday 10 September 2015
Equipment spending slows but still positive in 2015 and 2016, says SEMI
Front-end fab equipment spending (including new, used, and in-house) is projected to increase 5% in 2015 to US$37 billion, and rise another 6.6% in 2016 to US$39.4 billion, according...
Thursday 10 September 2015
WPG reports 2nd consecutive month of record revenues
WPG has reported its second consecutive month of record consolidated revenues, with its August revenues totaling NT$46.21 billion (US$1.42 billion).
Thursday 10 September 2015
Commentary: MediaTek to account for over 50% revenues of Taiwan IC design industry
The landscape of Taiwan's IC design industry is set to undergo significant changes in 2016 as MediaTek has disclosed plans to acquire up to 100% stake in analog IC vendor Richtek...
Thursday 10 September 2015
Sitronix posts record August revenues
Consolidated revenues at panel-use driver IC specialist Sitronix Technology climbed 5.2% on month and 17.6% on year to NT$811 million (US$24.9 million) in August 2015, which also...
Thursday 10 September 2015
Richtek posts record August revenues
Analog IC supplier Richtek Technology has reported record consolidated revenues of NT$1.15 billion (US$35.2 million) for August 2015. The August revenues represented increases of...
Wednesday 9 September 2015
Power modules growing in power semiconductor market, says IHS
The global power module market is projected to comprise nearly one-third (30%) of the power semiconductor market by 2019, growing at twice the rate of power discretes, from 2014 to...
Wednesday 9 September 2015
ALi STB chip adopted by Swiss system integrator
ALi, a Taiwan-bases set-top box (STB) chipset solution provider, has announced it is collaborating with Adrenio to deploy new high definition STB in Switzerland. Adrenio is a digital...