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Wednesday 13 January 2016
Pixart Imaging to buy back shares
IC design house Pixart Imaging has unveiled plans to buy back up to two million of its own shares from January 12 to March 11 at prices between NT$50 (US$1.50) and NT$117. The repurchased...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending to decline 4.7% in 2016, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to decline 4.7% to US$59.4 billion in 2016, according to Gartner. This is down from the 3.3% growth predicted by Gartner previ...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Toshiba expands ApP Lite processor family for wearable applications
Toshiba has announced the launch of TZ1201XBG, an application processor for wearable devices, as the latest addition to its ApP Lite family for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Phison reports record 2015 revenues
NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$37.18 billion (US$1.12 billion) for 2015, up 12.4% on year and hitting a record hi...
Monday 11 January 2016
LTPS and AMOLED will comprise a larger portion of smartphone panel shipments in 2016, says WitsView
Shipments of panels for smartphone displays in 2015 are expected to have reached 1.82 billion units, and shipments for 2016 are forecast to grow 7% on year to 1.95 billion units....
Monday 11 January 2016
Unimicron 4Q15 EPS to reach 5-quarter high, says report
Taiwan's Unimicron Technology, a manufacturer of PCBs and IC substrates, is expected to see its fourth-quarter EPS climb to the highest level in five quarters, according to a recent...
Monday 11 January 2016
Digitimes Research: China government further invests in panel industry
The China government as of December 2015 finalized investments of CNY1.7 billion (US$257.73 million) in China-based panel maker BOE and CNY1 billion in China Star Optoelectronics...
Monday 11 January 2016
WT Micro 4Q15 sales meet guidance
Consolidated revenues at IC distributor WT Microelectronics decreased about 4% sequentially to NT$27.58 billion (US$825.4 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, meeting the company's...
Monday 11 January 2016
Qualcomm regains competitive edge in China solution market
Qualcomm has regained its competitive edge in China's smartphone solution market as it has managed to renew licensing agreements with a number of China-based handset vendors, according...
Monday 11 January 2016
WPG reports record revenues for 4Q15
WPG, Asia's largest distributor of semiconductor components, has reported record consolidated revenues of NT$142.62 billion (US$4.26 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Monday 11 January 2016
Winbond December revenues fall 5%
Specialty memory specialist Winbond Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.15 billion (US$94.1 million) for December 2015, down 4.9% sequentially but up 0.3% on ye...
Monday 11 January 2016
Novatek revenues down in December on seasonality
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics saw its consolidated revenues shed 4.67% on month and 13.78% on year to NT$4.007 billion (US$119.81 million) in December 2015, affected...
Monday 11 January 2016
MediaTek December sales fall 12%
IC design house MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$18.52 billion (US$553.7 million) for December 2015, down 11.6% sequentially but up 8.5% on year.
Friday 8 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Intel sees weak mobile solution shipments in 2015
Although Intel achieved a good market share in the tablet market in 2014 with an aggressive subsidy strategy, its overall shipments in 2015 only performed moderately instead of seeing...
Friday 8 January 2016
Elan reports decreased December revenues
Touchscreen controller IC specialist Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$505 million (US$15.2 million) for December 2015, down 15.6% on month and down 21.6%...