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Monday 17 August 2015
PCB supplier Gold Circuit reports losses for 2Q15
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics has reported net losses of NT$87.64 million or NT$0.16 per share for the second quarter of 2015.
Friday 14 August 2015
IC design house GMT reports flat earnings for 2Q15
IC design house Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has reported net profits of NT$65.13 million (U$2.02 million) for the second quarter of 2015, the lowest level in 18 quarters.
Friday 14 August 2015
PWM IC maker Silergy reports EPS over NT$6 for 1H15
Power management (PWM) IC supplier Silergy has reported net profits of NT$511 million (US$15.87 million) for the first half of 2015, increasing 45.58% from a year earlier.
Friday 14 August 2015
TV-panel driver IC suppliers remain pessimistic
Panel-use LCD driver IC design houses and related backend suppliers have been conservative about demand for LCD TVs during the second half of 2015 despite the period being a traditional...
Friday 14 August 2015
Taiwan IC production value slips 2.6% in 2Q15
Taiwan's IC production value slid 2.6% sequentially to NT$555.9 billion (US$17.3 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center...
Friday 14 August 2015
Etron to spin off logic IC units
Niche-memory design specialist Etron Technology has announced plans to spin off its USB controller IC and 3D image sensor businesses into two wholly-owned separate companies. The...
Friday 14 August 2015
CMOS image sensors see higher growth from greater diversity of uses, says IC Insights
After leveling off in the second half of the decade 2000-2009, CMOS image sensors are in the midst of a strong new wave of growth which is being driven by a broad range of applications...
Thursday 13 August 2015
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2015
China's smartphone AP shipments recovered in the second quarter of 2015, registering significant on-year growth after vendors had managed to digest their inventories in the previous...
Thursday 13 August 2015
ASMedia reports low earnings for 2Q15
ASMedia Technology has reported net profits of NT$6.556 million (US$202,646) for the second quarter of 2015, down 81.95% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...
Thursday 13 August 2015
Richtek expects sales to grow in 3Q15
IC design house Richtek Technology expects its revenues to increase 2.5-12% sequentially to NT$3.2-3.5 billion (US$98.91-108.19 million) for the third quarter of 2015.
Wednesday 12 August 2015
WPG reports record July revenues
WPG, Asia's largest distributor of semiconductor components, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$42.87 billion (US$1.35 billion) for July 2015, up 1.9% on month and hitting a...
Tuesday 11 August 2015
TSMC board approves US$1.2 billion for advanced technology capacity expansion
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of approximately US$1.237 billion for expanding capacity for advanced-node manufacturing,...
Tuesday 11 August 2015
Realtek accelerates SoC verification with Cadence Palladium XP platform
Cadence Design Systems has announced that Realtek Semiconductor utilized the Cadence Palladium XP platform to accelerate the development and verification of a recent system-on-chip...
Tuesday 11 August 2015
TSMC says 16nm ramp on schedule
TSMC has maintained that volume production and ramp of its 16nm process is proceeding smoothly in line with its schedule, amid media speculation indicating the foundry is seeing a...
Tuesday 11 August 2015
PCB maker Tripod reports revenue gains for July
PCB maker Tripod Technology has reported revenues of NT$3.829 billion (US$120.91 million) for July, up 10% sequentially and 4.4% on year. The sales were the company's second highest...