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Friday 4 December 2015
MediaTek announces open-source development platform for IoT devices
MediaTek Labs has announced the launch of the MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688, a development platform enabling rapid development of advanced Wi-Fi based devices such as IP cameras, surveillance...
Friday 4 December 2015
TSMC to post another double-digit revenue increase in 2016, says co-CEO
TSMC will post another double-digit revenue increase in 2016, with its growth continuing to outpace the industry's average growth, according to company president and co-CEO Mark Li...
Friday 4 December 2015
Adata chairman to buy Skymedi shares, says report
Simon Chen, chairman for Taiwan-based memory module maker Adata Technology, will make an investment in Skymedi to hold a majority stake in the NAND flash device controller supplier,...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Skymedi axes two thirds of employees
NAND flash controller IC design house Skymedi has confirmed a report by the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) that the company laid off almost two thirds of its...
Thursday 3 December 2015
New FC BGA substrate plant to boost Unimicron 2016 revenues, says report
Revenues generated at Unimicron Technology's new flip-chip ball-grid array (FC BGA) substrate plant will reach NT$500 million (US$15.3 million) per month in 2016, up from about NT$350...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Goodix to ramp up shipments of fingerprint, force touch sensors in 2016
China-based IC design house Goodix expects sales of fingerprint sensors and force touch sensors to be the two growth drivers for the company in 2016. Taiwan-based MediaTek is one...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Egistec to list on Taiwan OTC
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market as early as the end of December, according to the company.
Thursday 3 December 2015
Cadence unveils Virtuoso platform for 10nm processes
Cadence Design Systems has announced the delivery of the new Virtuoso advanced-node platform that is enabled for all 10nm FinFET designs. This next-generation custom design platform...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
TSMC orders NT$6.8 billion of equipment
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Siemens Limited and ASML Hong Kong for a total...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Handset chip vendors to promote peripheral chips in 2016
Handset chipset solution vendors, including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are likely to focus on promoting peripheral chips such as fast/wireless charging chips,...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Ichia reports decreased November revenues
Flexible PCB and chassis maker Ichia Technologies has reported consolidated revenues of NT$563 million (US$17.2 million) for November 2015, representing a decrease of 6% on month...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Taiwan panel makers calling on China government for component tariff reductions
Panel makers in Taiwan are calling on the China government to allow for zero tariffs on panel components due to Taiwan's weakening panel supply chain industry.
Tuesday 1 December 2015
More Taiwan firms step up development for large-size touchscreen ICs
More Taiwan-based IC design houses have stepped up development of touchscreen controller ICs for large-size applications such as all-in-one (AIO) computers, and touch-enabled monitors...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Smartphone panel suppliers to increase LTPS capacity and turn further to Full HD market in 2016, says WitsView
Since 2013, major LCD panel makers have continually invested in fabs producing LTPS LCD panels to capture demand in the high-end smartphone market. According to WitsView, global LTPS...
Monday 30 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Global application processor market to rise 8.5% in 2016
The global market for application processors (AP) will rise 8.54% in 2016, according to Digitimes Research. Growth of demand for applications such as automotive electronics and smartwatches...