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Wednesday 29 July 2015
AUO expects weak panel demand in 2H15
AU Optronics (AUO) expects the panel market to be weak in the second half of 2015 due to customers adjusting reserves. This will affect the company's large-size panel shipments, which...
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Flat panel display revenues forecast to fall in 2015, says IHS
Led by declining TFT LCD revenues, global flat panel display (FPD) industry revenues are forecast to fall 2% from US$131.4 billion in 2014 to US$129 billion in 2015. Dwindling TFT...
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Chinese automotive semiconductor revenues to hit US$6.2 billion in 2015, IHS says
Total automotive semiconductor revenues in China reached US$5.6 billion in 2014, and revenues are expected to grow nearly 11% year over year in 2015 to reach US$6.2 billion, according...
Tuesday 28 July 2015
Holtek 1H15 profits rise 2%
Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$380 million (US$12 million) for the first half of 2015, up 2.2% on year, with EPS coming to NT$1....
Tuesday 28 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to grow 14% in 3Q15
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is forecast to rise 14.4% sequentially in the third quarter of 2015, thanks to peak seasonal effects, as well as rollouts of new...
Monday 27 July 2015
Semi material distributor Topco positive about silicone business
Semiconductor material distributor Topco has expressed optimism about demand for silicon materials which can be applied to a broad range of applications including PC peripherals,...
Monday 27 July 2015
OmniVision stockholders approve sale of company to China investors
Shareholders of OmniVision Technologies have approved the sale of the US-based company to a group of China-based investors led by state-owned Hua Capital Management, according to...
Monday 27 July 2015
Toshiba develops 2 new process technologies for MCUs, wireless ICs
Toshiba has announced the development of a flash memory embedded process based on 65nm logic process and a single-poly non-volatile memory (NVM) process based on 130nm logic and analog...
Monday 27 July 2015
Spreadtrum chipset adopted for Samsung Galaxy Tab E tablets
Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its quad-core mobile chipset, the SC7730SE, has been adopted by Samsung Electronics in a tablet series designed for launch in India and...
Monday 27 July 2015
4G phone chip prices to fall 50% in 1 year
Prices for 4G smartphone chip solutions, which have fallen about 40% so far in 2015, will continue their downward trend in the second half of the year. Prices will fall an overall...
Friday 24 July 2015
5.5-inch Full HD panel modules drop to US$17 for July, down from US$24 in 1Q15, says firm
5.5-inch Full HD panel modules have dropped to US$17 in July, down from US$24 at the beginning of 2015, according to research firm Sigmaintell Consulting.
Thursday 23 July 2015
Allwinner chosen to gain government support
China-based tablet SoC specialist Allwinner Technology has reportedly been selected as one of the target companies able to gain financial support from the central government, which...
Thursday 23 July 2015
Tablet AP revenues decline in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
The global tablet applications processor (AP) market declined 6% year-over-year to reach US$733 million in the first quarter of 2015, according to Strategy Analytics.
Thursday 23 July 2015
Smartphone AP revenues jump 20% in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market registered a solid 20% year-over-year growth to reach US$5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2015, according to Strategy An...
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Notebook panel pricing on the decline despite peak season demand; TV panels also struggling, says firm
Pricing for 32-inch TV panels during July has declined US$3-4. Quote prices remain relatively stable for panels sized between 40- to 43-inch but some products in these categories...