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Tuesday 7 July 2015
Panel pricing on the decline for July, says DisplaySearch
Panel pricing for various segments has been on the decline and will continue to drop in July, according to DisplaySearch. Due to the US dollar and the Greek debt crisis, monitor brands...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Samsung slashes handset panel pricing to bump up orders
As shipments of Samsung Electronics smartphones have been lower-than-expected in the market, Samsung Display has suffered in handset panel shipments and therefore has reduced pricing...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Global chip sales rise 5% in May, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors for May 2015 came to US$28.2 billion, an increase of 5.1% from a year ago when sales were US$26.8 billion, according to SIA. Compared to the US$27.6...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
MediaTek 2Q15 revenues meet guidance
Consolidated revenues at MediaTek came to about NT$47.04 billion (US$1.52 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, down 1% on quarter but meeting the company's guidance of NT$45.2-49...
Monday 6 July 2015
Novatek June sales up 4%
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported June revenues of NT$4.19 billion (US$135.5 million), up 4.4% on month. Novatek's cumulative 2015 revenues through...
Monday 6 July 2015
Solomon Systech launches PMOLED driver ICs for wearable displays
Solomon Systech has announced the expansion of its passive matrix OLED (PMOLED) driver family with a new product, SSD1317, which targets the rapidly growing wearables market.
Monday 6 July 2015
Realtek revenues decline in June
Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.129 billion (US$68.83 million) for June 2015, representing a 10.18% drop on month and 19.54% drop on year.
Monday 6 July 2015
Taiwan panel makers focusing on niche products to stay afloat
Taiwan makers are continuing to feel the heat from China makers' panel capacity expansion, and are still using product differentiation strategies to compete.
Monday 6 July 2015
Phison 1H15 EPS to exceed NT$9, says report
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, a provider of NAND flash device controller ICs, is expected to see its earnings exceed NT$9 (US$0.30) per share in the first half of 2015, according...
Monday 6 July 2015
43-inch TV panels becoming new dominant size
LG Display and AU Optronics (AUO) are continuing to see steady shipments for 43-inch TV panels, and have seen the panel size surpass shipments of 42-inch units over the last year.
Friday 3 July 2015
Taiwan panel makers further down-talk merger possibilities
Top representatives from both AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux have further commented there is currently no likelihood the two will merge due to differentiation in market strategy,...
Friday 3 July 2015
Korea panel makers see reserves hit 3-year high, says report
Korea panel makers have seen their reserves reach a three-year high in the first half of 2015, and have conservative views for demand in the second half of 2015, accroding to a media...
Thursday 2 July 2015
Xilinx tapes out MPSoC on TSMC 16nm FF+ process
Xilinx has taped out what the company claims is the industry's first all programmable multiprocessor system-on-chips (MPSoC) using TSMC's 16FF+ process.
Thursday 2 July 2015
Globalfoundries completes acquisition of IBM microelectronics business
Globalfoundries has completed its acquisition of IBM's microelectronics business, according to the foundry chipmaker.
Thursday 2 July 2015
Taiwan IC design houses looking for more orders from China handset vendors
Taiwan-based IC design houses including LCD driver IC suppliers and analog chip providers have stepped up efforts to solicit orders from first-tier China-based handset vendors, according...