223 news items tagged North America
VFX startup Renovatio looks to North America market
Wednesday 27 November 2019Renovatio Pictures, a Taiwan-based startup specialized in VFX (visual effects) production, has scored points in the domestic market and plans to foray into North America together...
Global Unichip, Alchip set to enjoy over 20% revenue growth in 4Q19
Tuesday 12 November 2019IC design service providers Global Unichip and Alchip are both expected to report over 20% sequential increases in fourth-quarter revenues, thanks to robust orders for developing...
Wafer capacity by feature size shows rapid growth at sub-10nm
Thursday 17 October 2019Leading-edge processes, defined as sub-28nm technologies, accounted for the largest portion in terms of monthly installed capacity available in 2015. By the end of 2019, sub-28nm...
TSMC expects 9% sales growth to hit another record in 4Q19
Thursday 17 October 2019TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...
US biomedical CRO Veristat sets up first Asia operations in Taiwan
Wednesday 4 September 2019US-based clinical research organization (CRO) Veristat has set up operations in Taipei, seeking to leverage Taiwan's ICT talent to integrate smart medical resources in the US and...
North America semi equipment industry billings up slightly, says SEMI
Friday 23 August 2019Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment grew slightly on month, but posted a year-over-year decline for the 9th consecutive month in July,...
ShunSin eyes robust networking, face ID modules shipments to US in 2H19
Tuesday 13 August 2019ShunSin Technology, Foxconn Technology Group's IC backend service affiliate, is expected to see revenues and profits hit the year's highs in September and October, bolstered by robust...
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2019
Monday 12 August 2019Taiwan's LCD TV shipments grew 14.4% sequentially, but dropped 6.4% on year to arrive at 7.16 million units in the second quarter of 2019.
Server, networking device players expanding manufacturing in Taiwan and North America
Wednesday 10 July 2019The supply chain of servers and network communication devices has continued shifting their production out of China with Taiwan and North America being the two major choices for the...
WPG positive about IC demand for 5G, AI and automotive
Monday 1 July 2019WPG, Asia's largest IC distributor, has expressed optimism about semiconductor demand for 5G, IoT, automotive and industrial applications this year despite a number of negative macro...
Inspur headhunting talent from Taiwan ODMs
Wednesday 3 April 2019China-based server vendor Inspur has been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec for its R&D office in Taiwan,...
Global semiconductor materials sales hit record-high US$51.9 billion
Wednesday 3 April 2019The global semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% in 2018, propelling semiconductor materials revenues to US$51.9 billion to eclipse the previous high of US$47.1 billion set in...
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Thursday 14 February 2019Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
North America semi equipment industry billings fall in November, says SEMI
Thursday 20 December 2018North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Semiconductor equipment sales set to rise to record high in 2018, says SEMI
Thursday 13 December 2018Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to US$62.1 billion in 2018, exceeding the historic high of US$56.6 billion set last year,...
North America semi equipment industry billings fall to 11-month low
Wednesday 21 November 2018The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the fifth consecutive month in October 2018, reaching an...
Global 3Q18 NAND flash market posts 4% increase, says DRAMeXchange
Tuesday 20 November 2018Revenues of the global NAND flash industry increased 4.4% sequentially to US$17 billion in the third quarter of 2018, when the memory prices fell 10-15% on average, according to DR...
Advantech announces strong profits for 3Q18
Monday 29 October 2018Advantech has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2018 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$12.36 billion (US$395.64 million), down 2.26% sequentially, but...
Inspection service firm Sporton posts EPS of NT$2.15 for 3Q18
Thursday 25 October 2018Mobile device testing and certification service company Sporton International saw its net profits increase 4.7% on year to NT$199 million (US$6.42 million) in the third quarter of...
North America semi equipment industry billings continue to decline
Thursday 25 October 2018The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the fourth consecutive month in September 2018, reaching...
Growing sales of gaming, Chromebook devices to boost Acer gross margin
Thursday 18 October 2018Acer expects sales of its gaming and Chromebook products to grow significantly in 2018, which will help boost the company's product ASPs and gross margin. The company's gaming-related...
North America semi equipment industry billings drop to 9-month low
Tuesday 25 September 2018The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the third consecutive month in August 2018, reaching a...
Taiwan IC distributors enjoy seasonal pick-up in communication IC demand
Monday 17 September 2018A seasonal pick-up in communication IC demand is set to boost revenues at Taiwan-based IC distributors including WPG and WT Microelectronics in the third quarter of 2018, according...
Worldwide wearable market ticks up 5.5% due to gains in emerging markets, says IDC
Wednesday 5 September 2018Growth continued in the global wearable market during the second quarter of 2018 as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year according to data from...
MSI expects to see rising gaming notebook sales starting September
Monday 3 September 2018Micro-Star International (MSI), currently a top-2 gaming notebook vendor worldwide and the top brand in North America and Europe's mid-range to high-end gaming notebook market, is...
- Dell EMC North America president is stepping down, Lenovo-Dell veteran is replacing him (Apr 6) - CRN
- Centrosolar America, TSMC Solar sign distribution agreement (February 28) - Renewable Energy Focus
- IBM cuts over 1000 workers, group says (February 28) - Bloomberg
- Osram further strengthens its competence in lighting solutions (November 9) - The Sacramento Bee
- Samsung continues its growth in the North American lighting market (October 17) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- Toshiba revamps regional LCD supply chain (July 13) - EBN
- Solar: all eyes on price declines at Intersolar conference (July 13) - Barron's
- Hella and Hubbell to develop non-automotive LED lighting (June 22) - LEDs Magazine
- Toyota to curb North America production on parts supply (Mar 23) - BBC News
- Xilinx sales down 8% sequentially in fiscal 3Q11 (Jan 19) - Company release