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Thursday 20 December 2018
Xilinx ADAS SoC adopted by BYD
Xilinx has announced its Zynq-series SoC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) has been adopted by China-based electric vehicle vendor BYD.
Thursday 13 December 2018
UMC to spend NT$27 billion on capacity deployment
The board of directors of United Microelectronics (UMC) has authorized a capital budget execution of NT$27.406 billion (US$889.4 million) for capacity deployment.
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Weltrend to see USB PD chip shipments double to 50 million units in 2018
Taiwan-based Weltrend Semiconductor may see its annual shipments of USB power delivery (PD) controller chips for 2018 double from a year earlier to reach 50 million units as the shipments...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Supply chain partners see mixed impacts from iPhone order cuts
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been little affected by a cutback in chip orders for Apple's new iPhones as many of its other fabless clients are queuing for...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
UNISOC names co-CEOs
UNISOC (formerly Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA), a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup specializing in mobile chip development, has appointed Qing Chu as co-CEO of the company, alongside...
Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Monday 26 November 2018
TSMC likely to post 14-16% revenue drop in 1Q19, report says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to post a 14-16% sequential decline in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2019, due mainly to inventory correction...
Thursday 22 November 2018
Chipmakers may see profits deflated by smartphone sales headwind in 2019
As worldwide smartphone vendors are expected to further lower prices for new models to stimulate replacement demand in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and UNISOC...
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Nanya to buy back shares
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has unveiled plans to buy back as many as 120 million of its own shares starting November 13. The new stock repurchase program will be implemented...
Monday 12 November 2018
TSMC October revenues up 7%
A ramp-up of chip orders for Apple's new iPhone devices boosted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) October revenues to the second-highest monthly levels in the contract...
Friday 9 November 2018
MediaTek gaining ground in global ASIC market
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek is developing at full throttle ASICs for customers, posing increasing competition pressure to IC design service providers including Global Unichip and Alchip...
Thursday 8 November 2018
SMIC expects to post 7-9% revenue decrease in 4Q18
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 7-9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Qualcomm to better partner with TSMC for HPC chips fabrication
Qualcomm is expected to significantly enhance its partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of high-performance computing (HPC) chips for...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Macronix October revenues up, Winbond down
Macronix International has reported October consolidated revenues increased 3.9% sequentially to NT$3.89 billion (US$126.9 million), while Winbond Electronics' consolidated sales...
Thursday 1 November 2018
UMC suspends R&D with China DRAM firm
With the US banning exports to Jinhua Integrated Circuit, United Microelectronics (UMC) will suspend its R&D assistance to the China-based DRAM firm until further notice, according...