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Thursday 15 March 2018
TSMC seeing tight capacity for cryptocurrency mining chips
TSMC's 16nm and 12nm process production capacity has been tight in the first quarter of 2018 driven by strong demand for GPUs and ASICs for cryptocurrency mining, according to industry...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
New MediaTek AI chip to power upcoming Oppo, Meizu smartphones
MediaTek's recently-introduced Helio P60 mobile SoC that comes with AI capabilities has been adopted by Oppo and Meizu for their upcoming smartphone models, according to a report...
Monday 12 March 2018
MediaTek February revenues fall to 3-year low
Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$12.71 billion (US$434.2 million) for February 2018, down 24.5% sequentially and about 25% on year.
Friday 9 March 2018
ALi STB chips adopted by Videocon d2h
Set-top box (STB) chipset developer ALi has obtained orders from Videocon d2h, an India-based direct-to-home (DTH) operator, for Videocon d2h's next-generation high-definition (HD)...
Thursday 8 March 2018
MediaTek gearing up for AI smartphones
MediaTek has introduced its new solution to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to smartphones, and is gearing up for competition in the AI smartphone field.
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Back on the growth track: Q&A with MediaTek president Joe Chen
There were major management changes at MediaTek last year, showing the IC deisgner's intention to regain its growth momentum. The changes included the appointment of Joe Chen as MediaTek...
Tuesday 27 February 2018
KYEC, Sigurd obtain orders for new MediaTek AI chips
IC testing service providers King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics have both obtained orders for MediaTek's recently-introduced 12nm mobile SoC that brings AI features...
Monday 26 February 2018
Chip demand for voice assistant devices rising
Chip demand for smart speakers and other voice-assistant devices has been rising, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Thursday 22 February 2018
Chip orders from China smartphone sector to pick up in 2Q18
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect orders from China's smartphone industry to pick up in the second quarter of 2018, with customer orders likely to register double-digit sequential...
Monday 12 February 2018
MediaTek January revenues fall to 23-month low
Smartphone SoC specialist MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$16.84 billion (US$574.3 million) for January 2018, down 9.7% sequentially and 8.1% on year.
Thursday 8 February 2018
Intel unveils Xeon D-2100 processors for edge and IoT devices
Intel has introduced the new Intel Xeon D-2100 processor, a system-on-chip (SoC) processor architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data center or network applications...
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Novatek expects to post 10-14% revenue decrease in 1Q18
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to see its first-quarter revenues decrease 10-14% sequentially as a result of seasonality.
Friday 2 February 2018
Mobile SoC designs, embedded processing lift microprocessor market
The fastest growing types of microprocessors in 2012-2017 were mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for smartphones and tablets, and microprocessors used in embedded-processing applications,...
Tuesday 2 January 2018
China major AI chipmakers maintain partnerships with TSMC
China's major AI chipmakers, including HiSilicon, Cambricon Technologies, Horizon Robotics and DeePhi Tech, are expected to reap rich harvests in 2018 from their launch of various...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Samsung starts mass production of 10LPP process
Samsung Electronics announced recently that its foundry business has commenced mass production of system-on-chip (SoC) products built on its second generation 10nm FinFET process...