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Tuesday 16 January 2018
Xintec to see orders for 3D sensing from iPhone and Android camps
Taiwan-based IC packager Xintec is expected to enjoy significant 3D sensing business opportunities from both iPhone and Android-based smartphone camps in 2018 in its capacity as a...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
MOSFET chip maker Excelliance MOS to debut on Taiwan OTC market
MOSFET and power management (PWM) IC designer Excelliance MOS will debut on Taiwan's OTC securities market in January 2018 at an initial unit price of NT$50 (US$1.672). The company...
Tuesday 26 December 2017
MediaTek may land modem chip orders from Apple in 2018
Taiwan IC designer MediaTek has a chance of winning orders for baseband modem chipsets from Apple, which is seeking additional modem chip capacity support after transferring half...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
IC designers to embrace lucrative smart speaker market in 2018
With global brand vendors aggressively venturing into the smart speaker market, the worldwide demand for smart speakers is likely to rise sharply to 30-50 million units in 2018, and...
Friday 1 December 2017
China NOR flash maker GigaDevice launches strategic investment in SMIC
China-based NOR flash supplier GigaDevice Semiconductor has announced subscribing to HK$532.5 million (US$68.43 million) worth of new shares issued by Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Moore's Law can last two more process generations, says MediaTek chair
The Moore's Law that sets the pace of the semiconductor development can last two more generations, as the process technology may hit bottlenecks after advancing to 3nm node from the...
Monday 16 October 2017
Taiwan peripheral suppliers to benefit from rising wireless charging market demand
As wireless charging is set to gain popularity following the adoption of Qi wireless charging standard of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) by both the latest iPhone devices and...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Nvidia overtakes MediaTek as 3rd largest IC design company
Nvidia overtook MediaTek as the world's third-largest IC design company in terms of revenues in the second quarter of 2017, according to research firm Topology Research Institute...
Thursday 20 July 2017
IDM model no longer viable for Japan semiconductor industry: Q&A with Socionext CEO Yasuo Nishiguchi
Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor industry is significantly losing ground in world markets, as most Japanese players,...
Monday 17 April 2017
Himax invests in Emza Visual Sense
Himax Technologies announced recently it had made a strategic investment in cash in exchange for a 45.1% equity ownership of Emza Visual Sense, with a one-year option to acquire the...
Tuesday 21 March 2017
Taiwan IC design houses hold mixed 2Q17 outlook
Taiwan-based consumer IC suppliers are expected to report revenue growth of over 20% sequentially for the second quarter, while handset-related IC firms expect sales to recover from...
Thursday 16 March 2017
China IC design industry growing
The "Made in China 2025" (MIC 2025) plan, published by the China State Council in May of 2015, has demonstrated the country's ambition to enhance its fabless IC design industry...
Friday 18 November 2016
China investment funds wooing Taiwan IC vendors
More semiconductor investment funds backed by local governments in China have stepped up their contact with Taiwan-based IC vendors, aiming to lure them to establish IC-design companies...
Wednesday 7 September 2016
BMC chip provider Aspeed reports record revenues for August
Baseboard management controller (BMC) chipset provider Aspeed Technology saw its revenues grow 15.4% on month and 41% on year to a record high of NT$132 million (US$4.21 million)...
Friday 2 September 2016
Taiwan approves MediaTek US$192 million investment in China
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved two investment projects in China proposed by MediaTek totaling US$191.75 million.