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Monday 30 April 2018
MediaTek expects to post up to 20% revenue growth in 2Q18
MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of 12-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018, below market watcher estimates of 20% and more.
Thursday 12 April 2018
Unigroup Spreadtrum RDA gearing up for 5G
China-based Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, a merger of IC designers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has set a goal...
Monday 2 April 2018
Ennoconn to invest NT$5.34 billion in turnkey solution provider Marketech
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Ennoconn has announced to invest NT$5.34 billion (US$182.09 million) to acquire 90.5 million shares or a 51.12% stake of turnkey solution provider...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Foxconn to acquire Belkin to step into smart home market
Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has annouced plans to wholly acquire US-based mobile and peripheral devices...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Trading of ASE Industrial shares approved by TWSE
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) has approved the listing application of ASE Industrial Holding, a parent holding company that will own Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) through...
Friday 2 March 2018
Almost 100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed from 2009-2017, says IC Insights
Semiconductor manufacturers around the world have closed or repurposed 92 wafer fabs from 2009-2017, according to data compiled by IC Insights.
Thursday 22 February 2018
Avoiding cut throat competition: Q&A with SPIL chairman Bough Lin
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has disclosed that it had never occurred to him that his company would one day merge with one of its major competitors,...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Taiwan IC backend production value to rise 4-5% in 2018, says IEK
The production value of Taiwan's IC packaging and testing industry sector is expected to increase 4-5% in 2018, according to the government-funded Industrial Economics and Knowledge...
Tuesday 13 February 2018
Shareholders OK ASE-SPIL merger plan
Shareholders of both Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have approved the companies' plan to merge under a new holding company.
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Unigroup Spreadtrum RDA sees fresh momentum
China-based Unigroup Spreadtrum RDA, a merger of IC designers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics under Tsinghua Unigroup, is poised to perform better in the smartphone...
Friday 2 February 2018
ASE expects revenues to pick up starting 2Q18
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its IC backend business sales to register strong sequential growth in the second quarter and grow through the fourth quarter. The...
Thursday 21 December 2017
ASE, SPIL to hold shareholders meetings February 12 for merger affairs
Taiwan IC packaging and testing specialists Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will convene respective extraordinary shareholders...
Monday 30 October 2017
ASE likely to post record 4Q17 revenues
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects sales of its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business to register flat sequential growth in the fourth quarter, while sales...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Acer to merge affiliate eDC into BYOC group
Acer's datacenter hosting service providing affiliate E-enabling Data Center (eDC) will be merged into the vendor's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business group and managed by Maverick...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Value of semiconductor industry M&A deals slows dramatically in 1H17, says IC Insights
The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in the past two years slowed to a trickle in the first half of 2017, with the...