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Friday 17 March 2017
China fabless IC firms expand global market share in 2016
While US companies still hold the largest share of fabless company IC sales, the largest fabless IC market share increase has come from China-based suppliers, according to IC Insig...
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Fabless firm Davicom 4Q16 pre-tax profits increase
Taiwan-based Davicom Semiconductor, a fabless chipmaker specializing in networking and communications chips, saw its pre-tax profits surge about 80% sequentially in the fourth quarter...
Monday 5 December 2016
Annual sales worldwide from fabless IC design to grow 3.4% in 2017, says TrendForce
Revenues worldwide from fabless IC design for 2016 are estimated at US$77.49 billion, a decline of 3.2% from 2015, according to TrendForce. But strong growth is expected in several...
Tuesday 22 November 2016
China firms headhunting talent from Taiwan fabless and DRAM companies
China's emerging memory companies have been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based fabless and DRAM firms, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Demand set to boom for iris- and face-recognition chips for smartphones
Demand for iris- and face- recognition chips for smartphones is expected to surge encouraging more China- and Taiwan-based fabless firms to step into the field, according to industry...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan IC design houses ramping orders at foundries
Foundries have seen their Taiwan-based fabless clients step up their pace of orders as they anticipate a seasonal pick-up in demand, according to industry sources.
Friday 24 June 2016
Beijing to build new IC industrial park with total investment of CNY4 billion, says report
A total investment of CNY4 billion (US$608 million) will be poured into the establishment of a new IC industrial park at the Zhongguancun (Haidian) Science Park in Beijing, according...
Tuesday 12 April 2016
UMC to post brisk 2Q16 results
IC foundry UMC is expected to enjoy significant revenue and profit growth sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, thanks to a ramp-up of orders from its fabless clients as well...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
US firms continue to capture bulk of IDM and fabless IC sales, says IC Insights
US-headquartered companies held a 54% share of the total worldwide IC market in 2015, which includes sales from IDMs and fabless IC companies, according to IC Insights. The total...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
MediaTek looks to emerging markets for 2016 growth
China has seen robust 4G smartphone demand during 2015, and demand for 4G devices in India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East is set to rise in 2016 driving MediaTek's...
Friday 4 December 2015
IDM IC sales growth likely to outpace fabless in 2015, says IC Insights
In 2010, for the first and only time on record thus far, IDM semiconductor sales growth (35%) outpaced fabless semiconductor company sales growth (29%), according to IC Insights....
Monday 7 September 2015
Major Taiwan-based fabless IC firms likely to suffer revenue decreases in 2015
Many of Taiwan's leading IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek are likely to suffer revenue and profit declines in 2015, according to industry observers.
Thursday 20 August 2015
China IC foundries, backend firms soliciting orders from Taiwan
China-based IC foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), and backend firms such as Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
A leading Taiwan IC fabless crafts versatile RF technology: Interview with Peter Chen, product marketing manager of AMICCOM
We are constantly bombarded with electromagnetic waves of all kinds of radio frequencies (RF), many of them have been encoded with specific information, whether it is a voice, a tone,...
Thursday 7 May 2015
Realtek April revenues drop on year
Fabless IC firm Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues for April 2015 grew 3.9% sequentially but dropped 1.89% on year to reach NT$2.65 billion (US$86.4 million).