99 news items tagged Global Unichip
Taiwan IC designers asked to defer shipments of mining chips
Thursday 19 April 2018Taiwan-based IC design houses have received requests from customers in the cryptocurrency mining sector to defer shipments of mining ASICs amid lackluster replacement demand for mining...
Taiwan IC design houses vying for orders for ASIC
Friday 30 March 2018With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...
IC designers gaining from strong demand for AI-based ASICs
Friday 23 March 2018The growing application of AI to terminal devices has triggered a new wave of IC design and IP resources reorganization, with device makers showing increasing demand for ASICs, either...
Global Unichip February revenues increase
Tuesday 6 March 2018IC design service company Global Unichip has reported consolidated revenues for February 2018 increased 15.8% sequentially to NT$906 million (US$30.9 million).
Samsung reportedly expands tie with Faraday
Monday 5 March 2018Samsung Electronics has enhanced its tie with Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, to boost further the competitiveness of its foundry operations,...
TSMC lands big orders for mining ASICs from Bitmain
Tuesday 30 January 2018Taiwan semiconductor firms will see major revenue boosts from the global cryptocurrency mining craze in 2018, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has landed sizable...
Global Unichip reports strong earnings for 2017
Wednesday 24 January 2018Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip (GUC) has announced net profits of NT$854 million (US$29.16 million) for 2017, increasing 54.9% from a year earlier. The earnings...
Global Unichip opens new office in Nanjing
Thursday 23 November 2017Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has announced the opening of a new branch office in Nanjing, China where its major foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Global Unichip tapes out 16nm TCAM compiler
Thursday 16 November 2017Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip has announced a successful TCAM compiler tape-out based on TSMC's 16FFC process technology.
Egistec posts record August revenues
Wednesday 6 September 2017Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has announced August consolidated revenues grew 34.6% sequentially to a record high of NT$544 million (US$18.1 million).
Global Unichip targeting AI sector
Monday 7 August 2017Taiwan-based Global Unichip, an IC design service company partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is looking to expand its business in the artificial intelligence...
Taiwan IC design service and IP firms land AI chip orders from China
Wednesday 26 July 2017Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have started to land orders for artificial intelligence (AI) applications from China's IC industry and academia,...
Global Unichip opens new Korea office
Tuesday 11 July 2017Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has announced the establishment of its new office in Seoul. The move is to enhance both technical and business customer su...
Global Unichip rolls out HBM2 total solution
Monday 19 June 2017Global Unichip has successful taped out a 16nm, second-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) PHY and controller with verified interposer design and CoWoS package. The ultra-high...
Global Unichip May revenues rise, Faraday down
Friday 9 June 2017IC design service company Global Unichip has announced consolidated revenues of NT$985 million (US$32.8 million) for May 2017, up 41.5% on year and 39.2% sequentially. The company...
More non-IC design houses to seek advanced capacity at foundry houses
Thursday 8 June 2017More patrons other than IC-design houses and IDMs are likely to flock to wafer foundry houses looking for advanced capacity for emerging applications such IoT, Big Data, self-driving...
Taiwan IC design service and IP providers seeing robust 10nm, 16nm chip demand in China
Tuesday 7 March 2017Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have recently enjoyed a ramp-up of demand for 10nm and 16nm products from their China-based customers, according...
Global Unichip posts 2016 EPS of NT$4.11
Friday 10 February 2017IC design service company Global Unichip has announced net profits for 2016 increased 11.5% to NT$551 million (US$17.7 million). The earnings translated into a net EPS of NT$4.11...
Global Unichip rolls out ASIC solutions for SSD
Thursday 2 February 2017Taiwan-based Global Unichip, a fabless ASIC design house, has rolled out its complete portfolio of solid state drive (SSD) ASIC solutions that cover application-specific front end...
Global Unichip posts record December revenues
Friday 6 January 2017IC design service company Global Unichip saw its December revenues rise 19.6% sequentially to a record high of NT$1.15 billion (US$35.8 million).
Global Unichip opens new office in the Netherlands
Thursday 29 December 2016IC design services provider Global Unichip has announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in a move to actively expand its business in Europe.
Global Unichip 2Q16 profits fall
Friday 5 August 2016Falling revenues dragged down profitability at IC design services provider Global Unichip in the second quarter of 2016.
Global Unichip sees revenues down on year in June
Friday 8 July 2016IC design service company Global Unichip has reported revenues of NT$709.79 million (US$21.99 million) for June, up 1.91% on month but down 12.41% on year.
Global Unichip June revenues to rise, says report
Tuesday 28 June 2016IC design service company Global Unichip is expected to see its June revenues rise above NT$1 billion (US$30.7 million) and hit a 46-month high, buoyed by orders for 28nm products,...
Global Unichip to deal out 2015 dividend of NT$3
Friday 27 May 2016Global Unichip's shareholders have approved the distribution of a cash dividend of NT$3 (US$0.09) for 2015, according to the IC design service company.

Global Unichip lists on Taiwan's OTC exchange on November 3
Photo: Andrea Liu, Friday 3 November 2006