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Tuesday 13 November 2018
Mobile SoC specialists moving to tap slim-notebook market
Qualcomm is taking the lead to incorporate its Snapdragon 850 series mobile chips into thin and light notebooks adopting Microsoft Windows operating system, and other handset SoC...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Qualcomm to better partner with TSMC for HPC chips fabrication
Qualcomm is expected to significantly enhance its partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of high-performance computing (HPC) chips for...
Thursday 8 November 2018
Global heavyweight clients touting adoption of TSMC 7nm node
Global heavyweight customers of TSMC are rushing to highlight the foundry giant's 7nm process support as a major booster for their new products, the latest case being AMD announcing...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Novatek expects 5-7% revenue drop in 4Q18
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$14.6 billion (US$475.5 million) and NT$15 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 5-7% sequentia...
Friday 2 November 2018
Globalfoundries sets up wholly-owned subsidiary to deliver custom ASIC solutions
Globalfoundries has announced the establishment of Avera Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to providing custom silicon solutions for a broad range of applications...
Thursday 1 November 2018
MediaTek expects revenues to fall in 4Q18
Mobile SoC supplier MediaTek expects to post a revenue decline of 4-12% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with about flat growth in gross margin.
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Arm expands DesignStart program for Linux embedded designs
Arm has expanded its DesignStart program to include the Cortex-A5 CPU, Arm's low-power and Linux-capable application processor, according to the processor IP vendor. Developers can...
Wednesday 17 October 2018
MediaTek to roll out 12nm Helio P70 mobile chip in October
MediaTek is expected to roll out its new Helio P70 mobile SoC built using a 12nm process technology later in October, aiming to maintain the shipment momentum of its mobile chips,...
Friday 12 October 2018
MediaTek to see revenues drop in 4Q18
MediaTek is expected to post an up to 10% revenue decrease sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, as shipments of the company's mobile SoC chips will stay flat on quarter at...
Thursday 11 October 2018
MediaTek 3Q18 revenues meet guidance
MediaTek has reported revenues increased 10.8% sequentially to NT$67.03 billion (US$2.15 billion) in the third quarter of 2018, which came within the company's guidance range from...
Friday 28 September 2018
Taiwan gearing up to net annual IC output value of NT$3 trillion by 2021
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is aggressively moving to pool cross-domain academic forces to help the semiconductor sector break through bottlenecks seen in the...
Wednesday 19 September 2018
MediaTek CEO spends NT$30 million buying company shares
Rick Tsai, CEO for MediaTek, spent about NT$30 million (US$0.94 million) of his own money to buy MediaTek shares in August alone, according to Chinese-language media reports.
Monday 10 September 2018
Intel to outsource 14nm chipset production due to tight supply
Intel is encountering tight 14nm process production capacity in-house, and is looking to outsource part of its 14nm chipset production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Chipmakers slowing down transition to sub-10nm technology
With sub-10nm node manufacturing requiring huge capex, a number of foundries have slowed down their investment pace while fabless chipmakers stick with 14/12nm products for cost reasons...
Friday 24 August 2018
HiSilicon 7nm SoC coming soon for Huawei flagship smartphone
HiSilicon's Kirin 980 SoC series built using 7nm process technology is set to get ready for commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2018, and will power Huawei's next-generation...