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Monday 9 April 2018
Korea becomes largest semiconductor equipment market in 2017, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled US$56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37% from 2016 sales of US$41.24 billion, according to SEMI....
Tuesday 3 April 2018
China smartphone vendors set high goals for overseas shipments
First-tier China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi Technology are stepping up their deployments and investments in overseas markets, as they have set...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
China becomes largest consumer of semiconductor packaging equipment and materials, says SEMI
Fueled by heavy government investment, IC packaging and testing in China generated US$29 billion in revenues in 2017, making China the world's largest consumer of packaging equipment...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Global February semiconductor sales increase 21%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$36.8 billion for the month of February 2018, an increase of 21% compared to the February 2017 total of US$30.4 billion, according to the...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
IC packagers to see revenues bolstered by non-smartphone sectors
While strong demand for non-smartphone and 5G chips will keep foundry fabs running at full capacity in the second quarter, backend wafer test and IC packaging and testing service...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
China firms making progress in AI chip development
China-based artificial intelligence (AI) chip developers including Hisilicon Semiconductor, Cambricon, DeePhi Tech, Horizon Robotics and Bitmain have been aggressively planning new...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Taiwan PC-related IC suppliers to post flat or slight revenue growth in 2Q18
Networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor, analog IC firm Anpec Electronics, power management IC specialist Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), and MOSFET makers including Advanced...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Machvision, Utechzone seeing brisk demand from semiconductor and FPD industries
Automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment specialists Utechzone and Machvision are being pinpointed by market observers as the beneficiaries of semiconductor and LCD panel makers'...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Tsinghua Unigroup reportedly to source 3D NAND chips from Intel
Tsinghua Unigroup has struck deals with Intel to source 3D NAND flash chips from the US firm in 2018 and 2019, while having subsidiary Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) continue...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Foxconn cloud platform to transform SMEs
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo has pointed out that his company will open its cloud computing platform to small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs),...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Two minor China panel makers to see shipments double in 2018
China-based flat panel makers Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics and Nanjing CEC-Panda LCD Technology are expected to see their annual shipments of LCD TV panels soar to break the level...
Monday 2 April 2018
Robust IoT chip orders filling 8-inch fab capacities
Strong demand for Internet of Things (IoT) related chips is filling China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries' 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.
Monday 2 April 2018
China speeding up testing for autonomous driving
China is speeding up its development of autonomous driving technology with plans to collect data on trial autonomous driving mileage of up to 50 million km in 40 main cities in China...
Monday 2 April 2018
Toshiba expects to close sale of memory-chip unit in April
Toshiba has disclosed the completion of its planned sale of Toshiba Memory will be delayed to "April 2018 or thereafter," as "certain conditions relating to required...
Monday 2 April 2018
Clevo expects notebook shipments to rise 20% in 2018
Clevo expects its notebook shipments to reach 1.52 million units in 2018, up from 2017's 1.27 million units, driven mainly by demand for gaming models and orders from emerging markets,...