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Monday 9 March 2020
Transistor count trends continue to track with Moore's Law, says IC Insights
The primary yardstick by which the IC industry measures its technological performance and progress remains Moore's Law that states there is a doubling of the number of transistors...
Friday 6 March 2020
IC testing houses poised for robust sales in 1Q20
While the full impacts of the coronavirus outbreak remain uncertain, Taiwan-based wafer probing and IC testing solution providers are set to brace for robust sales in the first quarter...
Friday 6 March 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 4Q 2019
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments went down slightly on quarter, but more than 5% on year to arrive at 59.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Friday 6 March 2020
Chinese PCB makers expanding capacity for 5G applications
Driven by growing demand for 5G handset applications, China-based PCB makers are keenly expanding capacity for HDI and substrate-like PCB (SLP) products and IC substrates, according...
Friday 6 March 2020
Production of entry-level AirPod Pro to resume momentum in 2Q20, says sources
Production of an entry-level version of Apple's AirPods device is expected to resume momentum by the end of first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2020, according to upstream...
Friday 6 March 2020
GIS ramping up ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor modules shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based touch display specialist General Interface Solutions (GIS) is expected to ramp up shipments through at least the second quarter of 2020 as it starts fulfilling orders...
Friday 6 March 2020
Shennan Circuits profits surge over 70% in 2019
China-based PCB manufacturer Shennan Circuits has reported net profits surged 76.8% from a year earlier to CNY1.23 billion (US$177.7 million) in 2019, when revenues climbed 38.4%...
Friday 6 March 2020
Infineon works with Qualcomm to enable 3D authentication
Infineon Technologies has worked with Qualcomm Technologies to develop a reference design for 3D authentication based on the latter's Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform.
Thursday 5 March 2020
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2019
Smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors came to 197 million units, down 5.9% on year and 7.7% on quarter.
Thursday 5 March 2020
Global monitor panel shipments set to grow in 2020
Global shipments of monitor panels are expected to reach 166 million units in 2020, increasing 15.2% from a year earlier, according to market research firm All View Cloud (AVC).
Thursday 5 March 2020
Apple PCB suppliers see orders deferred
Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers in the supply chain of Apple devices will see their shipments for the upcoming entry-level iPhone SE2 deferred from the first quarter to the second,...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Huawei enhancing in-house IC design capability
Huawei has been strengthening its in-house chip design capability aiming to further reduce its dependence on US technology, according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 March 2020
Server BMC chipmaker Aspeed expects 15% revenue rise in 2020
Taiwan-based server management SoC solution provider Aspeed Technology expects its second-quarter revenues to see a double-digit sequential increase thanks to robust orders from cloud...
Thursday 5 March 2020
New entry-level LCD iPhone reportedly enters final verification stage
Apple's new entry-level LCD iPhone, tentatively dubbed iPhone SE2, has entered the final stage of engineering validation in Zhengzhou, China, where the vendor's major manufacturing...
Thursday 5 March 2020
SEMICON SEA 2020 postponed
SEMI has announced that it is postponing SEMICON Southeast Asia 2020 from May 12-14 to August 11-13 out of concern over the coronavirus outbreak.