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Friday 26 July 2019
UMC, TeraSillC jointly roll out 24GHz CMOS radar transceiver chips
UnitedDS Semiconductor (UDS), a China-based IC design affiliate of United Microelectronics (UMC), and Taiwan's mmWave chip designer TeraSillC have jointly rolled out 24GHz radar transceiver...
Friday 26 July 2019
Huawei sharply boosts adoption ratio of in-house mobile SoCs
Huawei is expected to have 60% of its phones powered by Hisilicon's APs in the second half of 2019, compared with 45% in the first half of the year and less than 40% in the second...
Friday 26 July 2019
Taiwan chipmakers expect rising orders for Nintendo Switch
With Nintendo set to launch its Switch game console in China next month, related chip and component suppliers are expected to see orders for the device ramp up significantly starting...
Friday 26 July 2019
Taiwan PCB firms see pull in of Huawei smartphone orders
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers have seen orders for Huawei's smartphones pull in rapidly, particularly those for high-end models, according to industry sources.
Friday 26 July 2019
AUO gives flat outlook for 3Q19
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its sales for the third quarter of 2019 to remain at the same levels as a quarter earlier because there is uncertainty about demand in the traditional high...
Friday 26 July 2019
Intel reports 2Q19 financial results
Intel has reported second-quarter 2019 financial results, generating approximately US$7.6 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of US$1.4 billion and used US$3 billion to...
Friday 26 July 2019
Semiconductor equipment billings stay above US$2 billion in June
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment dropped on both sequential and on-year bases in June 2019 but stayed above US$2 billion, according...
Friday 26 July 2019
Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business
Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual...
Thursday 25 July 2019
IC backend firms expanding capacities on strong demand from Huawei
Taiwan IC backend service firms are moving to carry out capacity expansions to meet increased shipment demand from Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon, which, coupled with growing...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Apple supply chain cautious about orders for new iPhones
Judging from the order visibility from Apple for the third quarter of 2019, the build-up of components for the production of new iPhone devices to be released later in the year could...
Thursday 25 July 2019
Everspin, Phison partner to bring STT-MRAM to SSD controllers
Everspin Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) persistent memory solutions, has announced Phison Electronics will provide native support for Everspin's...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Faraday eyes sharp revenue increases for 3Q19
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to surge over 27% sequentially after the company experienced...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
TDDI chip prices under downward pressure
Prices of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips are under continued downward pressure, as competition in the sector is heating up due to capacity ramps by related IC...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Zhen Ding invests further in China business
PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology through its subsidiary Avary Holding (Shenzhen) has made CNY350 million (US$50.9 million) worth of investment to fund HongQiSheng Precision Electronics...
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Taiwan IC testing service providers see growing 5G orders
Taiwan-based IC testing service providers including Integrated Service Technology (IST), Materials Analysis Technology (MA-Tek) and Sporton International, have seen customers' demand...