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Tuesday 14 May 2019
Tripod Tech posts 30% profit increase in 1Q19
PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reported net profit surged 30.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.08 billion (US$34.7 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with EPS coming to NT...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
GMT profit surges in 1Q19
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, has reported net profit hiked nearly 225% from a year earlier to NT$143.5 million...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
MediaTek to enjoy revenue and gross margin increases in 2Q19
MediaTek is expected to post sequential revenue and gross margin increases in the second quarter, thanks to a ramp-up in shipments of its high-ASP mobile SoCs, as well as non-mobile...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
HannStar Display bucks trend to post earnings in 1Q19
Flat panel maker HannStar Display has reported net profit of NT$180 million (US$5.79 million) or NT$0.06 per share for the first quarter of 2019, bucking a trend in which most fellow...
Monday 13 May 2019
Asian Edge: China to focus on memory and foundry businesses?
China at the moment has as many as 30 semiconductor fabs under construction - the most ambitious investment plan the global semiconductor industry has ever seen. China's memory industry...
Monday 13 May 2019
Samsung enters AiP module production for 5G mmWave
Qualcomm has introduced the world's first 5G NR mmWave antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices, but Samsung is fast catching up.
Monday 13 May 2019
Himax likely to stay unprofitable in 2Q19
Fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies expects to post a revenue increase of 2-7% sequentially in the second quarter following a 14.5% drop in the first quarter. Gross margin is forecast...
Friday 10 May 2019
Tier-2 panel makers see sales up sequentially in April
Taiwan's second-tier panel makers - Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Hannstar Display and Giantplus Technology - have all reported improved sales for April as compared a month earlier...
Friday 10 May 2019
Asian Edge: China semiconductor self-sufficiency
The different sectors of the semiconductor industry are clearly defined with specific work, and therefore each sector's self-sufficiency rate must be looked at in their own right...
Friday 10 May 2019
Drill bit maker Topoint suffers nearly 50% profit fall in 1Q19
PCB drill bit maker Topoint Technology saw its net profits decline 49.5% from a year earlier to NT$31 million (US$1 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with capacity utilization...
Friday 10 May 2019
Substrate-like PCB demand looks promising
With more smartphone vendors looking to adopt substrate-like PCBs in their high-end models, and more other mobile devices including notebooks and tablets set to incorporate SLPs,...
Friday 10 May 2019
Pixart 2Q19 revenues to rise on robust Bluetooth audio chip shipments
Fabless IC firm Pixart Imaging expects to see its second-quarter revenues increase substantially, driven by robust shipments of its Bluetooth audio chips, according to industry sou...
Friday 10 May 2019
UMC, VIS see revenues increase in April
United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its April revenues climb to a six-month high, while revenues at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) reached the highest in three months.
Thursday 9 May 2019
Intel 10nm CPU to ship in June; 7nm product to launch in 2021
At a recent company investors meeting, Intel announced plans to start shipping its volume 10nm client processor in June and shared first details on its 7nm process technology.
Thursday 9 May 2019
BOE expanding portfolios for IoT, medical applications
Having become the world's largest TV panel supplier both in terms of unit and area shipments recently, BOE Technology has also enriched its portfolios for a wide range of smart IoT...