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Thursday 28 March 2019
New Huawei phones usee OLED displays from Korea and China suppliers
Huawei has announced its latest flagship smartphones, the P30 and P30 Pro, targeting specifically consumers with high demands for photography. The P30 is equipped with a 6.1-inch...
Thursday 28 March 2019
China fabless chipmakers expanding global market share
China-based fabless chipmakers saw their combined share of the global market reach 13% in 2018, up from only 5% in 2010, according to IC Insights.
Thursday 28 March 2019
DRAM market to shrink substantially in 2019
Recent concerns over market conditions, coupled with a sharp downturn in average selling prices, will lead the DRAM market to reach just US$77 billion in 2019 - a 22% year-over-year...
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Shipments of TDDI chips to increase 20% in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Global shipments of smartphone-use TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips are expected to increase 20% in 2019 from about 414 million units in 2018, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
FocalTech to see sales recovery in 2Q19
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs, is expected to see its financial performance hit the bottom of 2019 in the first quarter and recover starting...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Foxsemicon breaks ground for new plant in Nanjing
Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, recently broke ground for a new factory site in Nanjing, China.
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Constraints of key components to limit initial foldable smartphone shipments
While foldable smartphones are the next big thing for handset brands, initial shipments of these foldable devices woud be limited because some key components such as OLED displays...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Recovery to take place in non-memory IC market starting 2Q19, says TSMC chairman
Taiwan-based chipmakers are mostly engaged in the non-memory semiconductor market, where demand is expected to start recovering gradually in the second quarter of 2019, according...
Monday 25 March 2019
Huawei to tap into smart display market
Huawei has deepened its deployments in related multimedia chips and will target TV terminal products as the second main application market after smartphones for the buildup of its...
Monday 25 March 2019
Semiconductor equipment billings continue slide
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment posted a year-over-year decline for the fourth consecutive month in February.
Friday 22 March 2019
TSMC gaining foundry steam from China IC design houses
TSMC has seen a significant pickup in foundry demand for AI, IoT and 5G chips from China's IC design sector and global tech firms seeking to develop chips on their own, according...
Friday 22 March 2019
Lite-On Semi to enjoy double-digit revenue increase in 2Q19
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, is expected to see its second-quarter revenues register a double-digit sequential growth as it will soon kick...
Friday 22 March 2019
Chin-Poon reports decreased revenues, earnings for 2018
Automotive PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has reported decreased revenues and earnings for 2018 due to production losses resulting from a fire that broke out at its production line...
Friday 22 March 2019
Spirox, ShibaSoku team up
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has signed a new contract with Japan's ShibaSoku under which Spirox will sell ShibaSoku's semiconductor test...
Thursday 21 March 2019
PCB maker Career Tech drops private placement plan
PCB maker Career Technology has decided to drop its plan of issuing common shares through private investment as it has to adjust its business operations to counter a substantial cut...