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Thursday 31 January 2019
GaAs wafer maker LandMark optimistic about sales in 2019
LandMark Optoelectronics, a maker of GaAs- and InP-based epitaxial wafers, expects its sales to remain on a growth track in 2019 despite an estimated 5-10% sequential setback in the...
Thursday 31 January 2019
Taiwan inaugurates integrated semiconductor research body
The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TRSI) was inaugurated on January 30 under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), marking the world's only national tech...
Thursday 31 January 2019
Silicon shipments hit record high with revenues exceeding US$10 billion in 2018, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2018 increased 8% to a record high, while revenues jumped 31% on year exceeding the US$10 billion mark for the first time since 2018, according...
Thursday 31 January 2019
ASE expects revenues to drop in 1Q19
ASE Technology Holding expects revenues to drop in the first quarter of 2019, due to inventory correction at customers engaged in the handset- and communication-related IC sector...
Thursday 31 January 2019
MediaTek expects to post up to 20% revenue drop in 1Q19
MediaTek expects to post a revenue decline of 12-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, and flat or slight revenue growth in all of the year.
Wednesday 30 January 2019
SMIC reportedly to move 14nm process to volume production in 1H19
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to enter volume production of chips built using 14nm FinFET process technology in the first half of 2019, fulfilling the...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Challenges and opportunities for flat panel industry
The global flat panel industry got off to a bumpy start in 2018 amid growing concerns of oversupply resulting from continued capacity ramps by Chinese firms. In fact, the year ended...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
TSMC advanced-node chip lead-time shortened
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen the delivery time for chips produced on its advanced node processes reduced to less than two months compared with over three...
Wednesday 30 January 2019
Flat panel industry heading for correction, says AUO chairman
Having enjoyed the longest-ever bullish sales over the past six years, the global flat panel industry is heading for a longer period of correction, according to Paul Peng, chairman...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Holtek enters wireless headset supply chains of China handset vendors
Despite lackluster sales performance of iPhones, Apple's Airpods have ushered in a new market for wireless Bluetooth headsets, prompting China smartphone vendors such as Huawei and...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
PCB makers see little impact from Huawei 5G equipment boycott
Despite the raging US-led campaign to boycott 5G network equipment supplied by China's leading telecom equipment maker Huawei, Taiwan PCB makers are less worried about its possible...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
IT panel prices to see milder drops in 1Q19
Prices for IT (notebook and monitor) panels will continue to fall in the first quarter of 2019 amid seasonal factors. But the range of reductions will be smaller due to decreased...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
BOE to lead in China smartphone panel sector, says Digitimes Research
BOE Technology, which has adopted an aggressive strategy by foraying into the flexible AMOLED panel sector and stopping further investment in LTPS TFT LCD technology, is likely to...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
TSMC production affected by substandard chemical
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that yield rates were affected by certain substandard chemical used in the manufacturing process, following media reports...
Monday 28 January 2019
ASMedia lands mainstream PCIe chip design orders from AMD
Taiwan's ASMedia Technology is expected to land contract design orders for all mainstream PCIe chips from AMD even after the US chipmaker rolls out X570 motherboard chipsets that...