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Wednesday 23 January 2019
TSMC to tape out first 5nm chip design in 1H19
Despite its dim business and industry outlook this year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to make progress in the development of sub-7nm process technologies...
Wednesday 23 January 2019
HiSilicon reportedly demanding 20-30% more capacity at KYEC
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has been requested by Huawei's semiconductor subsidiary HiSilicon to provide 20-30% more of the testing house's available production capacity in the first...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
5G moving out of lab for official kickoff in 2019, says MediaTek chair
The next generation of mobile connectivity, 5G, is moving out of its testing stage and will take off in 2019, according to MediaTek chairman MK Tsai.
Tuesday 22 January 2019
AI, 5G to be major chip market growth driver, says SEMI CMO
Chip demand for emerging AI and 5G applications will keep surging to become a major growth driver for the global semiconductor sector in the next three years, according to Terry Tsao,...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Tianma ranks top LTPS panel supplier in China, says Digitimes Research
Tainma Microelectronics has come out as the top vendor of LTPS TFT LCD panel maker in China thanks to its early deployment in the segment and the ramp-up of related production capacity,...
Monday 21 January 2019
Taiwan LCD driver IC production value increases 17% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's production value of LCD driver ICs is expected to grow 17% on year in the fourth quarter of 2018 driven by rising unit shipments and prices propelled by growing demand for...
Monday 21 January 2019
Memory packagers PTI, Orient Semiconductor to gain from robust SSD demand
Sharp price falls for NAND flash chips have driven up the penetration of SSDs in smart notebooks, servers and datacenters, which will significantly bolster revenue performances of...
Monday 21 January 2019
China vendors set pricing for initial 5G phones
China's vendors are likely to adopt a pricing strategy selling their 5G smartphones at about CNY500 (US$74) more than their current price ranges to increase profitability in 2019,...
Monday 21 January 2019
MOSFET backend specialist GEM to enjoy another year of record revenues
Backend house GEM Services, which specializes in packaging services for semiconductor power devices, is expected to enjoy another year of record-high revenues in 2019 thanks to robust...
Friday 18 January 2019
Value of semiconductor M&A falls considerably
The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017 and then eased back further in...
Friday 18 January 2019
MediaTek expanding ASIC business
Mobile SoC specialist MediaTek is pursuing new business growth from non-handset markets, and has been enhancing its custom ASIC offering and customer portfolio in the sector, according...
Friday 18 January 2019
Taiwan IC vendors may see profits fall on foundry supply loosening
As TSMC will surely take time digesting its iPhone AP inventory amid lingering lackluster sales of Apple's smartphones, most Taiwan IC designers are worried their gross margins in...
Friday 18 January 2019
Demand for 7nm fabrication to surge when 5G chips become available
More mobile SoC suppliers are expected to start sampling their 5G-capable solutions at the end of 2019, which will spur further demand for 7nm fabrication processes at foundries,...
Friday 18 January 2019
Taiwan makers keen to develop auto-use MOSFET, industry IGBT
As international IDMs still dominate the market for IGBT, the core power component for new energy vehicles and hybrid vehicles, Taiwan makers of discrete power devices are keen to...
Thursday 17 January 2019
CCL maker Elite Material sees robust demand for HDI boards in 2019
Taiwan's copper-clad laminate maker Elite Material (EMC) is expected to see 2019 revenue growth driven by robust demand from handset and automotive electronics sectors for its high-density...