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Wednesday 24 October 2018
Chipmakers advancing 5G chips rollout by one quarter
As leading brand vendors are set to roll out 5G-based smartphone models in the first half of 2019, chipmakers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek have advanced the launch schedules for...
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Qualcomm intros smaller 5G NR mmWave antenna module
Qualcomm Technologies has announced what it calls the smallest additions to its QTM052 mmWave antenna module family of fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave) modules for...
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Chipmakers keen to expand 5G offerings beyond smartphones
As 5G commercialization is set to kick off in 2019, global chipmakers including Qualcomm, Intel, MediaTek and UNISOC (Spreadtrum & RDA) are looking to expand their 5G solutions...
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Arm expands DesignStart program for Linux embedded designs
Arm has expanded its DesignStart program to include the Cortex-A5 CPU, Arm's low-power and Linux-capable application processor, according to the processor IP vendor. Developers can...
Monday 22 October 2018
Flat panel makers to see impact from oversupply in 2019, says AUO chairman
Flat panel makers are expected to see their operating results vary widely in 2019 as they adopt different approaches in strategy, market and product development to address the challenge...
Monday 22 October 2018
Serious talent shortage posing challenges for China IC development
Despite China's semiconductor industry aggressively carrying out diverse development projects, increasingly serious talent shortage is casting clouds over the development, making...
Monday 22 October 2018
Consortium formed in China to rev up development of RISC-V processors
More than 50 IC designers, academic units and research bodies in China have recently established the China RISC-V Industry Consortium, seeking to develop the country's independent...
Friday 19 October 2018
Foxconn affiliate debuts on TWSE
Fitipower Integrated Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) specializing in LCD driver ICs, started trading on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock...
Friday 19 October 2018
Flat panel makers slowing down construction of 10.5/11G fabs
China-based flat panel makers Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology (HKC) and China Electronics Corporation (CEC) both reportedly have held off on their original plans to build...
Friday 19 October 2018
TSMC expects 7nm chip sales to account for 10% of 2018 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to tape out more than 50 chip designs with its 7nm process technology by the end of 2018, and over 100 chip designs with both...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Taiwan IC design houses to see revenues fall in October
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to post over 10% sequential decreases in October revenues, as shipments during the first week of the month were affected by China's National...
Thursday 18 October 2018
CIS demand from handset, automotive sectors set to boom in 2019
CMOS image sensor demand (CIS) is set to boom for application to triple-lens camera phones and automotive electronics in 2019, prompting leading CIS maker Sony to expand capacity...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Communications rise to represent largest portion of foundry sales
With tremendous growth of smartphones over the past decade, foundry sales to the communications market have soared and are now forecast to account for about 3x more than IC foundry...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Chipbond enters Huawei smartphone supply chain
Chipbond Technology has entered the supply chain for Huawei's smartphones by providing chip-on-film (COF) packaging for OLED panel driver ICs, according to industry sources.
Thursday 18 October 2018
Xilinx promoting acceleration solutions for datacenter servers in China
At its recent forum in Beijing, Xilinx introduced its FPGA-based acceleration solutions designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and data center applications. Dubbed Alveo, the acceleration...