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Tuesday 11 September 2018
Taiwan IC firms enforcing capacity expansions with imported equipment
Taiwan's machinery imports are expected to see sharp increases in the second half of 2018, as suppliers of silicon wafers, memory and passive components have started to take delivery...
Tuesday 11 September 2018
CHPT optimistic about probe card demand for AI, 5G
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has expressed optimism about semiconductor probe card demand for AI and 5G applications.
Tuesday 11 September 2018
ASE August revenues rise 8.7%, PTI hit record
ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC backend houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), saw its August revenues increase...
Tuesday 11 September 2018
MediaTek revenues hit 21-month high
Consolidated revenues at MediaTek climbed to a 21-month high of NT$23.5 billion (US$762.3 million) in August 2018.
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Global semiconductor equipment billings stay high in 2Q18
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings, which hit a record high of US$17 billion in the first quarter of 2018, slipped 1% sequentially to US$16.7 billion in the...
Monday 10 September 2018
TSMC August revenues up, UMC down
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its August revenues climb 22.4% sequentially, while fellow foundry company United Microelectronics' (UMC) revenues slipped 8.1%...
Monday 10 September 2018
Intel to outsource 14nm chipset production due to tight supply
Intel is encountering tight 14nm process production capacity in-house, and is looking to outsource part of its 14nm chipset production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Monday 10 September 2018
Taiwan startup FootPrintKu unveils AI-based EDA cloud platform
Taiwan tech startup FootPrintKu (FPK) has newly released an AI-based EDA cloud management platform seeking to build universal standard design specs for electronics parts by leveraging...
Friday 7 September 2018
Investments in startups provide good opportunities for large enterprises, says Jackie Yang, co-founder of Translink Capital
Co-founder of Translink Capital Jackie Yang has accumulated 21 years of experience in venture capitalism since he first set foot in the field in 1996. Having witnessed the rise and...
Friday 7 September 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in August
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect have all posted sequential...
Friday 7 September 2018
Sumco halts production after quake hits Hokkaido
Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...
Friday 7 September 2018
ITRI, SEMI, Taiwan universities team up to develop flexible hybrid electronics technology
To promote precision sports, ITRI, SEMI, Chang Gung University (CGU), and National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) have signed an agreement to jointly develop flexible hybrid electronics...
Friday 7 September 2018
CPT expects panel shipments to rebound in 4Q18
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported flat sales performance for August, but expects revenues to pick up in the fourth quarter of 2018 on shipments of new products.
Friday 7 September 2018
Backend firm Amkor to expand capacity in Taiwan
Amkor Technology will soon start operating a new factory at its manufacturing site in Longtan, northern Taiwan for wafer-level packaging (WLP) and wafer test services. The arrival...
Friday 7 September 2018
NXP, FII partners on IIoT
NXP Semiconductors will provide Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) with its iIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform solutions and technical support., according to an MOU signed...