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Wednesday 15 August 2018
Nvidia unveils new Turing-based Quadro RTX series professional GPUs
Nvidia has announced its first Turing architecture-based GPUs including Quadro RTX 8000, Quadro RTX 6000 and Quadro RTX 5000.
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Chin-Poon swings to net loss in 2Q18
Automotive PCB specialist Chin-Poon Industrial swung to net losses of NT$645 million (US$20.9 million) in the second quarter of 2018, when the company recognized losses of NT$940...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
CPT sees losses widen in 2Q18
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw its net losses widen to NT$2.047 billion (US$66.32 million) in the second quarter of 2018, from NT$1.059 billion a quarter earlier. EPS for the quarter...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Acter posts record profit for 2Q18
Cleanroom and turnkey equipment supplier Acter has reported net profits jumped 76% on year to NT$430 million (US$13.9 million) in the second quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter hit...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
AMD launches new-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors for high-end desktop market
AMD has announced the availability of its new desktop processor: the second-generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX with 32 cores and 64 threads. AMD's second-generation Ryzen Threadripper...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Size of semiconductor acquisitions may have hit limit, says IC Insights
The demise of Qualcomm's pending US$44 billion purchase of NXP Semiconductors in late July along with growing regulatory reviews of chip merger agreements, efforts by countries to...
Wednesday 15 August 2018
TSMC board approves US$4.5 billion for capacity expansion
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of approximately US$4.49 billion for new fabs construction, advanced-node and specialty...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Uniflex to turn profitable in 3Q18 on strong FPCBs shipments
Taiwan PCB maker Uniflex Technology expects to swing to profits in the third quarter of 2018 thanks to growing revenues from flexible PCBs seen after entering the supply chains of...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
China new fabs to join competition for foundry orders in late 2018
As most of the 12-inch wafer foundry fabs built in China in 2016-2017 will kick off commercial run in late 2018, China's combined monthly foundry capacities at 12-inch fabs will surge...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Phison net profits surge 40% in 2Q18
NAND flash device controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has reported net profits of NT$1.24 billion (US$40 million) for the second quarter of 2018, up 40% sequentially, with EPS...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
ALi posts wider loss in 2Q18
IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, has reported a 10th consecutive quarterly loss in the second quarter of 2018 in which net losses came...
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Tsinghua Unigroup to buy stake in ASE subsidiary
Tsinghua Unigroup has agreed to buy a 30% stake in Suzhou ASEN Semiconductors, which is wholly owned by ASE Technology Holding, according to the Taiwan-based IC assembly and test...
Monday 13 August 2018
Qualcomm to set up engineering center in Taiwan by year-end 2019
Qualcomm is set to build an operational and manufacturing engineering center in Taiwan by the end of 2019, according to a local report, citing Hong Tsai-lung, commissioner...
Monday 13 August 2018
MediaTek revenues slip in July

MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues slipped about 3% sequentially to NT$20.42 billion (US$662.6 million) in July.

Monday 13 August 2018
TSMC posts increased July revenues
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$74.37 billion (US$2.41 million) for July 2018, up 5.6% sequentially and...