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Monday 13 August 2018
Himax expects flat revenue growth in 3Q18
IC design house Himax Technologies expects to post flat sequential growth in third-quarter revenues, as falling sales of its small- and medium-size panel driver ICs, and non-driver...
Monday 13 August 2018
Power supply maker Mean Well to penetrate deeper into industrial control and niche LED sectors: Q&A with company executives
Power supply product maker Mean Well is seeing steady growth in sales from the industrial power sector - a sector that it has been working in for over 30 years - as more factories...
Friday 10 August 2018
Qualcomm and Taiwan fair trade authority reach settlement
Qualcomm has announced that it has reached a mutually agreed settlement with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) resolving the TFTC's investigation of Qualcomm and Qualcomm's...
Friday 10 August 2018
Tripod Tech posts EPS of NT$3.47 for 1H18
PCB firm Tripod Technology has reported net profits slid 3.9% on year to NT$1 billion (US$32.6 million) in the second quarter of 2018, with EPS reaching NT$1.90. EPS for the first...
Friday 10 August 2018
ASE posts 5.5% revenue growth in July
ASE Technology Holding, a Taiwan-based provider of IC assembly and test services, has reported consolidated revenues for July 2018 increased 5.5% sequentially to NT$32.74 billion...
Friday 10 August 2018
SMIC expects revenues to decrease in 3Q18
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 4-6% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
Friday 10 August 2018
IC distributors WT Micro, Edom to see robust growths in 3Q18
IC distributors WT Microelectronics and Edom Technology are both expected to enjoy robust sequential revenue growths in the third quarter driven mainly by a pick-up in chip demand...
Friday 10 August 2018
In-display fingerprint sensor shipments growing
Global shipments of in-display fingerprint sensors are expected to top 42 million units in 2018 thanks to increasing adoption of fingerprint recognition technology by smartphone vendors,...
Friday 10 August 2018
PCB firm Zhen Ding July revenues hit 6-month high
Flexible PCB specialist Zhen Ding Technology saw its consolidated revenues climb to a six-month high of NT$10.11 billion (US$330.5 million) in July 2018.
Friday 10 August 2018
UMC revenues up in July, VIS flat
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported July consolidated revenues increased 7.4% sequentially to NT$14.35 billion (US$468 million), while revenues at specialty...
Friday 10 August 2018
WPG posts record 2Q18 profit
IC distributor WPG saw its net profits surge 23.1% on year to a record high of NT$2.2 billion (US$71.9 million) in the second quarter of 2018, when consolidated revenues increased...
Thursday 9 August 2018
US IC firms may see China revenue prospects dimmed by trade war
Semiconductor and some high-tech hardware are among the product list facing 25% import tariff announced by the US on US$16 billion in imports from China, casting clouds over the business...
Thursday 9 August 2018
Samsung steps up investment in AI, 5G and automotive sectors
Samsung has announced plans to invest KRW25 trillion (US$22.38 billion) over the next three years in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, automotive electronics components...
Thursday 9 August 2018
Network security enhancement investments crucial for IIoT
Long noted for stringent computer system security management, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) recently unexpectedly suffered a virus infection at part of its fab...
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Novatek expects to post 13-16% revenue growth in 3Q18
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$15 billion (US$490.7 million) and NT$15.4 billion in the third quarter of 2018, up 13-16% sequentially...