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Tuesday 31 July 2018
Taiwan small, medium LCD panel shipments to dip 2% in 3Q18, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of small- to medium-sized LCD panels by Taiwan makers increased at a smaller than expected 5.2% sequential growth to 313 million units in the second quarter of 2018, as...
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Faraday expects to post 25% revenue growth in 3Q18
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects to post revenue growth of 25% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018 thanks to growing...
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Hong Kong FPCB maker Compass shifting operations to Xiamen
As a veteran flexible PCB maker, Hong Kong-based Compass Technology has made moves that will relocate its headquarters to Xiamen, a booming IT hub in the southeast coast of China.
Monday 30 July 2018
ASE Industrial likely to post 20% revenue growth in 3Q18
ASE Industrial holding, the parent company of IC backend houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is expected to report revenue...
Monday 30 July 2018
Google seeking to democratize AI, machine learning applications
Google is actively proceeding with new deployments in the development of AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and applications, including directly converting images into texts...
Monday 30 July 2018
Touch panel TPK swings to loss in 2Q18
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported net loss of NT$227 million (US$7.43 million) for the second quarter of 2018 after having maintained profitable operations for the past seven...
Friday 27 July 2018
FPCB maker Flexium to kick off 5G transmission module shipments in 3Q18
Taiwan flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect will gradually deliver shipments of 5G-related products in the third quarter of 2018, which is expected to serve the firm's new...
Friday 27 July 2018
AUO large-sized panel shipments to continue to grow in 3Q18
Having wound up profits for its performance in the second quarter of 2018, AU Optronics (AUO) expects shipments of its large-sized panels to grow 4-6% sequentially in the third quarter...
Friday 27 July 2018
AMD, Nvidia 2H18 revenue growth may weaken on crypto mining chill
Major GPU chipmakers AMD and Nvidia are expected to see their revenue performance lose some growth momentum in the second half of 2018, as demand for crypto mining graphic cards remains...
Friday 27 July 2018
MOSFET packager GEM enjoys rising orders from China
Taiwan-based GEM Services has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders from many China-based fabless MOSFET suppliers, and is expected to see its revenues from China-based clients grow significantly...
Friday 27 July 2018
TIPO receives over 35,000 patent applications in 1H18
Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under Ministry of Economic Affairs on July 26 announced that it received 35,293 cases of patent application in the first half of 2018, slightly...
Thursday 26 July 2018
China IC packager Tongfu sets up new fab in Xiamen
As one of China's three leading IC backend service firms, Tongfu Microelectronics (TFME) has managed to provide one-stop packaging and testing solutions by expanding its operation...
Thursday 26 July 2018
IC foundries seeing 8-inch fab capacity remain tight
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according to industry sources.
Thursday 26 July 2018
BOE beats LG Display to become top TV panel supplier in 1H18, says firm
BOE Technology outperformed LG Display to become the world's largest supplier of TV panels in the first half of 2018 with its shipments totaling 25.84 million units, according to...
Thursday 26 July 2018
Graphics card sales to face difficulties in 2H18
Despite Nvidia's effort of releasing its next-generation GPUs, sales of graphics cards are expected to face difficulties in the second half of 2018 due to uncertainties in the crypto...