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Thursday 28 June 2018
iST moving to offer MOSFET wafer thinning service
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), specialized in offering semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, has announced its entry into the MOSFET backend...
Thursday 28 June 2018
Entrepreneurs should aim at creating world-class products, says ASVDA CTO TC Wu
Currently the CTO of Taiwan's Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA), TC Wu had spent 35 years working in the bona fide Silicon Valley's semiconductor industry. He retired...
Thursday 28 June 2018
Global chipmakers developing IoT SoCs as warm-up for 5G
As part of their efforts to develop a preemptive presence in the 5G era, global chipmakers are stepping up the development of IoT chipset solutions as a warm-up game for exploring...
Thursday 28 June 2018
Huawei to launch commercial 5G solutions, mobile chips in March 2019
To embrace the advent of the 5G era, Huawei plans to launch commercial 5G solutions as well as 5G chips for smartphones in March 2019, according to company rotating and acting CEO...
Thursday 28 June 2018
MediaTek and Ericsson collaborate to accelerate and expand NB-IoT device ecosystem
MediaTek and Ericsson have announced a collaborative effort to extend the commercial ecosystem for NB-IoT devices. This announcement follows months of work by both companies to test...
Thursday 28 June 2018
Socionext implements AV1 encoder on FPGA over cloud service
Socionext, a vendor of SoC technology for video and imaging systems, has developed a prototype implementation of video encoder functionalities of the latest video compression format...
Thursday 28 June 2018
ALi June revenues to pick up
Set-top box (STB) solution provider ALi is expected to see its revenues rebound and surge over 50% sequentially in June, according to market watchers.
Wednesday 27 June 2018
VIA Technologies to focus on AI, IoT solution market
VIA Technologies is shifting its focus to develop high-performance solutions for AI and IoT markets, in addition to x86-based, embedded and other SoC platform products, according...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Taiwan must be prepared for entrepreneurship, says Acorn Campus Taiwan chairman Wu-Fu Chen
Chairman of Acorn Campus Taiwan Wu-Fu Chen, with a record of having founded 13 companies within a 15-year period and having all of them either acquired or listed, clearly showed his...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Phison to focus more on industrial and emerging sectors
Flash storage device controller company Phison Electronics will put increased focus on industrial control and emerging applications, such as robots and automotive electronics, for...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Global 1Q18 semiconductor industry posts US$115.8 billion in revenues, IHS says
Global semiconductor industry revenues declined 3.4% in the first quarter of 2018 falling to US$115.8 billion, according to IHS Markit. Semiconductor industry performance was negatively...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
GlobalWafers to run at full capacity through 2020
GlobalWafers has enjoyed robust 12- and 8-inch silicon wafer demand, while having its supply of 6-inch wafers fall far short of demand, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu.
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Tripod Tech 2018 revenues to top NT$50 billion
PCB firm Tripod Technology is expected to see its 2018 revenues top NT$50 billion (US$1.65 billion), driven by growing demand for automotive electronics, server and consumer electronics...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Taiwan needs to build angel investor culture, says David Weng, CEO of Taiwania Capital
David Weng, CEO of national-level investment firm Taiwania Capital, worked in Silicon Valley for as long as 37 years with 20 years of them spent in the venture capital industry. He...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
COF packaging substrate, service suppliers bracing for strong sales in 2H18
Chip on film (COF) packaging substrate supplier JMC Electronics and COF back-end service firms Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies are set to enjoy brisk sales in the second...