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Friday 25 May 2018
Unmanned stores rising as new niche sector for Taiwan IC designers
Unmanned stores are experiencing a burgeoning development worldwide, with globally leading e-commerce players or retail chains including Amazon, Walmart, Alibba, and JD.com all jumping...
Friday 25 May 2018
No product roadmap for micro LED displays yet, says AUO
AU Optronics (AUO) has said that it does not have a specific roadmap as well as a schedule for volume production of micro LED display products currently although it has successfully...
Friday 25 May 2018
UMC to pour US$1.25 billion into China fab expansion
Taiwan-based pure-play foundry UMC plans to invest a total of US$1.25 billion in its China-based plants where production capacity will be expanded to meet local demand, said company...
Friday 25 May 2018
Backend firms to gain from strong demand for MEMS sensors
Taiwan-based backend houses are expected to significantly benefit from increasingly brisk market demand for MEMS sensors for use in smartphones and other consumer electronics devices,...
Thursday 24 May 2018
China IC industry output value increases 21% in 1Q18
China's IC industry output value grew 20.8% from a year earlier to CNY115.29 billion (US$18.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the China...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Silicon wafer price uptrend to carry into 2020
Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...
Thursday 24 May 2018
North American semi equipment industry posts record April billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.69 billion in billings worldwide in April 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Samsung unveils plan for 3nm process
Samsung Electronics has disclosed its comprehensive process technology roadmap updates down to 3nm at the annual Samsung Foundry Forum in the US.
Thursday 24 May 2018
Three China foundries gearing up for transition to sub-10nm process technology
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics, and memory foundry specialist Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are all gearing up for transition to...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Innolux has no plans to adjust production capacity, says company
Flat panel maker Innolux has said that it has no plans to adjust its production capacity and that it expects its inventory levels, particularly for large-size panels, to taper off...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Foundries encouraging fabless chipmakers to switch to 12-inch wafers
Pure-play foundries in China and Taiwan intend to encourage their fabless firms to transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing as their 8-inch fab capacity has been extremely tight,...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Asustek subsidiary UniMax enters smart driving device market
UniMax Electronics, a Asustek Computer company, has been enhancing its deployments in the smart driving market by rolling out an array of smart devices such as in-vehicle infotainment...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
IC Insights raises semiconductor capex growth forecast for 2018
IC Insights has revised upward its semiconductor industry capex growth forecast for 2018 to 14% from 8%. The industry capital spending is also forecast to exceed US$100 billion for...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
ASMedia to see 2018 growth driven by strong AMD performance
ASMedia Technology, which makes high-speed transmission chips for AMD, is expected to see its annual revenues hit a new high in 2018, as the US client is gaining impressive momentum...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Rising 8-inch foundry quotes putting pressure on IC designers
Foundry houses raising quotes for 8-inch capacity amid tight supply are creating pressure on IC designers' profit margins in the short term, but in the long run could be a stabilizing...