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Thursday 19 July 2018
AI-based xPUs proliferating as new growth driver for IC supply chains
With the advent of the 5G era, artificial intelligence (AI) applications will be in full swing, prompting chipmakers to develop multiple xPU chips beyond Intel's CPU and Nvidia's...
Thursday 19 July 2018
TV panel prices to rebound in 3Q18 as supply becomes tight
TV panel prices are set to rebound in the third quarter as overall supply is expected to be getting tight in the quarter, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Edom likely to post 30% revenue growth in 3Q18
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology is expected to report about 30% revenue growth sequentially for the third quarter of 2018, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Xilinx acquires China AI chip startup
Xilinx has acquired DeePhi Technology, a Beijing-based AI chip startup specializing in deep compression, pruning and system-level optimization for neural networks, according to the...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Crypto mining supply chains see dim growth prospects for 2H18
Taiwan makers of mining graphic cards and motherboards will see their revenue and profit prospects for the second half of 2018 dimmed by the sustained crypto mining chill as demand...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
GIS lands ultrasonic in-display sensor module orders from Samsung, says report
Touch panel supplier General Interface Solution (GIS) has reportedly landed ultrasonic in-display sensor module orders from Samsung Electronics with shipments to begin in the second...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
New MediaTek Helio A SoC brings AI to budget smartphones
MediaTek has unveiled its new Helio A SoC family for low-end to mid-range smartphones, with the first product of the series already adopted by Xiaomi.
Tuesday 17 July 2018
India rising as new handset hub on supply chains gathering
Mobile phone production in India continues gaining expansion momentum, as global handset supply chain players are gathering there setting up manufacturing operations to better tap...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
PCB makers ready to embrace significant revenue increases in 2H18
Taiwan PCB makers are poised to embrace brisk orders expected in the second half of 2018, traditional high season for consumer devices, and most of them have readied sufficient materials...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
TSMC to post revenue growth through 4Q18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post sequential revenue increases in the third and fourth quarters of 2018, thanks largely to a ramp-up of orders...
Monday 16 July 2018
Ultra HD TVs propelling flat panel TV market to 194 million units in 2022, says ABI Research
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide Ultra HD flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. Ultra...
Monday 16 July 2018
Demand for OLED materials, IC backend services emerging in China
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC-design houses, driver IC backend service companies and IC material suppliers are likely to benefit significantly from the ramp-up of OLED panel production...
Monday 16 July 2018
Technology is only one of the ingredients to startup success, says Tally Liu
In a media career spanning nearly three decades, Tally Liu served as senior vice president of Knight Ridder, in charge of finances, operations, internal audit and new technologies...
Monday 16 July 2018
SMIC expanding 8-inch fab capacity
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) held a ceremony recently to mark the start of equipment move-in at the new facilities of its 8-inch wafer plant in Tianjin, China,...
Friday 13 July 2018
MediaTek NB-IoT SoC validated by SoftBank
MediaTek has completed validation (interoperability tests) of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank to set the stage for future commercial NB-IoT applications within...