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Friday 13 April 2018
More panel makers stepping into gaming monitor market
More flat panel makers, including LG Display, Innolux and BOE Technology, are enhancing their deployments in the gaming monitor panel sector to cash in on the booming gaming industry,...
Friday 13 April 2018
GlobalWafers order visibility clear through 2020
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, a supplier of semiconductor silicon wafers, has reported clear order visibility through 2020.
Friday 13 April 2018
Equipment makers Acter, Nova 1Q18 revenues surge
Taiwan-based equipment suppliers Acter and Nova Technology have both enjoyed robust cleanroom and engineering equipment orders from China's semiconductor and FPD industries, with...
Thursday 12 April 2018
Topco Scientific enjoys clear order visibility through 3Q18
IC materials distributor Topco Scientific has reported clear order visibility throughout the third quarter of 2018 as the semiconductor industry is entering its peak season, and the...
Thursday 12 April 2018
Uncertainty grows over large-size LCD TV panel prices
The price trend of large-size LCD TV panels has become increasingly uncertain recently, with some observers believing that quotes for such products will rise soon due to a low yield...
Thursday 12 April 2018
Indium Corporation receives Perfect Quality Award from ON Semiconductor
Indium Corporation has been recognized by ON Semiconductor for their "perfect" quality in 2017.
Thursday 12 April 2018
Unigroup Spreadtrum RDA gearing up for 5G
China-based Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, a merger of IC designers Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup, has set a goal...
Thursday 12 April 2018
Chip demand from China handset firms picking up
Chip demand from China-based handset companies is picking up and will buoy sales performance at related chip suppliers, such as application processor designer MediaTek and LCD driver...
Thursday 12 April 2018
Xilinx gearing up for FPGA market
Bolstered by its programmability trait, FPGA (field-programmable gate array) is gaining ground in the field of high-performance computing (HPC) chips and artificial neural networks...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
ASE 1Q18 revenues decrease
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$64.97 billion (US$2.22 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 22.6% sequentially and 2.4% on...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Semiconductor photomask sales hit record US$3.7 billion in 2017, says SEMI
After several years of incremental increases, the worldwide semiconductor photomask market surged 13% to a record-high US$3.75 billion in 2017, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Taiwan diode makers seeing clear order visibility
Taiwan-based diode makers have seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2018 while still facing tight supply of silicon epitaxial wafers, according to industry sour...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
MediaTek 1Q18 revenues fall but meet guidance
MediaTek has reported revenues of NT$49.65 billion (US$1.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2018, down 17.8% sequentially and 11.5% on year. Nevertheless, revenues for the quarter...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
UMC, VIS March revenues increase
Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 4.2% and 25.8%,...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Tsinghua Unigroup readies CNY370 billion for chip deployments in next 5 years, says chairman
China's Tsinghua Unigroup has readied CNY370 billion (US$58.74 billion) to support its semiconductor deployments in the next five years, and plans to inject up to US$100 billion into...