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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...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Bitmain Ethereum ASIC miner to be released in July
ASIC supplier Bitmain has postponed shipments for its Ethereum ASIC miner, the Antminer E3, from April to mid- or late-July due to the circuit's weaker-than-expected performance,...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
TSMC March revenues surge
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 of about NT$103.7 billion (US$3.55 billion), up 60.4% sequentially and 20.8% on...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Fully self-driven smart networks to be available in future, says Broadcom CEO
A fully autonomous, self-driven network will be materialized in the future, and through embedded intelligence the network will be able to sense internal situations, analyze information,...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
KYEC, Sigurd fab utilization rates stay high
IC testing service providers King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both see their fab utilization rates stay high at between 80% and 85%, driven by robust demand...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
MediaTek announces complete 56G PAM4 SerDes, silicon-proven on 7nm for ASIC services
MediaTek has announced an addition to its ASIC lineup with a 56G SerDes IP chip available with silicon-proven 7nm FinFET process technology. MediaTek's 56G SerDes is a high-performance...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Innolux, CPT reports sequential revenue gains for March
Flat panel makers Innolux and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) both saw their consolidated revenues for March go up sequentially due to seasonal factors but go down on year due to decreased...
Monday 9 April 2018
Zhao Weiguo resigns from two Tsinghua Unigroup subsidiaries
Zhao Weiguo has resigned as chairman of both Unisplendour and Unigroup Guoxin, as well as from their boards of directors. Zhao remains chairman of China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup,...
Monday 9 April 2018
Advantest to showcase test solution for automotive sensors at WCX World Congress
Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation will exhibit its innovative test solution for semiconductor-based pressure sensors used in advanced driver-assistance...
Monday 9 April 2018
Realtek 1Q18 revenues down slightly
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported revenues of NT$10.63 billion (US$363.5 million) for the first quarter of 2018, down a slight 1.6% on quarter.
Monday 9 April 2018
IC testing firm CHPT posts increased revenues for March
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$279 million (US$9.55 million) for March 2018, up 31.2% sequentially and 3.4%...
Monday 9 April 2018
Korea becomes largest semiconductor equipment market in 2017, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled US$56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37% from 2016 sales of US$41.24 billion, according to SEMI....
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Apple plans micro LED panels for small- and large-size devices, says Digitimes Research
Apple is gearing up efforts developing micro LED panels for both small-size and large-size applications and has received support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
China becomes largest consumer of semiconductor packaging equipment and materials, says SEMI
Fueled by heavy government investment, IC packaging and testing in China generated US$29 billion in revenues in 2017, making China the world's largest consumer of packaging equipment...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Global February semiconductor sales increase 21%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$36.8 billion for the month of February 2018, an increase of 21% compared to the February 2017 total of US$30.4 billion, according to the...