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Friday 9 February 2018
TSMC January revenues hit 6-month low
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fell to a six-month low of NT$79.74 billion (US$2.72 billion) in January 2018.
Friday 9 February 2018
VIS expects flat revenue growth in 1Q18
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post revenues of between NT$6.2 billion (US$211 million) and NT$6.6 billion in the first quarter of 2018, compared with NT$6.38...
Friday 9 February 2018
ASE January revenues down 15.7% sequentially
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$23.59 billion (US$803.1 million) for January 2018, down 15.7% sequentially but up 4% on year.
Friday 9 February 2018
Elan to enjoy strong 1Q18
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$1.8 billion (US$61.3 million) and NT$1.9 billion for the first quarter of 2018 compared...
Friday 9 February 2018
IC distributor Audix profits hit 10-year high
IC distributor and component maker Audix has reported net earnings per share increased 11% on year to a 10-year high of NT$4.13 (US$0.14) in 2017.
Friday 9 February 2018
SPIL spends NT$710 million on equipment for China subsidiary
IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has disclosed it has spent a total of NT$710.71 million (US$24.3 million) on equipment from Kulicke and Soffa Industries for its...
Friday 9 February 2018
Globalfoundries 22FDX process to attract more orders, says company executive
After securing orders from STMicroelectronics, Globalfoundries' 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) process is being evaluated by hundreds of potential customers looking to use a more advanced fully-depleted...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Intel unveils Xeon D-2100 processors for edge and IoT devices
Intel has introduced the new Intel Xeon D-2100 processor, a system-on-chip (SoC) processor architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data center or network applications...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Silicon Motion obtains SSD controller orders from Micron, Intel
Silicon Motion Technology has begun shipping its SATA3 SSD controllers for Micron's Crucial MX500 SSD series and second-generation PCIe NVMe controllers for Intel's 760p series, the...
Thursday 8 February 2018
AUO sees 6-8% increase in global LCD panel supply, demand in 2018
The global LCD panel market is expected to be stable in 2018 with a 6-8% annual increase estimated in both supply and demand, and the average size of panels shipped in the year will...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Challenges, expectations abound for LCD sector in 2018, says AUO chairman
For the TFT-LCD panel industry, the year 2018 is "the best of times" and "the worst of times," full of challenges and expectations at the same time, Paul Peng, chairman of AU Optronics...
Thursday 8 February 2018
China IC backend houses vying for orders for mining ASICs
Major China-based OSAT companies including Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), Tongfu Microelectronics and Tianshui Huatian Technology are all gearing up to compete...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Winbond, Macronix January revenues decrease
Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have reported sequential decreases in January revenues of 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively.
Thursday 8 February 2018
Silicon wafer shipments increase 10% in 2017
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 10% in 2017 when compared to 2016 area shipments, while silicon revenues grew 21% on year, according to SEMI.
Thursday 8 February 2018
Compeq January revenues down 21% on-month
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.53 billion (US$155 million) for January 2018, down 20.6% on month but up 17.1% on year.