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Wednesday 8 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Global MEMS microphone shipments rising
Global MEMS microphone shipments will increase to 4.8 billion units in 2017 from 4.4 billion units in 2016, and the volume will reach over 5.0 billion units in 2018, according to...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Novatek expects to post up to 7% revenue decrease in 4Q17
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronic expects to post revenues of between NT$11.6 billion (US$384.2 million) and NT$12 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017 representing...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
VIS expects about flat revenue growth in 4Q17
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post revenues ranging from NT$6.2 billion (US$205.4 million) to NT$6.6 billion in the fourth quarter of...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Strong demand prompts VIS to mull new fab plan
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is evaluating the feasibility of establishing a new fab or buying an existing one to ramp up capacity to meet increasing...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
MediaTek October revenues fall to 3-month low
MediaTek saw its October 2017 revenues fall to a three-month low of NT$21.01 billion (US$696.2 million). The Taiwan-based smartphone SoC specialist's revenues for the month represented...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
ASE October revenues increase
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.9 billion (US$924.1 million) for October 2017, up 7.6% on year and 2.6% sequentially.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Elan Microelectronics sees revenues rise 18% in October
Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$648 million (US$21.47 million) for October 2017, representing a 13.63% drop on month and 18.09% increase on year.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Taiwan flat panel production value surges 25% in January-August 2017
The production value of Taiwan's flat panel industry totaled NT$621.7 billion (US$20.62 billion) in the first eight months of 2017, increasing 24.9% from a year earlier, which marked...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Cambricon aims to take 30% of China AI chip market in 3 years
China AI startup Cambricon Technologies aims to capture a 30% share of the China market for AI chips within three years, expecting more than one billion devices to adopt AI processors...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Qualcomm receives unsolicited takeover offer from Broadcom
Qualcomm on November 6 confirmed that it has received a non-binding, unsolicited proposal from Broadcom to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Qualcomm for per share consideration...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Infineon intros five-output digital voltage regulator in QFN package
Infineon Technologies has launched the IRPS5401, a five-output point of load (POL) digital voltage regulator for FPGAs, ASICs, and other multi-rail power systems. The IRPS5401has...
Monday 6 November 2017
TSMC 3nm fab construction to kick off in 2020, chairman says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder and chairman Morris Chang said at a recent company event that the pure-play foundry will start constructing its advanced...
Monday 6 November 2017
Alibaba forays into CPU sector via investment in C-Sky Microsystems
As part of its efforts to enhance its presence in the CPU sector, China tech giant Alibaba Group has invested in Hangzhou-based C-Sky Microsystems, an IC design house dedicated to...
Monday 6 November 2017
Realtek October revenues increase 6% on year
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.68 billion (US$121.9 million) for October 2017, up 6.3% on year.
Monday 6 November 2017
Wafer test specialist CHPT optimistic about performance in 2018
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has expressed optimism about its sales prospects for 2018 due to stable orders for application processor (AP) test...