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Thursday 5 October 2017
Realtek revenues increase in September
Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.923 billion (US$129.29 million) for September 2017, representing a 9.07% increase on month and 7.48% increase on ye...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Elan reports increased revenues for September
Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$750 million (US$24.72 million) for September 2017, representing a 1.35% increase on month and 12.6% increase on year.
Thursday 5 October 2017
TSMC 3nm fab plan to create huge biz opportunities for supply chains
The decision made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to build its 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park has won acclaims from both member firms of the TSMC Grand...
Tuesday 3 October 2017
MediaTek to conduct interoperability tests with SoftBank for NB-IoT development in Japan
MediaTek has announced it will conduct a series of interoperability tests of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank in the first quarter of 2018 to pave the way for development...
Monday 2 October 2017
MediaTek regains smartphone AP market share in China
MediaTek's revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 are likely to be the highest level for the year as the chipset vendor has managed to recapture more share in China's smartphone...
Monday 2 October 2017
IT component shortages could worsen during holidays
With components including DRAM and panels still in shortages, the long holidays in China, South Korea and Taiwan in October are expected to pose a great challenge to smartphone and...
Monday 2 October 2017
Commentary: Triple-win decision for TSMC to build 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently decided to set up the world's first 3nm wafer fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) after gaining government...
Friday 29 September 2017
Hinge maker SZS to boost production capacity by over 40% in 2018
Notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has installed two new continuous MIM (metal injection molding) furnaces at its newly completed plant in Shulin, northern Taiwan, which will...
Friday 29 September 2017
More supply chain makers vying for growing smart speaker market
More supply chains for AI-based voice assistant devices and smart speakers have begun to emerge as nearly all heavyweight tech companies including Google, Apple, Samsung Electronics,...
Friday 29 September 2017
Power transistor growth returns after volatile period, says IC Insights
Since the 2009 semiconductor downturn and strong 2010 recovery year, power transistor sales have been rocked by market volatility, falling in three of the last five years because...
Friday 29 September 2017
SMIC, Sanechips announce NB-IoT solution
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Sanechips Technology (formerly ZTE Microelectronics Technology) have announced the launch of RoseFinch7100, which the companies...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Innolux top TV panel vendor in August, says firm
Innolux outperformed LG Display to become the world's top vendor of LCD TV applications in August, during which the Taiwan-based maker's TV panel shipments reached 3.9 million units,...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Backend firm Lingsen enjoys strong orders for MEMS microphones
Taiwan-based backend service company Lingsen Precision Industries has enjoyed brisk orders for MEMS microphones for use in smart speakers and voice assistants, according to industry...
Thursday 28 September 2017
MediaTek smartphone chipset MT6739 debuts in India
MediaTek has introduced its MT6739chipset at India Mobile Congress 2017, the first mobile conference of its kind in the region. The quad-core system on chip (SoC) is built for India's...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Moore's Law has come to its end, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has said that with the emergence of GPU computing following the decline of the CPU era, Moore's Law has come to an end, stressing that his company's...