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Wednesday 6 September 2017
Realtek posts revenue growth in August
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.6 billion (US$119.7 million) for August 2017 - the second-highest monthly level in the...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Samsung increases chip orders to Taiwan fabless firms
Samsung Electronics has stepped up purchases of IC parts from its Taiwan-based suppliers, including fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) and RF component specialist...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Commentary: Cabinet reshuffle casts uncertainty over Taiwan AI, IoT development
Premier Lin Chuan, who once served as chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and his Cabinet members will resign en masse on September 7, casting uncertainty over...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
NXP and Changan Automobile to cooperate on infotainment and future vehicle technologies
NXP Semiconductors has announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Changan Automobile. Headquartered in Chongqing, China, Changan Automobile is one of China's...
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Digitimes Research: Demand for large-size public display products set to grow
Global demand for large-size public display and digital signage products is set to grow steadily in years to come, fueled by the rise of new human-machine interaction and retail models,...
Monday 4 September 2017
IFA 2017: Huawei unveils Kirin 970
Huawei Consumer Business Grouphas unveiled at IFA 2017 in Berlin the Kirin 970, which combines the power of the cloud with the speed and responsiveness of native AI processing, according...
Monday 4 September 2017
Upstream material suppliers in new iPhone supply chain to see strong growth
With Apple expected to launch its new iPhone soon, Taiwan players in the US vendor's smartphone supply chain are warming up to embrace a new round of business boom, with the upstream...
Friday 1 September 2017
Most of 2017 capital spending will go to foundry and flash memory, says IC Insights
Following a substantial increase in semiconductor capital expenditures during the first half of 2017, IC Insights raised its annual semiconductor capex forecast to a record high of...
Thursday 31 August 2017
China startup Cambricon reveals ambitious AI chip shipment plan
China-based AI (artificial intelligence) chip startup Cambricon Technologies expects to roll out hundreds of millions of AI SoCs needed for smart terminal devices and servers in...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Advantest obtains ramp-up of orders for memory production
Semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest has landed a ramp-up of orders from Korea- and Taiwan-based memory chipmakers, according to CH Wu, chairman of Advantest Taiwan.
Thursday 31 August 2017
Probe card demand for memory chips, high-end APs remains strong
Semiconductor probe card demand for the manufacture of memory chips and high-end application processors (APs) has been strong, whereas that for the production of LCD driver ICs and...
Thursday 31 August 2017
IC material supplier Wahlee obtains dry-film photoresist orders
Semiconductor material distributor Wahlee Industrial has obtained dry-film photoresist orders from Taiwan-based PCB firms for the production of substrate-like PCBs (SLP), according...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Qualcomm, Himax jointly develop 3D depth sensing solution
Qualcomm and Himax Technologies have jointly announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization of a high-resolution, low-power active 3D depth sensing...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Taiwan IC firms enjoys robust RFIC demand
RF chip demand has been growing and is expected to peak in the third quarter, which will buoy sales at Taiwan-based Richwave Technology, Rafael Microelectronics and AMIC Communication...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Samsung seeking long-term supply contracts with wafer firms
Samsung Electronics is striving to sign long-term supply contracts with multiple wafer makers to ensure sufficient silicon wafer supplies for the manufacture of memory chips and logic...