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Wednesday 9 August 2017
SMIC expects up to 3% revenue growth in 3Q17
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post revenue growth of up to 3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2017, with gross margin...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
ASE July revenues slip 4% sequentially
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.23 billion (US$736.4 million) for July 2017, down 3.7% sequentially but up about 3% on year.
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Macronix intros new OctaFlash to power instant-on applications
Macronix International has announced its new Ultra-OctaFlash Memory designed to meet the growing demand for "instant-on" performance and real-time system responsiveness in automotive,...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Demand for flexible AMOLED smartphone panels growing robustly
Demand for flexible AMOLED panels from the smartphone sector will continue to expand at a rapid pace in 2017 and beyond, thanks to the planned release of new AMOLED-based models from...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Himax to start producing 3D sensing solutions as early as 2018
Himax Technologies has expressed optimism about the growth prospects for its non-driver IC business, most notably with its structure light integrated solution for 3D sensing and wafer-level...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
NVM IP provider eMemory posts record July revenues
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP provider eMemory Technology saw its July revenues climb to a record high of NT$291 million (US$9.63 million). The revenues were 32% higher than...
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Synopsys launches complete HBM2 IP solution offering
EDA vendor Synopsys has introduced its complete DesignWare high bandwidth memory-2 (known as HBM2) IP solution consisting of controller, PHY and verification IP, enabling designers...
Monday 7 August 2017
MediaTek July revenues down over 13%
MediaTek saw its July revenues decrease 13.4% sequentially due mainly to weak shipments of its mobile chips for smartphones.
Monday 7 August 2017
Global chip sales increase in 2Q17, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$97.9 billion during the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 5.8% over the previous quarter and 23.7% more than the second quarter of...
Monday 7 August 2017
Realtek July revenues pick up
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.43 billion (US$113.6 million) for July 2017, up 6.6% sequentially and 8.3% on year.
Monday 7 August 2017
Global Unichip targeting AI sector
Taiwan-based Global Unichip, an IC design service company partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is looking to expand its business in the artificial intelligence...
Monday 7 August 2017
Top ASE executive indicted for insider trading
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) COO Tien Wu and three other company executives have been indicted by the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors' Office for alleged insider trading...
Friday 4 August 2017
Taiwan fabless firms expect short lead-time orders to buoy 4Q17 revenues
Taiwan-based fabless IC firms expects to receive an influx of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients prior to the country's National Day holidays in October followed...
Friday 4 August 2017
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending to grow 10.2% in 2017, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase 10.2% to US$77.7 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. This growth rate is up from Gartner's previous forecast of...
Friday 4 August 2017
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2017
China's AP shipments in second-quarter 2017 showed a sequential increase of only 4%, reaching 133.4 million units. On a yearly basis, the figure represents a decrease of 8.3% compared...