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Thursday 3 August 2017
Commentary: Can Samsung Foundry unseat TSMC?
Samsung Foundry has unveiled an aggressive sub-10nm roadmap that scales down to 4nm, and claimed it is looking to unseat United Microelectronics (UMC) as the world's second-largest...
Thursday 3 August 2017
Parade posts record profit for 2Q17
Parade Technologies, a supplier of mixed-signal ICs for display and high-speed interface standards, has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2017 climbed to a record high...
Thursday 3 August 2017
Commentary: The US$30 billion question for Foxconn
US president Donald Trump revealed at a meeting with a group of small-business leaders August 1 that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou told him privately that his company could invest as...
Thursday 3 August 2017
LG Display OLED expansion plans to affect global TV panel market
Planned investments by LG Display (LGD) to expand its OLED panel production capacity will have a profound impact on the supply of OLED panels in the global TV market.
Thursday 3 August 2017
Micron executive skeptical about UFS
While UFS has held much hype as being the successor to eMMC providing greater performance, it has yet to be seen if the mobile market as a collective whole has embraced this technology,...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Shanghai Huahong to build 12-inch fab in Wuxi
Shanghai Huahong Group on August 2 struck a deal with the national China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund and the city government of Wuxi to set up a new 12-inch wafer...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Novatek expects 2-5% revenue growth in 3Q17
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronic expects to post revenues of between NT$12 billion (US$396.9 million) and NT$12.4 billion for the third quarter of 2017 representing...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Qualcomm, Win Semi reportedly to team up for 5G mobile infrastructure
Qualcomm has recently approached GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors to cooperate in an infrastructure project for 5G mobile networks, according to market sources.
Wednesday 2 August 2017
LandMark Opto plans new plant to fill orders for silicon photonic products
Aided by the rapid development of global data centers and the ensuing strong demand for silicon photonic products, Taiwan-based epi-wafer maker LandMark Optoelectronics expects a...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
IC Insights revises 2017 IC market forecast to 16% growth
Entering the second half of 2017, it is clear the IC industry is on course for a much stronger upturn than was initially forecast in January, according to IC Insights. The research...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
WPG 3Q17 revenues to rise up to 6%
IC distributor WPG is expected to enjoy an up to 6% sequential increase in third-quarter 2017 revenues, according to market watchers.
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Silicon Motion 2Q17 sales increase slightly, 3Q sales to decrease
NAND flash device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology saw its second-quarter revenues increase slightly on quarter driven by growth in sales of the company's SSD and eMMC...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Yageo posts record operating profit for 2Q17
Passive component maker Yageo has reported operating profits climbed to a record high of NT$1.57 billion (US$51.9 million) in the second quarter of 2017, with operating margin rising...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Machvision, Utechzone post profit growths in 2Q17
Automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment specialists Machvision and Utechzone both enjoyed profit growths in the second quarter of 2017, thanks mainly to brisk demand for PCB...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Samsung semiconductor revenues eclipse Intel's, says IHS
Analyzing the data from a financial analyst perspective looking only at the top line, Samsung has captured the number one position. By looking closer at the actual revenues generated...