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Friday 7 July 2017
Commentary: Power-saving is key concept in smartphone design
While new smartphone models for 2017 boast quite a few fresh features such as full screens, OLED panels, biometric systems, quick charge and wireless charge applications, these features...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Novatek 2Q17 revenues meet guidance
IC design houses Novatek Microelectronic saw its second-quarter revenues come within the company's guidance given in early May.
Thursday 6 July 2017
Baidu deploys Xilinx FPGAs in new public cloud acceleration services
Baidu has deployed Xilinx FPGA-based application acceleration services in their public cloud, according to Xilinx. The Baidu FPGA Cloud Server, a new service in Baidu Cloud, features...
Thursday 6 July 2017
PC-related IC firms positive about 3Q17 outlook
With shipments of new Intel and AMD motherboards set to kick off, as well as brisk demand for gaming graphics cards and mining machines, Taiwan-based PC-related IC suppliers are optimistic...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Wireless charging demand promising: Q&A with Dialog CEO Jalal Bagherli
As a global leader in providing rapid charging solutions, Dialog Semiconductor has demonstrated its prowess in power management for smartphones and other applications. But the market...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Increasing output brings down AMOLED panel production cost
The production scale and shipments of AMOLED panels has increased significantly recently due to increasing adoption by smartphone vendors, narrowing down the production costs between...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Touch panel makers TPK, GIS look to double-digit revenue growth rates in 3Q17
Touch panel makers TPK Holding and General Interface Solution (GIS) both are expected to see their revenues grow by a double-digit rate in the third quarter of 2017, buoyed by increasing...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Sigurd to acquire half of Winstek via Bloomeria takeover
IC testing company Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to acquire 100% of Singapore-based Bloomeria Limited, which will allow the Taiwan-based company to also obtain a more...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Micron responds to report of scrapped wafers at Taiwan fab
Micron Technology has issued a statement regarding recent reports about its fabrication facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Micron clarified that there was no nitrogen leaking incident nor...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Commentary: Proximity benefits China IC designers in tapping domestic market
The geographic proximity advantage has proved the most powerful weapon for China IC design houses to develop the vast domestic market, as they can respond to local customers' needs...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Realtek 2Q17 revenues slip
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor saw its second-quarter revenues slip 0.3% sequentially to NT$9.95 billion (US$326.2 million), which was lower than market watcher...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
China smartphone vendors shifting panel orders away from Taiwan
With Taiwan-based panel makers experiencing tight production capacity for 18:9 all-screen panels, China-based smartphone vendors such as Vivo have shifted some orders to local panel...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Elan 2Q17 revenues beat guidance
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics saw its June revenues climb to a nine-month high of NT$656 million (US$21.5 million). The company reported revenues of NT$1.87...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for TDDI chips
Demand for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips is set to boom starting the third quarter of 2017 which will buoy sales at related backend companies including Chipbond...