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Monday 17 April 2017
Gartner raises 2017 chip market outlook to 12% growth
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total US$386 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.3% from 2016, according to Gartner. The prediction is up from the research firm's...
Monday 17 April 2017
Semi material distributor Topco seeing more favorable silicone market
The market for silicone materials is expected to turn healthy as China-based suppliers reduce their output, according to Topco, which distributes and sells silicone materials for...
Friday 14 April 2017
Global SOI market to increase at 29.1% CAGR of 29.1% over 2017-2022, says research firm
The SOI (silicon on insulator) market is expected to be valued at about US$1.86 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 29.1% between 2017 and 2022, industry research and consulting...
Friday 14 April 2017
Elan fingerprint sensors adopted for smart cards
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics has announced it is teaming up with smart card integrator Jinco Universal and Korea Smart ID (KSID), a security solution provider, to develop smart...
Friday 14 April 2017
Over 100,000 wafers embedded with eMemory NeoEE IP shipped
Embedded NVM IP provider eMemory Technology has shipped more than 100,000 wafers embedded with its NeoEE IP solutions, according to the company. The eMemory NeoEE IP has been successfully...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Taiwan fabless IC firms seeing ramp-up of orders from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders placed by their China-based smartphone customers ramp up for the second quarter, with demand coming from China's first-tier smartphone...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Zhonghuan Semiconductor lowers mono-Si solar wafer price
Zhonghuan Semiconductor, the second largest China-based maker of solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafers, has lowered quotes by US$0.02 per wafer, according to China-based media...
Thursday 13 April 2017
China fabless firm Montage Tech gearing up for data centers and cloud computing
China-based fabless IC firm Montage Technology is engaged in the development of processors and hybrid DIMM solutions for data centers and cloud computing, and is targeting to enter...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Chin-Poon 1Q17 revenues slip, Tripod up
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial, which has more than 70% of its revenues come from the auto industry, saw its first-quarter revenues slip 1.4% from a year earlier while revenues at...
Thursday 13 April 2017
Alcor Micro unit to list on Taiwan OTC
Alcorlink, a subsidiary of Alcor Micro specializing in computer peripherals, expects to soon list on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) market at a tentative price of NT$21 (US$0.69)...
Wednesday 12 April 2017
WT Micro 1Q17 revenues beat guidance
Consolidated revenues at IC distributor WT Microelectronics surged about 41% on year to NT$38.38 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the first quarter of 2017, slightly above the company's...
Wednesday 12 April 2017
IC distributor ANStek reports increased sales for March
Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes IC parts mainly from Analog Devices (ADI) and Xilinx, has reported revenues of NT$299 million (US$9.76 million) for March, up 6.03% on...
Wednesday 12 April 2017
Zhaoxin to partner with TSMC
Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor is scheduled to roll out its in-house developed ZX-D series processors that will be built using a 28nm process technology by Shanghai Huali Microelectronics...
Tuesday 11 April 2017
WPG Holdings reports increased revenues for March
WPG Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$46.155 billion (US$1.51 billion) for March 2017, representing a 25% increase on month and 3.12% increase on year.
Tuesday 11 April 2017
Global semiconductor photomask market increases 2% in 2016, says SEMI
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.32 billion in 2016. After increasing 1% in 2015, the photomask market grew 2% in 2016.