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Friday 16 December 2016
Faraday announces 55nm eFlash-based ASIC solution
Faraday Technology has announced its 55nm eFlash-based ASIC solution is ready to support better MCU performance, and has already achieved multiple design wins for products such as...
Thursday 15 December 2016
PC vendors trying out Qualcomm/Windows products
With Microsoft's recent announcement of adding support to Qualcomm's processor solutions in Windows 10, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that many brand vendors...
Thursday 15 December 2016
InvenSense EIS solution adopted by Oppo
InvenSense, a provider of MEMS sensors, has announced its electronic image stabilization (EIS) solution adopted for the recently-released Oppo R9S and R9S Plus smartphones.
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Synaptics announces optical-based fingerprint sensors for smartphones
Synaptics has announced a new family of Natural ID biometric authentication solutions that leverage high-performance, highly secure optical-based fingerprint sensors for smartphones...
Wednesday 14 December 2016
China to join top-3 semiconductor equipment spenders for first time, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 8.7% to US$39.7 billion in 2016, according to SEMI. In 2017, another 9.3% growth is expected,...
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Handset panel prices stable in December, says Sigmaintell
Mainly due to shrinking demand, prices for handset-use a-Si TFT-LCD panels in December mostly has remained unchanged on month, while those for handset-use LTPS TFT-LCD panels has...
Tuesday 13 December 2016
FocalTech November revenues fall to 9-month low
IC design house FocalTech Systems saw its November revenues fall to a nine-month low of NT$870 million (US$27.4 million).
Monday 12 December 2016
Foxconn and Sharp plan to set up LCD TV panel factory in China, says Nikkei
Foxconn Electronics and Sharp plan to cooperatively set up a 10.5G or 11G LCD TV panel factory in China at an estimated total investment of JPY800 billion (US$6.95 billion), with...
Monday 12 December 2016
RDA striving to provide 4G RF PA modules across all key platforms
RDA Microelectronics, a provider of radio-frequency and mixed-signal chips in China, has been working closely with key chipset providers in the mobile handset market to certify its...
Monday 12 December 2016
WPG, WT Micro November revenues increase
Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics have reported November revenues increased 7.1% and 4%, respectively, on month.
Friday 9 December 2016
IC distributor Edom to post double-digit revenue growth in 4Q16
Taiwan-based Edom Technology, which distributes products for brands such as Nvidia, NXP and SanDisk, is expected to post double-digit on-year growth in consolidated revenues for the...
Friday 9 December 2016
Holtek, Sonix November revenues increase
Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard microcontrollers (MCU) and consumer electronics IC solutions, has reported consolidated revenues for November 2016 increased...
Friday 9 December 2016
Macroblock 2016 EPS to reach NT$6.50-7
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock is expected to see its EPS for 2016 reach between NT$6.50 (US$0.21) and NT$7, according to market sources. The company's EPS for the first three...
Thursday 8 December 2016
Kinsus, Nanya PCB November revenues down
IC substrate suppliers Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Nanya PCB have reported on-year declines in consolidated revenues for November 2016 of 7.1% and 0.5%, respectively.
Thursday 8 December 2016
Conexant working with Amazon to create AudioSmart 2-mic development kit for Amazon Alexa
Conexant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of audio and voice technology solutions that enable a more natural user experience, today announced that it is collaborating with Amazon...