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Monday 28 November 2016
LCD TV panel makers set lower shipment target for 2017, IHS Markit says
Restructuring of older display fabs, migration to larger-sized LCD TV panels and business strategy adjustments are some of the factors prompting LCD TV panel manufacturers to set...
Friday 25 November 2016
ASE, VisEra obtain packaging orders for under-glass fingerprint sensors from Synaptics, says report
Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and VisEra Technologies have both landed packaging orders for under-glass fingerprint sensors from Synaptics, according to a...
Friday 25 November 2016
MediaTek mulling investment in electric car company NextEV
MediaTek reportedly intends to invest in electric car company NextEV with an aim to expand its business in the car electronics sector.
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments to rise 11.6% in 4Q16
Shipments of mobile application processors for smartphones and tablets in China are expected to grow 11.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2016, thanks mainly to seasonal factors...
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Spreadtrum places 40nm chip orders with UMC Xiamen fab
Spreadtrum Communications has placed 40nm chip orders with United Microelectronics' (UMC) recently-opened 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, China, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Silicon Motion announces SD 5.1 controller solution
Silicon Motion Technology has announced that its flagship SM2703 SD controller now supports random read/write performance of up to 2000/800 IOPS to meet the A1 (Application Performance...
Tuesday 22 November 2016
China firms headhunting talent from Taiwan fabless and DRAM companies
China's emerging memory companies have been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based fabless and DRAM firms, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 November 2016
PCB makers hike prices due to increased CCL cost
Taiwan-based PCB makers, in response to price hikes by CCL (copper-clad laminate) suppliers, have raised quotes to reflect increased costs, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 November 2016
GigaDevice to merge with ISSI, say sources
Trading in GigaDevice Semiconductor has been suspended on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), paving the way for the NOR flash specialist to obtain shares of Integrated Silicon Solution...
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Market for 10nm mobile chips to heat up in 2017
Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, MediaTek, Apple and Spreadtrum Communications are gearing up to roll out their 10nm mobile chips which will be shipped in smartphones during 2017.
Monday 21 November 2016
MediaTek intros technology enabling 4K video streaming
MediaTek has announced the launch of its UltraCast technology, a chipset-enabled streaming technology enabling users to enjoy 4K video content generated by their smartphones and stream...
Monday 21 November 2016
Phison Jan-Oct pre-tax profits approach almost 2015 level
Phison Electronics' pre-tax profits totaled NT$4.42 billion (US$138.6 million) in the first 10 months of 2016, approaching nearly the NT$4.47 billion reported for all of 2015, according...
Monday 21 November 2016
Macroblock revenues and profits rise in 1Q-3Q16
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock has reported revenues for the first three quarters of 2016 increased 24.7% from a year earlier to NT$1.88 billion (US$58.7 million), while net profits...
Friday 18 November 2016
Qualcomm, Samsung collaborate on 10nm for Snapdragon 835 mobile chips
Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics have extended their tie to manufacture Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 mobile chips with Samsung's 10nm FinFET process technology, according to the compa...
Friday 18 November 2016
ASE-SPIL merger still under review in China and US
A proposed merger between Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is still being reviewed by anti-trust authorities in China and the US...