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Wednesday 14 September 2016
Chip orders for iPhone 7 higher-than-expected
Chip orders for the iPhone 7 placed thus far for 2016 are higher than previously estimated, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 13 September 2016
ASMedia sees revenues hit record high in August
USB 3.0 chip controller design-house ASMedia Technology saw its consolidated revenues expand 47.8% on month and 40.8% on year to a record high of NT$208 million (US$6.566 million)...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Introducing the world's smallest LoRa+MCU solution with the utilization of SiP process
The world's first SiP (System in Package) processed LoRa+MCU solution is presented today through the extraordinary collaboration between the world-leading Internet of Things solution...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Taiwan fingerprint sensor suppliers set to post strong 3Q16
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers including Egis Technology (Egistec), Elan Microelectronics and FocalTech Systems are set to post brisk sales for the third quarter of 2016...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
ALi completes share repurchase
Set-top box (STB) solution provider ALi has repurchased about NT$53.28 million (US$1.68 million) worth, or 3.1 million units, of its common shares from the open market, according...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Himax, Nuviz team up for HUD products
Taiwan-based fabless IC firm Himax Technologies has announced it is partnering with Nuviz to develop head-up display (HUD) products.
Monday 12 September 2016
Qualcomm opens Shanghai facility for semiconductor test manufacturing
Qualcomm has announced the opening of Qualcomm Communication Technologies (Shanghai), a semiconductor test facility in the Waigaoqiao (WGQ) free-trade zone in Shanghai, and its first...
Monday 12 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Touch Taiwan 2016 becomes main stage for Taiwan display panel makers
The exhibition at Touch Taiwan has been beyond touch panels and technology, for Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and...
Friday 9 September 2016
Nvidia sees tight graphics card supply; to release GTX 1050 in late September
Nvidia's Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 graphics cards are seeing strong demand from the market and therefore are currently in tight supply. To further expand into the...
Friday 9 September 2016
WPG August revenues reach 8-month high
IC distributor WPG has announced consolidated revenues of NT$46.99 billion (US$1.5 billion) for August 2016, up 7.2% sequentially and hitting the highest levels since December 2015...
Friday 9 September 2016
Apple pulls in chip orders for new Apple Watch, say sources
Apple has increased chip and component orders for its new Apple Watch Series 2 products with monthly shipment volumes for August and September both surpassing two million units, according...
Friday 9 September 2016
On-Bright, Sitronix post record August revenues
LCD driver IC supplier Sitronix Technology has reported record consolidated revenues of NT$981 million (US$31.4 million) for August 2016, while analog IC firm On-Bright Electronics'...
Friday 9 September 2016
IC Insights cuts IoT semiconductor market forecast
IC Insights has trimmed back its semiconductor forecast for Internet of Things system functions over the next four years by about US$1.9 billion, mostly because of lower sales projections...
Friday 9 September 2016
MagnaChip begins volume production for Himax PWM ICs
MagnaChip Semiconductor has begun volume production for power management chips designed by Himax Technologies using MagnaChip's specialty 0.18-micron BCD process, according to the...
Friday 9 September 2016
Globalfoundries unveils 12nm FD-SOI process
Globalfoundries has unveiled a new 12nm FD-SOI semiconductor technology. Building on the success of its 22FDX offering, the company's next-generation 12FDXplatform is designed for...