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Wednesday 7 September 2016
BMC chip provider Aspeed reports record revenues for August
Baseboard management controller (BMC) chipset provider Aspeed Technology saw its revenues grow 15.4% on month and 41% on year to a record high of NT$132 million (US$4.21 million)...
Wednesday 7 September 2016
IC testing device provider CHPT reports increased sales for August
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) has reported revenues of NT$256.14 million (US$8.226 million) for August, up 5.44% on month and 53.99% on year...
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Elan August revenues hit 26-month high
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics saw its August revenues climb to the highest since May 2014, buoyed by rising shipments of touchscreen controllers and fingerprint sensors.
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Phison posts record August revenues
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, which supplies controller solutions for memory devices, has reported record consolidated revenues of NT$4.45 billion (US$141.8 million) for August...
Monday 5 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan TFT-LCD panel makers focus on in-cell development on TDDI technology
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), at the Touch Taiwan 2016 taking place in Taipei during August 24-26, showed that they...
Monday 5 September 2016
Innolux, AUO benefit from TV panel price hikes
Due to tight supply and Samsung Electronics' large demand, September quotes for 40- and 43-inch LCD TV panels have risen by over US$10 per panel from August and, as Innolux is the...
Monday 5 September 2016
MediaTek rumored to receive RFQ for wireless charging chip from Apple, says paper
Apple reportedly has issued a request for quotation (RFQ) to MediaTek recently for wireless charging chips for an iPhone case, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Monday 5 September 2016
Fujitsu licenses Nantero technology to produce NRAM
Fujitsu Semiconductor and Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor have reached an agreement with US-based Nantero to license Nantero's technology for NRAM, non-volatile RAM using carbon nanotubes,...
Monday 5 September 2016
Realtek posts revenue growth in August
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.46 billion (US$109.83 million) for August 2016, up 9.2% sequentially and 34.7% on year...
Monday 5 September 2016
Memory-IC design house AP Memory launches tender offer for rival Zentel
Taiwan-based mobile-DRAM design specialist AP Memory Technology has announced plans to acquire 50-100% of local rival Zentel Electronics, which is focused more on specialty DRAM products...
Monday 5 September 2016
ALi partnering with Wyplay to obtain Skyworth orders
Set-top box (STB) solution provider ALi has announced it is partnering with France-based Wyplay, a software solutions company for TV operators, to provide Wyplay's Frog Turnkey solution...
Monday 5 September 2016
Foundry capacity utilization to drop in 4Q16
TSMC and other pure-play foundries will see their capacity utilization to fall in the fourth quarter of 2016, with second-tier foundry players under pressure to fill their capacity,...
Friday 2 September 2016
Taiwan approves MediaTek US$192 million investment in China
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved two investment projects in China proposed by MediaTek totaling US$191.75 million.
Thursday 1 September 2016
AMD discloses amendment to deal with Globalfoundries
AMD has entered into a long-term amendment to its wafer-supply agreement with Globalfoundries for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020, according to the fabless chi...
Thursday 1 September 2016
Renesas, TSMC team up for 28nm MCUs
Renesas Electronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating on 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology for manufacturing microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted at next-generation...