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Tuesday 30 August 2016
Demand set to boom for iris- and face-recognition chips for smartphones
Demand for iris- and face- recognition chips for smartphones is expected to surge encouraging more China- and Taiwan-based fabless firms to step into the field, according to industry...
Monday 29 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments to growth over 18% in 2H16
Shipment of mobile application processors for smartphones and tablets in the China market are expected to grow 18.6% in the second half of 2016 from those shipped in the first half...
Monday 29 August 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$21.3 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) purchased machinery equipment from Ebara, ASML and Applied Materials for a total of NT$21.3 billion (US$669.7 million), according...
Monday 29 August 2016
TOK steps up investment in Taiwan
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) is looking to expand its investment in Taiwan, which will become the Japan-based vendor's production hub for the East Asia market, according to the manufacturer...
Monday 29 August 2016
Richwave to see revenues up over 10% in 3Q16, says paper
RF component specialist Richwave Technology is expected to see its revenues reach NT$580 million (US$18.29 million) in the third quarter of 2016 compared to NT$523 million recorded...
Friday 26 August 2016
Industry supply chain eyeing huge mobile-SoC market potential
With more system vendors engaged in the development of mobile SoC solutions in-house, the market for mobile chips is set to expand a further US$10 billion, according to industry sources...
Friday 26 August 2016
Dialog enters GaN market with integrated devices targeting fast charging power adapters
Dialog Semiconductor has announced its first gallium nitride (GaN) power IC product offering, using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 650-volt GaN-on-Silicon process...
Friday 26 August 2016
China firms set to expand presence in global NAND flash market, says DRAMeXchange
China-based companies are set to expand their presence in the global NAND flash market dramatically thanks to the region's push to establish a homegrown NAND flash industry and the...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Consumer IC vendor Sonix to ship over 600 million MCUs in 2016, says report
Consumer IC vendor Sonix Technology is expected to ship a total of 632 million MCUs in 2016 thanks to increasing demand from the toy and educational sectors, according to a udn.com...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Taiwan PCB production value to rise 8.8% in 3Q16, says IEK
The production value of PCB products rolled out by Taiwan-based makers in China and Taiwan is expected to grow 8.8% sequentially to NT$144.2 billion (US$4.54 billion) in the third...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Innolux, AUO chairmen urge government to financially support panel makers
Innolux chairman Wang Jyh-chau and AU Optronics (AUO) chairman Paul Peng, on the occasion of Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Touch Taiwan 2016 on August 24, called for government...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments increase 8% in 2Q16
China's mobile application processor (AP) market is forecast to reach a total of 166 million units in the second quarter of 2016, up 7.8% sequentially, according to Digitimes Resea...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Nvidia unveils Tegra Parker mobile SoC
Nvidia has unveiled its newest mobile processor, the Tegra Parker, which is suited for automotive applications like self-driving cars and digital cockpits.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
US fab-tool book-to-bill ratio rises, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.15 in July 2016, having been above parity for eight months in a row, according to the...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China firms to share up to 30% of 2016 global fingerprint sensor shipments
Due to fast growing use of smartphone-based mobile payment services in the China market, both international and domestic vendors, including white-box ones, have adopted fingerprint...