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Tuesday 19 July 2016
Hinge makers see increasing demand for MIM-made hinges
Demand for metal injection molding-made (MIM) hinges is expected to grow strongly in the second half of the year as Apple's upcoming new ultra-thin MacBooks will feature the component,...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
MediaTek to post 10% revenue growth in 3Q16, says report
MediaTek is expected to report revenue growth of about 10% sequentially for the third quarter of 2016 buoyed by strong demand for its mid- and high-end mobile chips, according to...
Monday 18 July 2016
SoftBank to acquire ARM
The boards of directors of SoftBank and ARM have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash acquisition of ARM for GBP24.3 billion (US$32.2...
Monday 18 July 2016
Weltrend to see revenues top NT$500 million in 3Q16, says paper
Weltrend Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues for the third quarter of 2016 reach over NT$500 million (US$15.68 million) amid rising shipments of its around view monitor...
Monday 18 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Touch panel makers shift to industrial control, automotive applications
Conventional touch panel makers, due to stagnant demand for smartphones and tablets and growing adoption of In-Cell and On-Cell touch solutions, have shifted from consumer electronics...
Monday 18 July 2016
TSMC secures exclusive orders for Apple A11 chip, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has obtained all of Apple's A11 chip orders, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
Monday 18 July 2016
Pixart ramping up shipments of CMOS-based heart-rate monitoring solutions, says paper
IC design company Pixart Imaging has been ramping up shipments of its CMOS-based hear-rate monitoring (HRM) solutions and will see its sales and earnings grow significantly in the...
Friday 15 July 2016
Handset IC market to grow at 6.7% CAGR through 2019, says IC Insights
The increasing value of the average IC content in handsets along with the increasing percentage of smartphones sold as a percent of total handsets will help drive the handset IC market...
Friday 15 July 2016
Qualcomm sues Meizu for patent infringement
Qualcomm filed lawsuits against China-based smartphone vendor Meizu for infringing its patents at the end of June in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Other players such as Oppo and Vivo...
Friday 15 July 2016
Auto MEMS sensor shipments rise in 2015 even as revenue stalled, says IHS
Although shipments of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors used in automotive applications grew 8.4% in 2015, revenues were flat compared to the previous year reaching US$2.7...
Friday 15 July 2016
Huaxintong Semiconductor licenses ARMv8-A architecture
Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology of China has licensed ARM's v8-A architecture to accelerate advanced server chipset technologies in China's server market, according to ARM. The...
Friday 15 July 2016
ESD solution provider Amazing Microelectronic to see revenues hit new high in 3Q16, says paper
ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection solution provider Amazing Microelectronic is expected to see its revenues hit a new high in the third quarter of 2016, buoyed by rising penetration...
Friday 15 July 2016
TSMC expects record 3Q16 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to report record revenues of between NT$254 billion (US$7.95 billion) and NT$257 billion for the third quarter of 2016, which...
Thursday 14 July 2016
IC distributor ANStek posts revenue growth in June
Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes IC parts mainly from Analog Devices (ADI), Xilinx and Avago, saw its June revenues rise 2.8% from a year earlier ending a 3-month streak...
Thursday 14 July 2016
eMemory solution for fingerprint sensors available for volume production
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP provider eMemory Technology has disclosed its NeoEE IP solutions for fingerprint applications has been embedded in customer products for volume...