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Wednesday 22 June 2016
Alcor Micro announces stock buyback
USB controller designer Alcor Micro has announced plans to buy back a portion of its common shares from the Taiwan stock market. The move is aimed at protecting corporate value and...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
IC suppliers landing short lead-time orders for Type-C solutions
Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been receiving more short lead-time orders for USB Type-C solutions from notebook vendors and ODMs recently, indicating that the Type-C interface is...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
PC shipments to rise 20% in 3Q16, say analog IC firms
Judging from the current order visibility, Taiwan's analog IC suppliers have predicted PC shipments for the third quarter will likely increase 20% on quarter.
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Himax provides Quad HD display driver IC for Tango-enabled AR smartphone
Himax Technologies has announced its HX8396-A display driver IC has secured the design win in the world's first augmented reality (AR) smartphone, Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. The Phab 2 Pro...
Monday 20 June 2016
Taiwan IC design sector should open doors to China capital, says MediaTek chairman
China-based enterprises should be allowed to invest in Taiwan's IC design houses, according to MediaTek chairman MK Tsai.
Monday 20 June 2016
North American semiconductor equipment industry posts May 2016 book-to-bill ratio of 1.09, says SEMI
The book-to-bill ratio for the North America semiconductor equipment industry stayed above parity for the sixth consecutive month in May 2016, according to industry association SEM...
Monday 20 June 2016
Elan expects 2Q16 sales to increase 7-11%
Elan Microelectronics expects its second-quarter revenues to register a 7-11% sequential increase, thanks to growing shipments of touchscreen controllers for notebooks.
Friday 17 June 2016
PCB maker WUS expects profitable 2Q16
Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) maker WUS Printed Circuit's chairman Hsu-Han Chung (transliterated from Chinese) at the company's investor conference on June 16 said he expects...
Friday 17 June 2016
FocalTech ships more than 1 million integrated driver controllers in May
FocalTech Systems has disclosed monthly shipments of its single-chip integrated driver controller (IDC) solutions exceeded one million units in May. Total shipments for 2016 are expected...
Thursday 16 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Growing VR ecosystem to accelerate development of VR video market
Video and gaming applications for virtual reality (VR) devices were the highlights of the recently concluded Computex 2016 as demonstrated by the number of related products and exhibitors...
Thursday 16 June 2016
Analog IC suppliers to see better sales in 2H16
Taiwan-based analog IC-design houses are expected to see their sales performance gain a boost in the second half of 2016 thanks to demand for high-efficiency power management (PWM)...
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Chin-Poon expects sales growth through end-2016
PCB firm Chin-Poon Industrial, which sees more than 70% of its revenues come from the auto industry, expects to sales growth through the end of 2016. Revenues for the year are set...
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Apple stepping up procurement for new Apple Watch
Apple has stepped up procurement of chips and components for the second-generation Apple Watch which is expected to debut later in 2016, according to sources from the supply chain.
Wednesday 15 June 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$12 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced machinery equipment purchases totaling NT$12.11 billion (US$373.41 million) from nine companies, Advanced Micro Fabrication...
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egistec reports strong sales for May
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) has reported revenues of NT$166 million (US$5.12 million) for May, increasing 223.6% on month and 332.5% on year.