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Tuesday 31 May 2016
Elo introduces new eSAW touchscreen technology
Elo, a leading global supplier of touchscreen solutions, has unveiled eSAW touchscreen technology, the next generation of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology. The new technology...
Monday 30 May 2016
Powering the cloud: Intel embraces new identity
The next wave of computing is now beginning to define the IT industry, where the boundaries of computing are expanding as billions of smart and connected devices, new data-rich services...
Monday 30 May 2016
MediaTek intros Pump Express 3.0 fast charging technology
MediaTek has developed Pump Express 3.0 to charge a smartphone battery from zero to 70% in just 20 minutes. That's almost twice as fast as competing solutions currently on the market...
Monday 30 May 2016
MediaTek to meet mid-point to high-end of 2Q16 guidance
Judging from the current order visibility, MediaTek chief financial officer David Ku expects the company to meet the mid-point to high-end of its sales guidance for the second quarter...
Monday 30 May 2016
Cadence delivers rapid adoption kit based on 10nm reference flow for new ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and ARM Mali-G71 GPU
Cadence Design Systems has announced the availability of a Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) based on the ARM internal flow used for the design of the ARM Cortex-A73 central processing unit...
Monday 30 May 2016
Macroblock seeing strong LED driver IC orders in 2Q16
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock is seeing strong orders from its display customers, and has asked for more capacity from its contract suppliers, according to industry sources. Branded...
Friday 27 May 2016
Touch panel industry could be transformed in 2017, says TPK chairman
Out-OLED touch solutions, OLED panels matched with add-on touch panels, will come into use in 2017 and this could transform the touch panel industry, with new competition to culminate...
Friday 27 May 2016
China smartphone AP shipments – 1Q 2016
First-quarter 2016 smartphone AP shipments in China were slow with a sequential decrease of 16.9%.
Friday 27 May 2016
China handset firms warned of overbooking
MediaTek has warned its China-based handset clients that they might have placed more orders than their actual demand, in consideration of potential overbooking, according to industry...
Friday 27 May 2016
Global Unichip to deal out 2015 dividend of NT$3
Global Unichip's shareholders have approved the distribution of a cash dividend of NT$3 (US$0.09) for 2015, according to the IC design service company.
Friday 27 May 2016
Holtek 2016 revenues to rise 6%, says report
Microcontroller (MCU) IC design house Holtek Semiconductor is expected to post consolidated revenues of NT$4.2 billion (US$129 million) in 2016, up 6% from NT$3.97 billion in 2015,...
Friday 27 May 2016
ASE, SPIL agree to set up JV holding company
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have reached an agreement to establish a holding company, which will own both ASE and SPIL.
Thursday 26 May 2016
UltraChip revenues to rise in 2Q, 3Q16
LCD driver IC firm UltraChip is expected to report on-year revenue growth of 20-30% for the second and third quarters of 2016, according to market sources.
Thursday 26 May 2016
Communications and computer systems drive IC sales across all regions, says IC Insights
Communication and computer systems are forecast to be two of the three largest system applications for IC sales in every global region, Americas, Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific,...
Thursday 26 May 2016
TSMC to spend US$2.2 billion on R&D in 2016, says co-CEO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to boost its R&D spending to a record US$2.2 billion in 2016, increasing about 10% on year, according to company co-CEO...