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Wednesday 11 May 2016
LED driver IC firm Macroblock 1Q16 profits increase
LED driver IC specialist Macroblock has reported net profits of NT$45.46 million (US$1.4 million) for the first quarter of 2016, up significantly from profits of NT$17.08 million...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Chip orders from China smartphone vendors to boost MediaTek 2Q16 revenues
Orders placed by China-based Oppo, Gionee and Vivo are set to boost revenues at smartphone-chip provider MediaTek in the second quarter of 2016, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Chin-Poon April revenues fall 14% on month
PCB firm Chin-Poon Industrial, with more than 70% of its revenues coming from the automotive industry, has announced consolidated revenues for April 2016 fell 14.32% on month but...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
SEMI reports 2015 semiconductor photomask sales of US$3.3 billion
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.3 billion in 2015. After increasing 3% in 2014, the photomask market increased 1% in 2015, according to...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
WPG April revenues up, WT Micro down
Taiwan-based WPG saw its April revenues increase 5.5% compared to April 2015 while fellow IC distributor WT Microelectronics' revenues decreased 5.3% on year.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Generalplus, Sonix see April revenues rise
Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology and Sonix Technology both saw their April revenues climb to the highest monthly levels for 2016.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Topco Scientific reports increased April revenues
Semiconductor materials distributor Topco Scientific has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.22 billion (US$68.3 million) for April 2016, up 39.6% on year and 22.3% sequentially...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
PCB firm Tripod posts revenue growth in April
Consolidated revenues at Tripod Technology increased 4.9% sequentially and 1.1% from a year ago to NT$3.47 billion (US$107 million) in April 2016, according to the Taiwan-based PCB...
Monday 9 May 2016
Compeq posts revenue decrease in April
PCB firm Compeq Manufacturing has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.05 billion (US$93.9 million) for April 2016, down 0.1% on month and 3.4% on year.
Monday 9 May 2016
Winbond April revenues rise
Specialty memory specialist Winbond Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.52 billion (US$108.5 million) for April 2016, up 2.8% sequentially and 11.4% on year.
Monday 9 May 2016
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending to decline 2% in 2016, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to decline 2% to US$62.8 billion in 2016, according to Gartner. This is up from the estimated 4.7% decline in Gartner's previous...
Monday 9 May 2016
NXP tops auto semiconductor vendor rankings, says Strategy Analytics
NXP Semiconductors achieved a 14.2% share of the US$27.4 billion automotive semiconductor market in 2015, four-percentage points ahead of its nearest rivals Infineon and Renesas,...
Monday 9 May 2016
Novatek reports decreased earnings for 1Q16
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$1.221 billion (US$37.7 million) for the first quarter of 2016, down 19.45% sequentially and 28.15% on...
Monday 9 May 2016
Cypress to acquire Broadcom IoT business for US$550 million
Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom have announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Cypress will acquire Broadcom's wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business and...
Monday 9 May 2016
MediaTek posts record April revenues
IC design house MediaTek has reported record consolidated revenues of NT$23.02 billion (US$710.9 million) for April 2016.