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Thursday 21 April 2016
MediaTek Labs announces availability of new development platform for RTOS
MediaTek has announced its MediaTek LinkIt development platform for RTOS and the platform's first hardware development kit (HDK). This platform is the first from MediaTek delivering...
Thursday 21 April 2016
Phison to post sequential revenue growth through 3Q16, says report
NAND flash controller IC supplier Phison Electronics is expected to enjoy sequential revenue growth through the third quarter of 2016, and see monthly shipments reach a record high...
Thursday 21 April 2016
Handset supply chains in Taiwan, China face inventory losses
Makers in the handset supply chains in Taiwan and China are becoming more conservative about building up inventories for parts and components due to intensifying competition in the...
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Digitimes Research: AMD discrete GPU market share expected to rise
SoC-based graphics cards were the most widely adopted GPU product in 2015 with a market share over 70%. CPU with integrated GPU was the second-largest GPU products, but its market...
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Flexium sees sharp drop in 1Q16 results
With weak iPhone 6s demand, Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) maker Flexium Interconnect's net profit only reached NT$422 million (US$13.05 million) in the first quarter, down...
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Qualcomm signs 3G/4G patent license agreement with Yulong
Qualcomm has announced that it has signed a new 3G and 4G Chinese patent license agreement with Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of...
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Himax enters mass production of TDDI chips for China smartphone customer
Himax Technologies has announced mass production of in-cell single-chip touch and display driver integrated (TDDI) solutions for a leading China-based smartphone vendor.
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Taiwan analog IC firms develop automotive-related products
Acknowledging the steady growth of the automobile market, Taiwan-based analog IC companies have developed new product lines for auto-related applications, such as LED driver ICs for...
Tuesday 19 April 2016
14 IC product categories to exceed total IC market growth in 2016, says IC Insights
Fourteen product categories - topped by handset application processors and signal conversion (analog) devices - are expected to exceed the 2% growth rate forecast for the total 2016...
Tuesday 19 April 2016
ASE, SPIL say supply not affected by Japan quake
IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have said their supply chains will not be affected by two major earthquakes that...
Tuesday 19 April 2016
TSMC to launch 7nm trial production in 1H17
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to launch 7nm trial production in the first half of 2017, company chairman Morris Chang said in a report sent to TSMC's...
Monday 18 April 2016
Sony halts production in Kumamoto due to quake
Sony has issued a statement disclosing its manufacturing sites in the Kumamoto region which have been affected by the earthquake of April 14 and subsequent earthquakes.
Monday 18 April 2016
UMC standardizes on ARM Artisan platform for physical IP
ARM and UMC have announced a new strategic partnership to develop multiple physical IP platforms, enabling UMC customers to implement ARM Artisan physical IP into SoC designs and...
Monday 18 April 2016
Global 2015 semiconductor materials sales reach US$43.4 billion, says SEMI
The global semiconductor materials market decreased 1.5% in 2015 compared to 2014 while worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased 0.2%, according to SEMI. The impact of exchange...
Monday 18 April 2016
MediaTek to see record shipments of 4G phone chips in 2Q16
MediaTek is expected to see record shipments of 4G phone chips in the second quarter of 2016 with revenues rising 15-20% on quarter, according to industry sources.