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Friday 10 November 2017
Taiwan IC designers vying for 8-inch foundry supply
Taiwan fabless IC firms are aggresively vying to secure capacity at 8-inch foundries to meet increasing orders in 2018, particularly for MCU and MOSFET chips needed to support a variety...
Friday 10 November 2017
China AI unicorn SenseTime eyes new financing of US$500 million
China AI unicorn SenseTime is reportedly to announce a new round of financing estimated at around US$500 million within one month, which will be the largest scale of its kind seen...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Experience economy brings new challenges to manufacturers, says Delmia CEO
The advent of the experience economy era has changed the essence of the manufacturing industry, and how to quickly respond to market demands by integrating digital and remote manufacturing...
Thursday 9 November 2017
GlobalWafers posts record revenues, profits for 3Q17
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, a silicon wafer supplier, has reported net profits of NT$1.65 billion (US$54.7 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$11.98 billion for the third quarter...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Chunghwa Telecom to join IoT investment fund
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has decided to invest an amount of not exceeding NT$600 million (US$19.88 million) in an IoT investment fund run by the Taiwan government-backed Taiwania Capital...
Monday 6 November 2017
TSMC 3nm fab construction to kick off in 2020, chairman says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder and chairman Morris Chang said at a recent company event that the pure-play foundry will start constructing its advanced...
Monday 6 November 2017
Alibaba forays into CPU sector via investment in C-Sky Microsystems
As part of its efforts to enhance its presence in the CPU sector, China tech giant Alibaba Group has invested in Hangzhou-based C-Sky Microsystems, an IC design house dedicated to...
Friday 3 November 2017
Opto, sensor and discrete ICs to reach record US$75 billion in 2017, says IC Insights
More than a dozen product categories in optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes semiconductors (O-S-D) are on track to set record-high annual sales this year, according...
Friday 3 November 2017
Supreme Electronics to tap China smart pallet market
Taiwan-based Supreme Electronics, now the largest distribution agent of Samsung's semiconductor products across the Taiwan Strait, is stepping up its transformation into a system...
Friday 3 November 2017
Gowin, TSMC team up for 28nm FPGA chips
China-based Gowin Semiconductor has announced the development of its first 28nm FPGA product, the GW3AT-100, fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
Friday 3 November 2017
Taiwan market: NCC issues 9 million circuit numbers for IoT services
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has released a total of nine million circuit numbers to three local telecom operators enabling them to offer high-speed IoT services,...
Thursday 2 November 2017
IoT in China: Q&A with Advantech executive
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has been promoting IoT (Internet of Things) applications to the manufacturing sector and smart cities in China, according to Industrial...
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Cloud server provider Wiwynn to list on Taiwan stock market
Wiwynn, a cloud server subsidiary of Wistron, plans to strengthen its financial capability by listing its shares on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board in mid-November 2017 and on the over-the-counter...
Wednesday 1 November 2017
MediaTek posts profit and gross margin growth in 3Q17
MediaTek saw its gross margin rise to 36.4% in the third quarter from 35% in the second, while net profits soared 129% sequentially to NT$5.06 billion (US$167.8 million).
Monday 30 October 2017
QCT pushing 5G development with Intel
Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a cloud computing subsidiary of Quanta Computer, is cooperating with Intel to accelerate its investments in the 5G market and its establishment of partnerships...