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Monday 11 September 2017
TSMC revenues decline 2.54% on year in August
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$91.917 billion (US$3.06 billion) for August 2017, representing a 28.36% increase on month...
Friday 8 September 2017
TSMC August revenues increase 28%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced August consolidated revenues increased 28.4% sequentially to NT$91.92 billion (US$3.06 billion).
Friday 8 September 2017
Ambiq Micro, TSMC team up to develop Huawei fitness wearables
Ambiq Micro announced recently that Huawei has selected the Apollo2 platform, built on TSMC's 40nm Near-Vt technology platform, to power its new line of lightweight fitness wearables...
Friday 8 September 2017
SPIL obtains packaging orders for AMD Vega 11 GPUs
AMD will continue to contract Globalfoundries to manufacture its next-generation Vega GPUs, and will have Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) as its major packager for the chips,...
Thursday 7 September 2017
TSMC clarifies report on antitrust investigation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has responded to media reports indicating the company is facing EU and US antitrust investigations by saying it has not received...
Monday 4 September 2017
Upstream material suppliers in new iPhone supply chain to see strong growth
With Apple expected to launch its new iPhone soon, Taiwan players in the US vendor's smartphone supply chain are warming up to embrace a new round of business boom, with the upstream...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Samsung seeking long-term supply contracts with wafer firms
Samsung Electronics is striving to sign long-term supply contracts with multiple wafer makers to ensure sufficient silicon wafer supplies for the manufacture of memory chips and logic...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
E&R Engineering shipping laser-cutting machines to Intel in small volume, sources say
Taiwan-based E&R Engineering has started shipping laser-cutting machines in small volume to Intel, according to market sources. The fab toolmaker is also about to obtain verification...
Friday 25 August 2017
Xintec loss widens in 1H17
Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec saw its losses widen to NT$609 million (US$20 million) in the first half of 2017, with EPS reaching negative NT$2.25.
Thursday 24 August 2017
ASML opens branch office in Nanjing
ASML has announced the opening of a new branch office in Nanjing, China where its major client TSMC is constructing a new 12-inch wafer plant.
Thursday 24 August 2017
Semiconductor industry capital spending to rise 20% in 2017, says IC Insights
IC Insights has revised its outlook for semiconductor industry capital spending to 20% growth in 2017. Spending for the first half of 2017 was already 48% greater than a year ago,...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
China could enhance its position in post-Moore's Law era, says former TSMC COO
China's semiconductor industry could have a chance of strengthening its position in the post-Moore's Law era, according to Shang-yi Chiang, former executive VP and co-chief operating...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Qualcomm developing 3D depth sensing technology
Qualcomm is partnering with its ecosystem partners to develop 3D depth sensing technology, which will be applied to Andriod smartphones powered the Snapdragon mobile chips, according...
Monday 21 August 2017
Qualcomm to extend tie-up with TSMC, says executive
Qualcomm has been working with Taiwan's semiconductor firms for years, including an almost 10-year collaboration with TSMC, said Sudeepto Roy, VP of engineering for Qualcomm Technology...
Thursday 17 August 2017
China market: MediaTek to roll out new Helio P series for mid-range smartphones
MediaTek has sent out invitations for a product event to be held in Beijing on August 29, when the company will introduce its new Helio P23 and P30 series designed for mid-range smartphones,...