1445 news items tagged 2013
Polysilicon market to see dynamic growth, says Bernreuter Research
Wednesday 23 December 2020After three years of nearly stagnant demand, the polysilicon industry is entering a new phase of dynamic growth. As photovoltaic power plants have become the cheapest source of energy,...
VIA to sell part of x86 processor IPs to Zhaoxin
Tuesday 27 October 2020Zhaoxin Semiconductor, formed in 2013 as a joint venture between Taiwan's VIA Technologies and China's Shanghai government, will own part of VIA's x86 processor IP assets.
Taiwan foundries to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity
Tuesday 29 September 2020Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will raise their 8-inch foundry quotes by more than 15% starting the first quarter of 2021, according to industry sources.
Transistor count trends continue to track with Moore's Law, says IC Insights
Monday 9 March 2020The primary yardstick by which the IC industry measures its technological performance and progress remains Moore's Law that states there is a doubling of the number of transistors...
Kioxia eyeing bigger presence in consumer SSD market
Monday 20 January 2020Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) is looking to grow its presence in the market for consumer SSDs through launching a new brand, according to industry sources.
Top 5 share of semi industry capex to set new record in 2019
Wednesday 6 November 2019The share of semiconductor industry capital spending held by the top-5 companies (Samsung, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix and Micron) is forecast to reach an all-time high of 68% this year,...
Number of 300mm wafer fabs to grow through 2023, says IC Insights
Tuesday 19 March 2019The number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in operation continues to increase. With nine new 300mm wafer fabs scheduled to open in 2019, the worldwide number of operational...
Smartphone shipments in China fall to lowest since 2013, says Canalys
Tuesday 29 January 2019Smartphone shipments in China totaled 396 million units in 2018, the lowest level since 2013, according to Canalys. Shipments for the fourth quarter of 2018 fell for the seventh consecutive...
Advanced-node technology driving TSMC revenue per wafer, says IC Insights
Monday 15 October 2018The average revenue generated from processed wafers among the four biggest pure-play foundries - TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and SMIC - is expected to be US$1,138 in 2018 when expressed...
Zhao Weiguo resigns from two Tsinghua Unigroup subsidiaries
Monday 9 April 2018Zhao Weiguo has resigned as chairman of both Unisplendour and Unigroup Guoxin, as well as from their boards of directors. Zhao remains chairman of China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup,...
Almost 100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed from 2009-2017, says IC Insights
Friday 2 March 2018Semiconductor manufacturers around the world have closed or repurposed 92 wafer fabs from 2009-2017, according to data compiled by IC Insights.
Graphics card vendors upbeat about crytocurrency mining
Thursday 19 October 2017As the values for some major cryptocurrencies continue rising and prolonging related graphics card demand, graphics card vendors, including Asustek Computer who was originally conservative...
China could enhance its position in post-Moore's Law era, says former TSMC COO
Wednesday 23 August 2017China'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...
Graphics cards seeing strong demand thanks to Bitcoin mining
Monday 5 June 2017With Bitcoin mining becoming popular recently, demand for AMD-based graphics cards has been picking up and caused shortages in the market. Strong demand also increased demand for...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan server revenues to rise 4.7% in 2015; global server shipments to drop 6.3%
Tuesday 20 October 2015Taiwan's revenues for server motherboards, servers, storage devices and related network equipment are expected to rise 4.7% on year to reach NT$494.3 billion (US$15.28 billion) in...
IC distributor ANStek revenues and profits climb to 3-year highs
Tuesday 31 March 2015IC distributor Answer Technology (ANStek) has reported net profits of NT$175 million (US$5.6 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$3.19 billion for 2014. Both profit and revenue...
Digitimes Research: South Korea 2013 robot production valued at KRW2.42 trillion
Monday 16 March 2015South Korea recorded production value of KWR2.42 trillion (US$2.3 billion) for robots mainly used in the industrial segment during 2013, growing on year by 6.5%, while KWR737.6 billion...
ASRock ships 6.2 million motherboards in 2014; expects to return to 7 million units in 2015
Wednesday 4 February 2015ASRock shipped 6.2 million motherboards in 2014, far below its expectation at the beginning of the year and down from 7.6 million units in 2013 as the vendor decided to not join the...
PTI profits soar in 2014
Wednesday 28 January 2015Packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) swung to net profits of NT$3.24 billion (US$104.3 million) from losses of NT$3.21 billion in 2013. Net EPS for 2014 came to...
Foxconn taking different approach on patent management
Tuesday 27 January 2015Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has recently changed its strategy for patent acquisition and instead of trying to push the number of patents, the Taiwan-based maker...
Global semiconductor sales through November outpace 2013 level, says SIA
Tuesday 6 January 2015Worldwide sales of semiconductors for November 2014 reached US$29.7 billion, an increase of 9.1% from a year ago when sales were US$27.2 billion, according to SIA. Compared to the...
Demand for LED chipsets to increase to 1.4 billion in 2018, says DisplaySearch
Thursday 25 December 2014The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018. According to DisplaySearch, measured in standard units (500...
Smart TV sales to reach 228 million in 2018, says Futuresource
Tuesday 18 November 2014Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21% CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Worldwide IoT market forecast to grow from US$1.3 trillion in 2013 to US$3.04 trillion in 2020, says IDC
Monday 10 November 2014The worldwide IoT market is forecast to grow from US$1.3 trillion in 2013 to US$3.04 trillion in 2020 with a CAGR of 13%, according to IDC.
Global lamp revenues expected to increase from US$29.1 billion in 2013 to US$34.6 billion in 2019, says IHS
Friday 7 November 2014Global lamp revenues are expected to increase from US$29.1 billion in 2013 to US$34.6 billion in 2019, equivalent to a six-year CAGR of 2.4%. During the same time period, worldwide...