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Monday 3 September 2018
Eight-inch foundries face unclear order visibility in 4Q18
Eight-inch IC foundries have seen order visibility become unclear for the fourth quarter of 2018, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Thursday 23 August 2018
TSMC to start making Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in 4Q18, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will start fabricating Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon 800 series SoC chips in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a report...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Driver IC backend firms ink 3-year supply contracts
Driver IC backend specialists have inked supply deals with several of their fabless clients, and have promised sufficient capacity for COF (chip-on-film) packaging over the next three...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Samsung extends semiconductor market lead in 1H18, says IC Insights
With the continuation of the strong surge in the DRAM and NAND flash markets over the past year, Samsung Electronics went from having only 1% more total semiconductor sales than Intel...
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA builds science park in Xiamen
As China's largest chipmaker, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA expects to roll out its 12nm chip solutions in 2019 and 7nm chipsets in 2020 to support AI, autonomous driving, cloud and...
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Faraday expects to post 25% revenue growth in 3Q18
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects to post revenue growth of 25% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018 thanks to growing...
Friday 27 July 2018
MOSFET packager GEM enjoys rising orders from China
Taiwan-based GEM Services has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders from many China-based fabless MOSFET suppliers, and is expected to see its revenues from China-based clients grow significantly...
Thursday 26 July 2018
IC foundries seeing 8-inch fab capacity remain tight
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Lite-On Semi enjoys robust diode demand for industrial, servers
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has enjoyed robust diode demand for industrial control and server applications which will buoy the company's sales...
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Global 1Q18 semiconductor industry posts US$115.8 billion in revenues, IHS says
Global semiconductor industry revenues declined 3.4% in the first quarter of 2018 falling to US$115.8 billion, according to IHS Markit. Semiconductor industry performance was negatively...
Friday 22 June 2018
Silicon Optronics to start biochip shipments in 2H18
As the world's No. 3 supplier of CMOS image sensors for security and surveillance purposes, Silicon Optronics (SOI) will be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in July 2018...
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Lite-On Semi posts revenue growth in May
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for May 2018 increased 15% on year and 2% sequentially to NT$1.12 billion (US$37.5...
Friday 8 June 2018
TSMC accelerating 7nm process production plan to meet demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...
Thursday 7 June 2018
Novatek May revenues hit 40-month high
Fabless LCD driver IC firm Novatek Microelectronics saw its revenues hit a 40-month high of NT$4.57 billion (US$153.6 million) in May 2018.
Wednesday 30 May 2018
IC sector prospering in Hefei, China
The IC industry in Hefei is one of the fast-growing IC industry clusters in China. In less than three years, a total of 129 IC companies including fabless firms, foundries and backend...