45 news items tagged fingerprint recognition
Tianma develops multi-point fingerprint sensing solutions
Wednesday 22 July 2020Chinese flat panel maker Tianma Microelectronics has developed a multi-point in-display fingerprint sensing solution that can apply to a wide variety of end-market devices.
Taiwan startups intro smart security solutions incorporating fingerprint ID, blockchain at CES 2020
Thursday 9 January 2020Taiwan startups are demonstrating at CES 2020 a variety of smart tech solutions incorporating fingerprint recognition, blockchain and data visualization technologies to enhance online...
VIS lands new clients amid trade war, but conservative about 2H19
Monday 17 June 2019Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is optimistic about longer-term business prospects as it has enjoyed an increase of new clients amid the US-China trade war, although prospects...
PC chip demand to stay sluggish through 2Q19
Friday 29 March 2019CPU shortages continued driving down global PC shipments in the first quarter of 2019 and even blurring order visibility for the second quarter. This, in turn, is seen to dim business...
Most Taiwan IC designers may miss initial 5G opportunities
Thursday 7 March 2019Despite 5G business opportunities set to bud in 2019 and start fermenting in 2020, most Taiwan IC designers may be marginalized in the 5G era as they can hardly afford heavy investment...
AgisTec fingerprint ID chip shipments to soar starting March
Monday 25 February 2019Taiwan IC designer Agis Technology is expected to see its shipments of capacitive fingerprint identification chips surge starting March, as the company is to fulfill orders from Samsung...
Smartphone vendors see increasing profit pressure
Wednesday 20 February 2019Brand smartphone vendors may see their profits fall significantly in 2019 as they are investing heavily in upgrading their models despite sluggish terminal market demand, according...
Fierce competition to drag down prices for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors
Tuesday 18 December 2018Prices for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) solutions and optical fingerprint sensors will be dragged down by increasingly intense competition in both chip segments during...
Intel CPU shortfalls may ease in 1Q19, benefiting Taiwan chip vendors
Wednesday 28 November 2018Taiwan-based IC design houses expect to see a new wave of orders from downstream PC and notebook clients before the Lunar New Year holidays in early February at the earliest, as the...
Lens maker AOET expects automotive, fingerprint recognition applications to drive growth in 2019
Friday 19 October 2018Optical lens maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET) expects lenses for automotive cameras and fingerprint recognition to be the main business growth drivers in 2019, according...
IC designers gearing up to embrace biometric ID market boom
Thursday 13 September 2018IC design houses in Taiwan and China including Egis Technology (Egistec), Goodix Technology, FocalTech Systems and Silead Microelectronics are gearing up to upgrade and expand their...
UMC, VIS to enforce 8-inch foundry capacity expansions
Wednesday 8 August 2018As 8-inch wafer foundry capacity supply is expected to fall short of demand through at least 2020, Taiwan foundry houses including United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International...
Adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors for smartphones to top 100 million units by 2019, IHS says
Friday 27 April 2018Smartphone brands are expected to increase their adoption of under-display fingerprint sensors, which allow phones to have full-screen displays with an invisible fingerprint feature,...
Elan to downsize capital by 30%
Wednesday 18 April 2018Touch and fingerprint sensor supplier Elan Microelectronics has disclosed its board of directors has approved a plan to reduce paid-in capital by NT$1.302 billion (US$44.3 million),...
China smartphone vendors debut new models to tap high-end market
Monday 2 April 2018China smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi have lately launched their respective 2018 flagship devices boasting high price-performance ratios and multiple smart functions,...
New packaging tech FOPLP rising to spur demand for advanced equipment
Wednesday 28 March 2018Major IC packaging and testing players are actively developing an advanced fan-out panel level packaging (FOPLP) technology that can package chips on panels larger than 8-inch or...
Android smartphones vendors turning to in-display fingerprint scanners
Friday 23 March 2018Smartphone vendors in the Android camp are rushing to incorporate in-display fingerprint recognition technology into their 18:9 all-screen models as they have turned conservative...
TDDI chipmakers see shipment boom eroded by price competition
Monday 12 March 2018Taiwan IC designers will see their shipments of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips and fingerprint recognition chips sustain growth momentum in 2018, but looming price-cutting...
Taiwan diode makers hike prices by 7-15% to reflect cost increases
Friday 2 March 2018Taiwan-based diode makers have raised their quotes by 7-15% to reflect increases in costs for materials such as copper and silicon epi wafer and for wafer fabrication, with prices...
Global fingerprint-enabled smartphone shipments hit 920 million units in 2017
Thursday 11 January 2018Global shipments of smartphones with fingerprint sensors totaled 920 million units in 2017, representing a penetration rate of 64%, and shipments of such smartphones are likely to...
Apple Watch 3 shipment growth to benefit Taiwan IC packagers in 2018
Monday 11 December 2017Shipments of Apple Watch 3 are expected to surge 20% on year to reach 23-25 million units in the coming year, which will greatly benefit Taiwan players in the supply, particularly...
Egistec likely to supply fingerprint sensors for Samsung Galaxy S9, report says
Tuesday 28 November 2017Taiwan-based Egis Technology (Egistec) has been identified as the most-likely fingerprint sensor supplier for Samsung's flagship smartphone series slated for launch in the first quarter...
Strong demand prompts VIS to mull new fab plan
Wednesday 8 November 2017Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is evaluating the feasibility of establishing a new fab or buying an existing one to ramp up capacity to meet increasing...
eMemory unveils auto-grade EEPROM IP
Wednesday 1 November 2017Silicon IP provider eMemory has expanded its high-endurance NVM (non-volatile memory) offerings with an upgraded EEPROM (electrically-erasable programmable read only memory) which...
Low yield rates for 3D sensing modules to blame for smartphone shipment delays
Thursday 5 October 2017Low yield rates during production for 3D sensing modules to be incorporated into Apple's iPhone X and other Android-based smartphone brands have forced major global vendors to postpone...