IC design service company Global Unichip has revised downward its revenue forecast this year to a double-digit drop from the flat growth estimated previously.

Taiwan IC backend service firms are moving to carry out capacity expansions to meet increased shipment demand from Huawei and its chipmaking arm HiSilicon, which, coupled with growing...

China-based Bitmain Technologies has reportedly placed around US$300 million worth of orders with TSMC for processing 30,000 wafers on 7nm node amid speculated sharp increase in demand...

Backend houses have seen a pickup in short lead-time orders for crypto mining ASICs recently, driven by significant upturn of Bitcoin prices, according to industry sources.

IC design service company Global Unichip should be able to post flat revenue growth in 2019, despite unfavorable global trade conditions and weakening demand for cryptocurrency mining...

Pingtouge Semiconductor, Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary, reportedly has placed orders for 7nm chip solutions with Global Unichip and TSMC.

IC design service company Global Unichip has reported net profits of NT$988 million (US$32 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$13.46 billion for 2018, with both results hitting...

Taiwan-based graphics card players, Nvidia and semiconductor players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Global Unichip and Faraday Technology are expected...

Taiwan-based ASIC vendors expect staggering growth in orders in the next few years, driven by demand from the high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors...

Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip is likely to post revenue growth of 11-13% sequentially in 2018, a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report quoted...

Globalfoundries announced in August 2018 its decision to put 7nm FinFET R&D on hold indefinitely in a move to intensify the company's focus on delivering differentiated 14/12nm...

Taiwan IC designers capable of providing crypto mining ASIC solutions are feeling increasing pressure from customers postponing shipments and new product development amid Bitcoin...

Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek is developing at full throttle ASICs for customers, posing increasing competition pressure to IC design service providers including Global Unichip and Alchip...

IC design service company Global Unichip has reported net profits increased 24.8% sequentially to NT$280 million (US$8.96 million) in the third quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and its design services partners have recently seen orders for cryptocurrency mining chips pick up, as major crypto mining machine...

Taiwan makers of mining graphic cards and motherboards will see their revenue and profit prospects for the second half of 2018 dimmed by the sustained crypto mining chill as demand...

The cryptocurrency mining chill has weakened demand for graphics cards, with suppliers planning to axe prices trying to clear their inventory. Sales of ASIC mining systems have also...

With TSMC ramping up its 7nm chip output and gearing up for 5nm risk production, the foundry's ecosystem partners including equipment and photomask suppliers, IP developers and EDA...

Affected by the abrupt fading of crypto mining craze starting in April 2018, suppliers of mining graphic cards are plagued by increasingly high inventories, and players in the supply...

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...

With USB Type-C connector gaining momentum to become a mainstream interface for smartphones, PCs and notebooks, global market demand for Type-C chips is estimated to see an annual...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have received requests from customers in the cryptocurrency mining sector to defer shipments of mining ASICs amid lackluster replacement demand for mining...

With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...

The growing application of AI to terminal devices has triggered a new wave of IC design and IP resources reorganization, with device makers showing increasing demand for ASICs, either...

IC design service company Global Unichip has reported consolidated revenues for February 2018 increased 15.8% sequentially to NT$906 million (US$30.9 million).