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Tuesday 3 December 2019
5G chip price to stay above US$100 in 1H20
5G mobile SoC unit price will stay above US$100 in the first half of 2020, several times that for 4G solutions, as tight capacity at TSMC's 7nm node is likely to keep production cost...
Friday 14 June 2019
Chip demand for 5G phones ramping up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen brand handset vendors slow down their pace of orders for 4G models, but start ramping up demand for new-generation 5G devices, according to...
Wednesday 26 December 2018
Handset chip prices to stay stable in 2019 on more AI penetration
Smaller vendors of TDDI, optical fingerprint identification and Type-C PD chips are reportedly lowering quotes to vie for orders in 2019, but the average unit prices of smartphone...
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.
Monday 1 August 2016
MediaTek revenue growth to slow
MediaTek, which enjoyed stronger-than-expected revenue growth in the second quarter of 2016, will see its revenues grow at a slower pace in the second half of the year, according...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
MediaTek looks to emerging markets for 2016 growth
China has seen robust 4G smartphone demand during 2015, and demand for 4G devices in India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East is set to rise in 2016 driving MediaTek's...
Monday 7 December 2015
MediaTek reports robust November revenues
MediaTek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.96 billion (US$640 million) for November 2015, up 24.9% on year. The figure was also the third-highest record in the company's...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Handset chip vendors to promote peripheral chips in 2016
Handset chipset solution vendors, including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are likely to focus on promoting peripheral chips such as fast/wireless charging chips,...
Friday 6 November 2015
MediaTek posts record October revenues
Acquiring analog IC specialist Richtek Technology boosted MediaTek's revenues for October 2015 to a record high.
Monday 2 November 2015
Falling handset-IC prices put pressure on gross margin, says MediaTek
Intense competition among handset-IC suppliers has led to falling chip prices affecting negatively MediaTek's gross margin performance, according to company president Ching-Jiang...
Friday 7 August 2015
MediaTek July revenues slip
MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$17.91 billion (US$565.8 million) for July 2015, down 7.1% on year.
Friday 31 July 2015
Taiwan IC design houses expect orders for handsets to pick up in August
IC demand for handsets is expected to pick up in August buoyed by an influx of orders from China, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Monday 27 July 2015
4G phone chip prices to fall 50% in 1 year
Prices for 4G smartphone chip solutions, which have fallen about 40% so far in 2015, will continue their downward trend in the second half of the year. Prices will fall an overall...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Prices for 4- and 8-core handset chips to fall
Prices for 8-core handset chips are set to fall below US$10 in 2015 while those for quad-core chips will slip to US$5, as chipmakers start a price war, according to industry sources...
Monday 23 March 2015
China market: Falling handset IC prices put supplier gross margins under pressure
Handset IC suppliers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum tend to lower prices to win orders from their major clients, which may negatively affect their gross margin performance...