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Wednesday 14 November 2018
TSMC approves new capex spending for capacity expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved the appropriation of around US$3.36 billion for new fab facility construction, and advanced-node and specialty technology...
Monday 12 November 2018
UMC says its DRAM technology design is different from Micron's
Taiwan-based pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has claimed its DRAM technology design is entirely different from Micron Technology's.
Monday 5 November 2018
Advantech and Phison unveil joint R&D results at China forum
NAND flash solution provider Phison Electronics during a recent forum hosted by Advantech in Suzhou, China, announced its latest high-speed SSD storage controller chips will support...
Friday 2 November 2018
UMC takes US charges 'very seriously'
United Microelectronics (UMC) has maintained that the latest trade secret theft charges brought against it by US authorities are "virtually the same" as the ones that Micron Technology...
Thursday 1 November 2018
UMC suspends R&D with China DRAM firm
With the US banning exports to Jinhua Integrated Circuit, United Microelectronics (UMC) will suspend its R&D assistance to the China-based DRAM firm until further notice, according...
Thursday 25 October 2018
Macronix gross margin drops to 35% in 3Q18
Macronix International saw its gross margin decline 10pp sequentially to 35% in the third quarter due mainly to an unfavorable product mix.
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Samsung, SK Hynix stepping up DRAM EUV technology R&D
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have already kicked off their respective DRAM EUV technology R&D, with Samsung likely to soon move the process to commercial production, according...
Tuesday 16 October 2018
ITRI to set up precision medicine R&D center
Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has signed letters of intent with National Taiwan University (NTU) Hospital, VtR Inc and Ingrowth Biotech to jointly...
Tuesday 2 October 2018
Silead starts under-display fingerprint sensor R&D
China-based fingerprint sensor supplier Silead has been engaged in the development of under-glass MEMS-based ultrasonic solutions, and expects to enter volume production of the under-display...
Thursday 27 September 2018
Qualcomm plans to set up two R&D centers in Taiwan
Qualcomm plans to establish a multimedia research and development (R&D) center and a mobile artificial intelligence (AI) enablement center in Taiwan, which are expected to begin...
Tuesday 18 September 2018
Stay focused: Q&A with NXP executive Steve Owen
NXP Semiconductors has gone through several periods of restructuring since its departure from Philips, followed by privatization, and mergers and acquisitions. Steve Owen, executive...
Friday 10 August 2018
TUL gearing up for blockckchain technology R&D
Taiwan-based TUL, specializing in AMD graphics cards, has announced a move to team up with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) and regtech (regulation &...
Thursday 2 August 2018
Intel 10nm delay raises speculation of foundry business scale-down
Intel will not introduce its 10nm chips until the fourth quarter of 2019, which has raised speculation that the company may scale down its foundry business.
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 sales...
Monday 23 July 2018
Sanan Optoelectronics extends to III-V compound semiconductors
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics has extended R&D and production to III-V compound semiconductors, mainly GaAs, GaN and InP epitaxial wafers...