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Monday 20 May 2019
Intel regains semiconductor market lead from Samsung
Intel replaced Samsung as the number one quarterly semiconductor supplier in the fourth quarter of 2018, after losing the lead spot to Samsung in the second quarter of 2017, according...
Friday 10 May 2019
Taiwan LCD TVs – 1Q 2019
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments plunged 35.5% sequentially to reach only 6.26 million units in the first quarter of 2019 due mainly to seasonality and decreased ODM/OEM orders.
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Sony promoting its Crystal LED display products in Taiwan
Sony has geared up its efforts to promote its ultra large-size Crystal LED (CLED) displays in the Taiwan market, targeting the premium large-size display segment for customized applications...
Tuesday 16 April 2019
AMD 7nm chips for next-generation PlayStation to be ready in 3Q20
AMD's 7nm CPU and GPU are expected to be adopted by Sony in its next-generation PlayStation and the processors are estimated to be ready in the third quarter of 2020 for the games...
Monday 15 April 2019
Sony maintains lead in diverse O-S-D market
Companies selling optoelectronics currently dominate the ranking of the top-10 O-S-D (optoelectronics, sensors/actuators and discretes) suppliers, according to IC Insights. Nine of...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Niche-IC backend specialists enjoy strong 1Q19
GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...
Monday 18 March 2019
Sony Mobile revises downward fiscal 2018 smartphone shipment target
Sony Mobile Communications has revised downward its shipment target for smartphones for fiscal 2018 (April 2019-March 2019) to 6.5 million units from seven million projected previo...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Taiwan LCD TVs – 4Q 2018
Taiwan makers shipped nearly 9.7 million LCD TVs in the fourth quarter of 2018, up 13.9% sequentially, but down 2.7% on year.
Thursday 7 March 2019
New smartphones from Samsung, Sony Mobile to weigh on China rivals in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications have mounted pressure on rival China-based handset brands by stepping up efforts to promote their latest smartphone models in the...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Sony Mobile unveils new flagship at MWC
Sony Mobile Communications has unveiled its new flagship model, the Xperia 1, together with two new mid-tier models, the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus, at MWC 2019, with plans to launch...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2018

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Tuesday 19 February 2019
CIS backend firm Kingpak to post 10-15% revenue growth in 2019
CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service provider Kingpak Technology is expected to enjoy revenue growth of 10-15% in 2019 with higher profits than year-ago levels, according to market...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Four China firms among top 10 chip buyers in 2018, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the top-10...
Monday 17 December 2018
Taiwan IC distributors look to IoT, 5G for 2019 growth
With the AI and 5G markets set to flourish, chip demand for HPC, IoT and cloud servers is expected to enjoy substantial growth in 2019, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC dist...