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Monday 24 December 2018
EMEA server spending increases 24.5% on year in 3Q18, says IDC
In the third quarter of 2018 the EMEA server market reported an on-year increase in vendor revenues of 24.5% to US$4 billion and an on-year increase of 2.9% in units shipped to 551,000,...
Monday 24 December 2018
DTS engaging partners in Taiwan to boost IMAX enhanced program for a new upbeat on consumer devices
While looking back at the past year, there's several big things hit in media and entertainment world. They are HDR (short for high dynamic range), 4K resolution and immersive sound...
Friday 21 December 2018
M31 to list on Taiwan OTC market in January 2019
Silicon IP provider M31 Technology is slated to list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) securities market in the latter half of January 2019, according to company chairman and CEO...
Friday 21 December 2018
Over cut in 2019 FIT to frustrate PV power development, says URE chairman
As Taiwan's tentative feed-in tariff (FIT) rate of NT$3.7728 (US$0.1225)/kWh for ground-mounted PV power-generating stations and that of NT$4.1665/kWh for floating PV power-generating...
Friday 21 December 2018
TSMC advises fabless clients to place orders with multiple fabs
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has advised its IC design clients mainly those demanding 8-inch fab capacity to split their orders at multiple...
Friday 21 December 2018
Taiwan PCB makers reluctant to relocate production to India
India has taken tariff means to drive vendors of smartphones and other electronics devices as well as their supply chain partners to set up manufacturing operations in the country,...
Friday 21 December 2018
CPT to resume operations of its fabs in Taiwan soon
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has said that it expects to resume the operations of its two fabs in northern Taiwan by the noon of December 22 after its key industrial gas supplier,...
Friday 21 December 2018
Anji performs strongly in 3Q18
While most of Taiwan-based PV makers have suffered continued net losses for quarters, PV module maker and PV power generation project undertaker Anji Technology recorded net EPS of...
Friday 21 December 2018
Taiwan export order value dropping in November, says MOEA
Taiwan's export order value totaled US$47.68 billion in November, decreasing 2.7% on month and 2.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...
Friday 21 December 2018
AMEC 5nm plasma etching tools verified by TSMC
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) announced recently its in-house developed 5nm plasma etching tools have been verified by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM...
Thursday 20 December 2018
No surprises if Intel quits contract chipmaking market
Intel's recent announcement about refocusing its manufacturing resources on its own products has raised speculation again that the company may discontinue its so-called custom foundry...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Foundries see orders for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors ramp up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their fabless customers particularly those engaged in the TDDI (touch and display...
Thursday 20 December 2018
CIS demand set to grow robustly in 2019
The market for CMOS image sensors is expected to see robust growth in 2019, thanks to brisk demand for multi-lens handsets, cars equipped with ADAS capabilities, and security control...
Thursday 20 December 2018
North America semi equipment industry billings fall in November, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Taiwan science minister urges support for startups
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will lead 44 tech startup companies to attend CES 2019 in Las Vegas in January 2019, MOST minister Liang-Gee Chen announced on We...