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Friday 18 January 2019
Large-size 8K, OLED, gaming displays gaining momentum, says Digitimes Research
Large-size 8K TV, OLED and gaming display applications were the main focus of CES 2019, with a number of 8K TVs showcased by TV vendors likely to be commercialized in 2019, Digitimes...
Friday 18 January 2019
Acer founder expects elderly consumers to be opportunity for Taiwan IT industry
Acer founder Stan Shih has pointed out that Taiwan's IT sectors should work together to pursue the business opportunity from the elderly consumer group and can leverage the success...
Thursday 17 January 2019
CCL maker Elite Material sees robust demand for HDI boards in 2019
Taiwan's copper-clad laminate maker Elite Material (EMC) is expected to see 2019 revenue growth driven by robust demand from handset and automotive electronics sectors for its high-density...
Thursday 17 January 2019
AI, 5G to boost penetration of HDI PCBs in notebooks
Notebooks are getting smart along with growing application of 5G and AI technologies, driving up demand for high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs to support upgrades in designs, according...
Thursday 17 January 2019
Taiwan foundries to enjoy brisk demand for power discretes
Taiwan-based foundries including Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), Episil Technologies and Mosel Vitelic will continue to enjoy brisk demand for power discrete semiconductors...
Thursday 17 January 2019
Everlight showcasing mini LED automotive taillight at NEPCON Japan 2019
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is exhibiting a mini LED automotive taillight module and infrared (IR) LED modules at the NEPCON Japan 2019 taking place in Tokyo...
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Nvidia refocuses on PC graphics competition
Last year at CES, Nvidia's touted much about artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving. But at a CES 2019 pre-show, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang's focus clearly switched back...
Wednesday 16 January 2019
MediaTek eyes AI, auto, ASIC solutions as 2019 growth drivers
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek is gearing up to expand its businesses in AI, automotive electronics and ASIC sectors, internally dubbed as the "3A" plan, seeking to reverse in 2019 its...
Tuesday 15 January 2019
TV panel prices to fall further before emergence of silver lining
TV panel prices, which fell over 10% on average in the fourth quarter of 2018, will fall further in the first quarter of 2019 due to sluggish demand, but a silver lining is expected...
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Asustek Chromebook shipments to top one million units in 2019
Asustek Computer is expected to see its Chromebook shipments top one million units in 2019, thanks to its close relationship with Google and steady supplies from contract manufacturing...
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Worldwide semiconductor revenues grow 13% in 2018, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled US$476.7 billion in 2018, a 13.4% increase from 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Memory strengthened its position as the...
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Chin-Poon cautious about automotive PCB demand in 2019
Taiwan-based automotive PCB specialist Chin-Poon Industrial has expressed caution about its sales performance in 2019, citing unfavorable global trade conditions and a slowdown in...
Monday 14 January 2019
Inventec taps into 5G, automotive eletronics sectors
Taiwan notebook ODM Inventec saw its annual revenues soar past the NT$500 billion (US$16.20 billion) for the first time ever to reach NT$506.87 billion in 2018, up 8.42% on year....
Monday 14 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: PCB makers see new applications as growth driver
Taiwan PCB makers enjoyed strong growth in 2018 in shipments of their flexible boards, rigid-flex boards and substrate-like PCBs to new application sectors of datacenter servers and...
Monday 14 January 2019
WPG, WT Micro post record 2018 revenues
IC distributors WPG and WT Microelectronics both saw their December revenues register double-digit sequential decreases, but their revenues for all of 2018 still hit record-high le...