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Friday 25 May 2018
UMC holds 2018 China Technology Forum
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, recently held its 2018 China Technology Forum at Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai in Shanghai,...
Friday 25 May 2018
UMC to pour US$1.25 billion into China fab expansion
Taiwan-based pure-play foundry UMC plans to invest a total of US$1.25 billion in its China-based plants where production capacity will be expanded to meet local demand, said company...
Thursday 24 May 2018
China IC industry output value increases 21% in 1Q18
China's IC industry output value grew 20.8% from a year earlier to CNY115.29 billion (US$18.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the China...
Thursday 24 May 2018
CSOT to build 2nd 11G line
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has signed a deal which calls for an investment of up to CNY42.68 billion (US$6.682 billion) to build a new 11G flat panel plant - the...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Silicon wafer price uptrend to carry into 2020
Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Bosch seeking to continue double-digit growth in China
The Bosch Group is looking to continue its growth in China, where the Germany-based supplier of technology and services achieved sales of EUR14.9 billion (US$17.44) in 2017 - a double-digit...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Three China foundries gearing up for transition to sub-10nm process technology
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics, and memory foundry specialist Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are all gearing up for transition to...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Top China, Taiwan LED makers see alarming inventory levels
Sanan Optoelectronics and HC SemiTek - the two largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers - and Epistar, their biggest counterpart in Taiwan, have seen inventories piling...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Foundries encouraging fabless chipmakers to switch to 12-inch wafers
Pure-play foundries in China and Taiwan intend to encourage their fabless firms to transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing as their 8-inch fab capacity has been extremely tight,...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Legal and ethical issues concerning AI need to be addressed, says Microsoft executive VP
It is imperative that legal and ethical parameters be established as soon as possible to cope with the fast development of AI that has given rise to issues concerning prejudice, transparency...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
IC Insights raises semiconductor capex growth forecast for 2018
IC Insights has revised upward its semiconductor industry capex growth forecast for 2018 to 14% from 8%. The industry capital spending is also forecast to exceed US$100 billion for...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Microsoft to work with China Mobile in speech recognition
Microsoft will cooperate with China Mobile in developing speech recognition applications, the software giant has announced.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Chialin and CY Precision team up for China automotive market
Terminal connector makers Chialin Precision Industrial and CY Precision have signed a pact to co-develop automotive components and devices for the China market.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Micron and Intel intro QLC NAND flash
Micron Technology and Intel have announced joint production and shipments of what they claim to be the industry's first 4bits/cell 3D NAND technology. Leveraging a proven 64-layer...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Microsoft to enhance AI development in China, says executive VP
Microsoft will leverage its resources and partnerships to provide innovative solutions and tools to help China-based artificial intelligence (AI) developers seize business opportunities,...