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Friday 26 April 2019
Novatek net profits more than double in 1Q19
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported net profits surged 114.7% from a year earlier to NT$1.97 billion (US$63.6 million) in the first quarter of 2019...
Friday 26 April 2019
China smartphone AP shipments picking up
Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments in China are forecast to increase 34.6% sequentially in the second quarter, following a 25.7% decline in the first quarter, according...
Thursday 25 April 2019
Alliance to be formed in Taiwan to develop AI bionic chips, says ITRI
Taiwan will soon set up an "AI on chip" alliance to develop AI bionic chips for a variety of applications, with the first such chip expected to be released by the end of 2019 for...
Thursday 25 April 2019
Samsung to invest KRW133 trillion in logic chips
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to invest KRW133 trillion (US$116 billion) over the years before 2030 to strengthen the competitiveness of its non-memory chip business.
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Semiconductor equipment billings register another sequential drop
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment posted a sequential decline for the third consecutive month in March.
Wednesday 24 April 2019
UltraChip 2Q19 revenues to soften on weak ESL chips demand
UltraChip, Taiwan's largest supplier of electronic shelf label (ESL) chips, is expected to see a lackluster second quarter of 2019 in terms of revenue performance due mainly to clients...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
PCB firm Tripod Tech kicking off NT$2 billion capacity expansion
Taiwan-based Tripod Technology has disclosed it has signed a contract worth NT$2 billion (US$64.8 million) for the construction of additional production lines at its manufacturing...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Intel launches latest-generation CPUs for mobile
Intel has launched its latest mobile processors: the 9th Gen Intel Core mobile H-series processors, designed for gamers and creators with demand for performance.
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Zhen Ding to start shipping automotive PCB in 2019
Zhen Ding Technology is expected to begin shipments of its rigid-flex PCBs for automotive camera modules later in 2019, according to industry sources. The PCB manufacturer will start...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Nvidia announces new GPUs for gaming notebooks and desktops
Nvidia has introduced the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 Turing-based GPUs for gaming notebooks, which deliver a major jump in overall performance and power efficiency.
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Globalfoundries, On Semi agree to transfer ownership of 300mm fab in New York
Globalfoundries and ON Semiconductor have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semi to acquire a 300mm fab located in East Fishkill, New York, according to the companies.
Tuesday 23 April 2019
MediaTek gearing up for 5G smartphone market boom in China
MediaTek is expected to kick off shipments of its Helio M70 5G modem chips to China smartphone vendors in the second quarter of 2019 to cash in on the first wave of 5G business opportunities,...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
BOE leads in TV panel shipments in 1Q19
China-based BOE Technology outraced all other rivals to become the world's top supplier for TV panels in the first quarter of 2019, both in terms of unit and panel area shipments,...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for Android phones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for Android smartphones pick up in the second quarter, thanks mainly to the upcoming rollouts of new models, according to industry so...
Tuesday 23 April 2019
OSE enjoys robust demand for flash memory
Memory backend specialist Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) has seen demand for flash memory products ramp up recently, and is expected to post sequential revenue growth through...