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Friday 22 March 2019
TSMC gaining foundry steam from China IC design houses
TSMC has seen a significant pickup in foundry demand for AI, IoT and 5G chips from China's IC design sector and global tech firms seeking to develop chips on their own, according...
Friday 22 March 2019
Lite-On Semi to enjoy double-digit revenue increase in 2Q19
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, is expected to see its second-quarter revenues register a double-digit sequential growth as it will soon kick...
Friday 22 March 2019
Chin-Poon reports decreased revenues, earnings for 2018
Automotive PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has reported decreased revenues and earnings for 2018 due to production losses resulting from a fire that broke out at its production line...
Friday 22 March 2019
Spirox, ShibaSoku team up
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has signed a new contract with Japan's ShibaSoku under which Spirox will sell ShibaSoku's semiconductor test...
Thursday 21 March 2019
PCB maker Career Tech drops private placement plan
PCB maker Career Technology has decided to drop its plan of issuing common shares through private investment as it has to adjust its business operations to counter a substantial cut...
Thursday 21 March 2019
ASE to roll out AiP technology for 5G mmWave
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) under ASE Technology Holding will have its antenna-in-package (AiP) technology ready for volume production for 5G mmWave applications, including...
Thursday 21 March 2019
GIS to ramp up in-display fingerprint sensor shipments to Samsung starting 2Q19
General Interface Solution (GIS) is likely to be able to ramp up shipments of its in-display fingerprint sensors to Samsung Electronics starting the second quarter of 2019 after related...
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Taiwan consumer IC shipments start ramping up in March
Taiwan consumer IC designers are enjoying a significant shipment ramp-up in March, which may last into the second quarter, traditionally the high season for consumer electronics shipments,...
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Zhonghuan Semiconductor to expand capacity by 167%
The second largest China-based solar-grade mono-Si wafer maker Zhonghuan Semiconductor will invest CNY9 billion (US$1.34 billion) to set up a factory with annual production capacity...
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Global IC output value to drop in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Global semiconductor production value may end its three-year growth streak in 2019, due partly to memory market demand likely to shrink in the year from 2018 and partly to global...
Wednesday 20 March 2019
SJSemi rolls out AiP technology for 5G and millimeter waves
SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has unveiled its ultrawideband dual-polarization antenna-in-package (AiP) technology for 5G millimeter-wave applications.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Taiwan panel and driver IC firms to form COF substrate JV
Speculation has circulated recently in Taiwan's industry about a new company that will be set up jointly by the local LCD panel and driver IC companies to specialize in the manufacture...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Taiwan panel firms likely to stay unprofitable until 2Q19
Major Taiwan-based LCD panel makers are unlikely to make profits until the second quarter of 2019 at the earliest as continued price falls of large-size panels will offset a rebound...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Flexium building 5G FPCB antenna modules plant in southern Taiwan
Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has kicked off construction of a new plant in Kaoshiung, southern Taiwan, which will serve as the firm's 5G smart communication business operating...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
SEMICON China 2019 to open March 20
SEMICON China 2019 will open March 20 for a three-day run at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with global semiconductor industrial chains to showcase their latest technologies,...