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Wednesday 13 February 2019
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2018
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments slipped 22.1% sequentially and 23.1% on year to arrive at only 240.55 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018 due primarily to se...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Global Unichip posts record 2018 profit
IC design service company Global Unichip has reported net profits of NT$988 million (US$32 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$13.46 billion for 2018, with both results hitting...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
MediaTek to see revenues rebound in 2Q19
MediaTek is expected to see its second-quarter revenues rebound to over NT$60 billion (US$1.95 billion), thanks to mass shipments of its new Helio P90 and P35 mobile SoCs, as well...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Shipments of 3D sensing-enabled Android smartphones to boom, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of Android-based smartphones featuring 3D sensing technology are set to boom in 2019, propelled by the increasing adoption of back-end time-of-flight (ToF) sensor solutions,...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Foundry houses see poor order visibility for 2Q19
Taiwan foundry houses see poor order visibility for the second quarter of 2019, as domestic and international IC design houses need more time to digest their chip inventories, according...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Taiwan cryptocurrency mining supply chain to see sales drop in 1Q19
Taiwan-based graphics card players, Nvidia and semiconductor players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Global Unichip and Faraday Technology are expected...
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Global semiconductor sales increase 13.7% in 2018, says SIA
The global semiconductor industry posted sales of US$468.8 billion in 2018, the industry's highest-ever annual total and an increase of 13.7% compared to the 2017 total, according...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
More panel makers step into hole-punch display segment
More flat panel makers are enhancing their deployments in the hole-punch handset panel sector as more handset brands will follow the steps of Samsung Electronics and Huawei to launch...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Four China firms among top 10 chip buyers in 2018, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the top-10...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Chroma to buy 20.5% of Camtek
Camtek has announced that Chroma Ate, a Taiwan-based high precision test and measurement equipment provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 20.5%...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Nanya January revenues down, Winbond up
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its revenues fall to a 19-month low in January 2019, while niche-market DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics' revenues increased 5% on month.
Monday 11 February 2019
Apple supply chain: Flexible PCB makers plagued by lackluster iPhone sales
Among supply chain partners for iPhones, Taiwan's PCB makers have suffered significantly from the devices' latest wave of lackluster sales, with flexible board suppliers Zhen Ding...
Monday 11 February 2019
Apple supply chain: TSMC to remain sole iPhone chip supplier
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has given its cautious business and overall chip industry outlook this year, when the pure-play foundry is likely to remain the only...
Monday 11 February 2019
Spirox gains new clients
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, has signed new supply contracts but will terminate its long-term agreement with Xcerra.
Monday 11 February 2019
Hinge makers keen on MIM capacity expansions
Hinge makers are set to expand their metal injection molding (MIM) capacity in 2019 to satisfy increasing demand from notebook vendors, according to sources from the upstream supply...