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Tuesday 29 January 2019
Holtek enters wireless headset supply chains of China handset vendors
Despite lackluster sales performance of iPhones, Apple's Airpods have ushered in a new market for wireless Bluetooth headsets, prompting China smartphone vendors such as Huawei and...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
PCB makers see little impact from Huawei 5G equipment boycott
Despite the raging US-led campaign to boycott 5G network equipment supplied by China's leading telecom equipment maker Huawei, Taiwan PCB makers are less worried about its possible...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
IT panel prices to see milder drops in 1Q19
Prices for IT (notebook and monitor) panels will continue to fall in the first quarter of 2019 amid seasonal factors. But the range of reductions will be smaller due to decreased...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
BOE to lead in China smartphone panel sector, says Digitimes Research
BOE Technology, which has adopted an aggressive strategy by foraying into the flexible AMOLED panel sector and stopping further investment in LTPS TFT LCD technology, is likely to...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
TSMC production affected by substandard chemical
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that yield rates were affected by certain substandard chemical used in the manufacturing process, following media reports...
Monday 28 January 2019
ASMedia lands mainstream PCIe chip design orders from AMD
Taiwan's ASMedia Technology is expected to land contract design orders for all mainstream PCIe chips from AMD even after the US chipmaker rolls out X570 motherboard chipsets that...
Monday 28 January 2019
Taiwan firms gearing up for OLED market boom
With more LCD panel suppliers capable of producing in commercial volume OLED displays for smartphones, Taiwan-based driver IC firms and related backend houses are gearing up to grow...
Monday 28 January 2019
Unimicron raises capex budget for 2019
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has decided to increase its capex budget this year by NT$2.32 billion (US$75.5 million) to total NT$8.3 billion, according to a...
Monday 28 January 2019
Huawei makes early preparations for 5G
As China's leading smartphone and telecom equipment maker, Huawei is moving at full throttles to strengthen its capabilities for the upcoming 5G commercialization era by placing orders...
Friday 25 January 2019
Egistec swings to loss in 4Q18
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) swung to net losses of NT$40 million (US$1.3 million) in the fourth quarter of 2018, while consolidated revenues fell 24.4% sequentially...
Friday 25 January 2019
Semiconductor unit shipments top 1 trillion in 2018, says IC Insights
Annual semiconductor unit shipments, including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete (O-S-D) devices, grew 10% in 2018 and surpassed the one trillion unit...
Friday 25 January 2019
Semiconductor equipment billings register another on-year drop
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment posted a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive month in December 2018.
Friday 25 January 2019
Intel reports 13% revenues growth for 2018
Intel has disclosed it achieved revenue growth in nearly every business segment in fourth-quater 2018, and in 2018 every segment of the business set new annual all-time revenue rec...
Thursday 24 January 2019
Intel, MediaTek, Qualcomm dominating 5G modem chips supply
While chipmakers and brand vendors of smartphones are striving to seek a preemptive presence in the segments of 5G IPs, patents and AP chips, the most critical 5G modem chip solutions...
Thursday 24 January 2019
Makers eye stable automotive PCB shipments for ADAS in 2019
Taiwan PCB makers do not expect any significant growth in 2019 sales of automotive boards amid lackluster car sales worldwide, but they are expected to maintain stable shipments of...