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Tuesday 25 September 2018
North America semi equipment industry billings drop to 9-month low
The three-month average of worldwide billings of North America equipment manufacturers registered a sequential decrease for the third consecutive month in August 2018, reaching a...
Tuesday 25 September 2018
FocalTech files another patent lawsuit against Novatek
FocalTech Systems has stepped up its legal attack against Novatek Microelectronics, alleging another Novatek TDDI chip for infringing its patents.
Friday 21 September 2018
US, Europe equipment vendors reducing PV focus
US and Europe equipment vendors have reduced investment and R&D efforts for the PV sector in the wake shrinking demand from China, and instead are focusing more on the semiconductor...
Friday 21 September 2018
Imec, Taiwan national lab collaborate on imaging and optics
Imec has signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan's Instrument Technology Research Center of National Applied Research Laboratories (ITRC-NARLabs) under which both research...
Friday 21 September 2018
VIA enters Alibaba Cloud supply chain
VIA Technologies and Alibaba Cloud have together announced their latest AI Internet of Things (IoT) system ARTigo A920 at an event hosted by Alibaba in China.
Friday 21 September 2018
Vietnam boasts great ICT development potentials, says deputy MIC minister
Vietnam has a population of near 100 million and there are over 70 million handset and Internet users, providing a good foundation for stable development of the country's information...
Friday 21 September 2018
What is behind HPE reported call for switch to AMD?
HP Enterprise (HPE) has recently been said to have recommended its partners adopt its server products using AMD's platforms to avoid the impact of Intel processor shortages. But Digitimes...
Friday 21 September 2018
Phison upbeat about NAND controller chip market in 2019
NAND controller chipmaker Phison Electronics expects its shipments of NAND flash solutions for handset applications to expand exponentially in 2019 and those for SSD controller chips...
Friday 21 September 2018
AP Memory gearing up for transformation
AP Memory will be executing its business transformation between the fourth quarter of 2018 and first-half 2019, as the company is looking to improve its gross margin and profit performance,...
Thursday 20 September 2018
Alibaba to set up new semiconductor firm to develop own chips
China e-commerce giant Alibaba has disclosed plans to set up a new semiconductor company to focus on customized AI chips and embedded processors to support Alibaba's growing cloud...
Thursday 20 September 2018
Penetration of AI accelerating solutions in smartphones ramping, says Digitimes Research
Since both HiSilicon's Kirin 980 and Apple's A12 Bionic application processors come with AI (artificial intelligence) accelerators, the penetration rate of related AI-based accelerating...
Thursday 20 September 2018
China IC industry to gain solid footing in five years, says Tsinghu Unigroup chairman
China's IC industry is expected to establish a solid foothold in five years and go on to become a top-three or top-four player globally in 2028-2030, according to Zhao Weiguo, chairman...
Thursday 20 September 2018
China IC designers joining world-class ranks, says TSMC executive
China-based fabless IC firms have managed to become world-class chipmakers following 10 years of technology advancement, and they are now technologically on a par with global peers,...
Thursday 20 September 2018
Short lead-time orders to buoy September sales for Taiwan IC designers
A pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs and set-top boxes is set to buoy revenues at Taiwan-based IC design houses in September, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 September 2018
PCB firm Zhen Ding subsidiary starts trading on SZSE
Avary Holding (Shenzhen), a unit of Taiwan-based PCB firm Zhen Ding Technology, has started trading its shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE).