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Friday 7 September 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in August
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect have all posted sequential...
Friday 7 September 2018
Sumco halts production after quake hits Hokkaido
Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...
Friday 7 September 2018
ITRI, SEMI, Taiwan universities team up to develop flexible hybrid electronics technology
To promote precision sports, ITRI, SEMI, Chang Gung University (CGU), and National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) have signed an agreement to jointly develop flexible hybrid electronics...
Friday 7 September 2018
CPT expects panel shipments to rebound in 4Q18
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported flat sales performance for August, but expects revenues to pick up in the fourth quarter of 2018 on shipments of new products.
Friday 7 September 2018
Backend firm Amkor to expand capacity in Taiwan
Amkor Technology will soon start operating a new factory at its manufacturing site in Longtan, northern Taiwan for wafer-level packaging (WLP) and wafer test services. The arrival...
Friday 7 September 2018
NXP, FII partners on IIoT
NXP Semiconductors will provide Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) with its iIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform solutions and technical support., according to an MOU signed...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Innovation to drive future semiconductor market growth, says Morris Chang
Speaking at a forum during the ongoing Semicon Taiwan 2018, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang said the semiconductor industry will outgrow global...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Global smartphone AP demand forecast till 1Q 2019
This DIGITIMES Special Report provides insights into various aspects of the smartphone AP market, including suppliers' shipments, market shares, manufacturing processes, and the incorporating...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Actualizing InfoSec defense crucial for IIoT operations
Sending shockwaves through the manufacturing sector, the virus infection incident seen in early August at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has fueled great concerns...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Elan revenues hit record for 2nd consecutive month
Touch and fingerprint sensor supplier Elan Microelectronics has reported August revenues increased 3.9% sequentially to NT$820 million (US$26.6 million) hitting an all-time high for...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Himax teams up with MediaTek, Megvii for 3D sensing solutions
Himax Technologies has announced it is teaming up with fellow IC design company MediaTek and Megvii, a China-based facial recognition start-up, to offer active stereo camera (ASC)...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Global semiconductor sales increase 17% in July, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$39.5 billion for the month of July 2018, an increase of 17.4% compared to the July 2017 total of US$33.6 billion, according to the Semiconductor...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Realtek posts record August revenues
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has posted consolidated revenues of NT$4.08 billion (US$132.4 million) for August 2018, up 5.8% sequentially and hitting a record...
Thursday 6 September 2018
PCB firm Apex posts record August revenues
Apex International, which provides PCBs mainly for TVs and other home appliances, has reported consolidated revenues for August 2018 hit a record high of NT$1.19 billion (US$38.6...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Intel PSG expected to see rising demand for FPGA products
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group (PSG), a business sector focusing primarily on FPGA accelerator development, is expected to seeing rising sales with more adoption from datacenter...