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Tuesday 7 August 2018
Silicon Motion expects SSD controller sales to increase over 30% in 2018
Silicon Motion Technology saw its pipeline of SSD controller projects with NAND flash makers increased over 50% sequentially in the second quarter. The company expects sales of its...
Monday 6 August 2018
Unimicron China subsidiary fined for violating environmental regulations
Unimicron Technology (Kunshan), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate manufacturer Unimicron, has been fined CNY380,000 (US$55,520) for breaking local environmental laws,...
Monday 6 August 2018
Apple reportedly among affected 7nm clients in TSMC virus incident
The computer virus outbreak at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised concerns about its impact on the foundry house's shipments particularly its 7nm chip output...
Monday 6 August 2018
Taiwan makers see large-size LCD panel shipments edge up in 2Q18
Taiwan-based panel makers, excluding Foxconn-controlled Sharp, shipped a total of 62.03 million units of 9-inch and above large-sized LCD panels in the second quarter of 2018, up...
Friday 3 August 2018
Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone devoted to building chip ecosystem
Building an IC industry chain is a key focus of Xiamen in line with China's 13th Five-year Plan. Xiamen, lying on the southeast coast of the country, has made impressive progress...
Friday 3 August 2018
China smartphone AP shipments to increase 16% in 3Q18, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to increase 16.2% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, thanks to seasonal factors, according to Digitimes...
Friday 3 August 2018
Innosilicon Bitcoin ASIC built using Samsung low-power FinFET technology
Innosilicon, which designs and develops cryptocurrency mining ASIC products, has announced its Terminator Sha256 Bitcoin mining ASIC series utilizes Samsung Foundry's advanced low-power...
Friday 3 August 2018
Taiwan enhancing cooperation with Israel to develop AI, advanced materials
The Taiwan government is stepping up cooperation with Israel on the research and development of AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and applications, advanced semiconductor...
Thursday 2 August 2018
China research institute Luxin focusing on third-generation semiconductor materials
The IC industry has been undergoing revolutionary changes, driving compound semiconductor market development with third-generation semiconductor material represented by wide-gap compound...
Thursday 2 August 2018
Intel 10nm delay raises speculation of foundry business scale-down
Intel will not introduce its 10nm chips until the fourth quarter of 2019, which has raised speculation that the company may scale down its foundry business.
Thursday 2 August 2018
PCB firm HannStar Board profits surge in 1H18
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer HannStar Board has reported operating profits surged 63.6% from a year earlier to NT$738 million (US$24.1 million) in the first half of 2018, while consolidated...
Thursday 2 August 2018
IoT applications driving sensor tech upgrades, says AMS Taiwan chief
As a front-tier device of an IoT (Internet of Things) system, sensor plays a crucial role in data collection and transmission to determine the performance of the system, and the rapid...
Thursday 2 August 2018
Allegro, UMC sign long-term supply deal
Allegro MicroSystems, which develops high-performance power and sensing semiconductors, has signed a long-term deal with United Microelectronics (UMC) under which UMC will remain...
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Apple, Qualcomm may make peace over 5G, supply chain speculates
Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has revealed that new iPhone models for 2018 may not adopt its modem chip solutions amid a patent royalty row between them. But supply chain sources...
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA builds science park in Xiamen
As China's largest chipmaker, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA expects to roll out its 12nm chip solutions in 2019 and 7nm chipsets in 2020 to support AI, autonomous driving, cloud and...