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Thursday 9 May 2019
TSMC to roll out 5nm Plus process in 2021, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is on track to move 5nm process technology to volume production in 2020, and reportedly has plans to roll out an enhanced version...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Unitech growing rigid-flex PCB shipments for AirPods
Unitech Printed Circuit Board has been ramping up rigid-flex PCB shipments for Apple's AirPods 2, the order visibility for which has extended through early 2020 at least, according...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Asian Edge: China rising fast after 2000
Prior to 2000, the majority of China's industry was basically manufacturing businesses expanding from the Pearl River Delta to the Yangtze River Delta, and then onto Chengdu and Chongqing...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Novatek, Elan expect revenue growths in 2Q19
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects shipments of its high-ASP and high-margin TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips to top 20 million units...
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Taiwan April exports down
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$25.83 billion for April 2019, dropping 9.9% sequentially and 3.3% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$23.15 billion...
Tuesday 7 May 2019
Taiwan large-size panel shipments set to rise in 2Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) LCD panels by Taiwan's makers (excluding Sharp) are set to expand 4.9% sequentially in the second quarter of 2019 despite intensive competition...
Tuesday 7 May 2019
Taiwan ships less small- to mid-size panels in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels by Taiwan makers fell 23.6% sequentially to 184 million units in the first quarter of 2019, reflecting factors including seasonality...
Monday 6 May 2019
Semiconductor market to pick up in 2H19, says SPIL chairman
The semiconductor industry is expected to see demand pick up significantly in the second half of 2019 after gradually hitting the bottom, and Taiwan can compete well in the global...
Monday 6 May 2019
Asian Edge: Hard tech and soft power
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has claimed that software is eating the world, but AI is going to eat software. The concept of machine learning has somehow infinitely expanded people's...
Monday 6 May 2019
IHS cuts 2019 chip market growth forecast to negative
Conditions in the global semiconductor market have deteriorated rapidly since the start of the year, with IHS Markit revising its 2019 growth outlook to a decline of 7.4% in revenu...
Friday 3 May 2019
Sporton positive about demand for 5G related devices
Demand for testing, inspection and certification will continue ramping up in the mobile device and other wireless communication sectors in the second quarter of 2019, as the industry...
Friday 3 May 2019
Realtek profit surges in 1Q19
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor has reported net profit surged 25.8% sequentially and 64.1% on year to NT$1.38 billion (US$44.6 million) in the first quarter...
Thursday 2 May 2019
STB chip maker ALi to cut paid-in capital by 36%
Taiwan's set-top box (STB) chipset specialist ALi Tech will cut its paid-in capital by 36.36% as part of its efforts to improve financial structure and pursue business transformation,...
Thursday 2 May 2019
VIS remains cautious about 2Q19
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) remains cautious about its outlook for the second quarter of 2019, as the specialty IC foundry has seen its customers adjust inventory at...