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Wednesday 16 May 2018
WT Micro conservative about handset-related chip demand in 2Q18
IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects demand from the communications sector to fall sequentially in the second quarter citing ongoing inventory adjustments at handset companie...
Wednesday 16 May 2018
Unimicron posts EPS of NT$0.12 for 1Q18
PCB maker Unimicron Technology posted operating losses of NT$457 million (US$15.3 million) for the first quarter of 2018, but net income for the quarter remained positive thanks to...
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Bitmain reportedly places DRAM orders with ESMT, Etron
Bitmain has reportedly placed DRAM orders mainly for low-capacity DDR3 chips with Taiwan-based memory design specialists Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Etron Technology,...
Monday 14 May 2018
Android Things to boost MediaTek IoT chip shipments
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of IoT chips expand significantly in the second half of 2018, buoyed by Google's release of Android Things 1.0, according to industry sour...
Monday 14 May 2018
ALi posts 9th consecutive quarterly loss in 1Q18
IC design house ALi, which specializes in set-top box (STB) chipset solutions, has reported a 9th consecutive quarterly loss in the first quarter of 2018 in which net losses came...
Monday 14 May 2018
Lite-On Semi posts EPS of NT$0.30 for 1Q18
Lite-On Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$91.89 million (US$3.1 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 200% sequentially and 12% on year. EPS for the quarter came to...
Monday 14 May 2018
ChipMOS profits fall in 1Q18
Backend firm ChipMOS Technologies has announced net profits of NT$22.8 million (US$0.77 million) for the first quarter of 2018, down 86% sequentially and 99% on year, with EPS coming...
Monday 14 May 2018
MediaTek April revenues fall below NT$20 billion
MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues for April 2018 fell 5.5% sequentially but grew 7.1% on year to NT$19.02 billion (US$637.9 million).
Friday 11 May 2018
Powerchip to build new 12-inch wafer fab
Foundry chipmaker Powerchip Technology plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in the Tongluo campus of Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) in Miaoli, northern Taiwan with total investment...
Friday 11 May 2018
Driver IC firms vying for 8-inch foundry support
Thanks to strong rush orders from China smartphone makers, Taiwan-based suppliers of LCD driver ICs are all optimistic about revenue growths in the second quarter of 2018, but their...
Friday 11 May 2018
Himax 1Q18 revenues decline 10.1% sequentially
Himax Technologies, a supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, has reported its first-quarter 2018 revenues declined 10.1% sequentially...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Niche-IC distributor ANStek posts record April revenues
Taiwan-based Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes mainly ICs designed for niche-market applications, has reported consolidated revenues for April 2018 increased 6.7% sequentially...
Thursday 10 May 2018
TSMC April revenues down 21% on month
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$81.87 billion (US$2.74 billion) for April 2018, down 21% sequentially but up 44% on year.
Thursday 10 May 2018
TPK, GIS see mixed iPhone touch panel shipment prospects for 2Q18
Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK and General Interface Solution (GIS), both iPhone supply chain partners, have mixed prospects for the second quarter of 2018, with the former likely...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in April
Zhen Ding Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Flexium Interconnect all enjoyed revenue growths in April 2018. The three Taiwan-based companies are reportedly among Apple's PCB sup...