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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Holtek to see 2Q18 wireless charger MCU shipments double
Taiwan's major MCU supplier Holtek Semiconductor expects shipments of its wireless charger A/D flash MCUs for the second quarter of 2018 to double from three million units in the...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Taiwan makers enjoy stable consumer MCU orders from IDMs
With major international IDMs including STMicroelectronics failing to ease the prolonged lead time for MCU shipments, Taiwan-based MCU makers will continue to benefit from the ensuing...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
TSMC Nanjing fab reportedly shipping first batch of wafers to Bitmain
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) new 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing has started shipping its first batch of wafers to Bitmain Technologies, according to a recent...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Silicon Motion expects 2Q18 sales to rise up to 8%
NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2018 to register increases of 3-8% sequentially and 1-6% on year,...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Global 1Q18 semiconductor sales increase 20%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to The Semiconductor...
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Faraday enjoys strong orders for NRE designs
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, has enjoyed robust orders for non-recurring engineering (NRE) designs. The company has reported sales generated...
Monday 30 April 2018
MediaTek expects to post up to 20% revenue growth in 2Q18
MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of 12-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018, below market watcher estimates of 20% and more.
Monday 30 April 2018
Chin-Poon PCB plant fire to affect 15% of revenues
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial, which has more than 70% of its revenues from the auto industry, has estimated that losses resulting from a deadly fire at its production...
Monday 30 April 2018
ASE Industrial begins trading on TWSE mainboard
ASE Industrial Holding, the parent holding company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), started trading on the main board of the...
Monday 30 April 2018
Rafael Micro eyeing new RF chip products as growth driver in 2018
Taiwan's RF (radio refrequency) chips maker Rafael Micro has reported consolidated revenues of NT$259 million (US$8.74 million) for the first quarter of 2018 with gross margin of...
Friday 27 April 2018
FPCB maker Flexium sees gross margin hit 4-year low in 1Q18
Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has disclosed its gross margin fell 8.3pp on year and 5.2pp sequentially to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2018, the lowest level...
Friday 27 April 2018
Taiwan supply chain eyeing orders from Xiaomi
More Taiwan-based players in the IT supply chain, including Foxconn Electronics, Inventec, Largan Precision and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), are eyeing orders...
Friday 27 April 2018
Nova China subsidiary to double production capacity
Taiwan-based Nova Technology, which specializes in services of water, gas and chemical process systems, has seen its China-based units run at full capacity utilization rates, according...
Friday 27 April 2018
AUO reports better-than-expected profits for 1Q18
AU Optronics (AUO) has reported higher-than-expected net profit of NT$4.31 billion (US$145.2 million) for the first quarter of 2018, up 2.7% from a quarter earlier but down 54.5%...
Friday 27 April 2018
Panel level packaging to see 51% CAGR during 2017-2023, says Yole
Panel level packaging (PLP) is expected to reach a market scale of US$285 million by 2023, showing a 51% CAGR during the 2017-2023 period, according to Yole Developpement.