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Wednesday 24 January 2018
Dedicated smartphone chipmakers turning conservative in marketing in 2018
Third-party smartphone application processor providers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to adopt a more conservative approach to promoting their...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Samsung to sell Exynos processors to other smartphone vendors
Samsung Electronics plans to begin selling its in-house developed Exynos mobile processors to other smartphone vendors in order to expand the scale of its smartphone chip platform,...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Qualcomm to see smartphone AP shipments decline in 2018
Qualcomm's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are expected to decline slightly in 2018, as top-tier smartphone vendors' in-house-developed APs - which cater to their...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Commercialized foldable panels likely to come in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Year 2018 could become the beginning of the commercial application of foldable panels as Samsung Display has unofficially unveiled its 7.3-inch foldable (in-folding type) OLED panels...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Global Unichip reports strong earnings for 2017
Taiwan-based IC design service company Global Unichip (GUC) has announced net profits of NT$854 million (US$29.16 million) for 2017, increasing 54.9% from a year earlier. The earnings...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
TSMC to break ground for 5nm fab this week
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to break ground this week for the construction of its new 5nm fab in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), where its...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
TSMC new fab to benefit supply chain partners
With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) new 5nm fab ready to start construction, its partners in the fields of materials analysis, wafer testing and chemical consumables...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Higher-end MOSFET chip prices may stay put in 1Q18
With the global PC market entering the traditional slow season and demand from China's automotive electronics market turning weak, medium- to high-power MOSFET chips have seen shipment...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
New MacBook to boost LCM orders for GIS
Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) is expected to land more LCM (LCD module) orders from Apple, which reportedly plans to release an entry-level 13-inch MacBook in...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Taiwan STB chipmakers expect World Cup-driven orders from TV vendors
Global TV and STB (set-top box) supply chains are gearing up to embrace the expected replacement sprees associated with the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 that opens in June in Russia,...
Friday 19 January 2018
Taiwan to open 1st self-driving testing field in mid-2019
Taiwan will begin construction of its first self-driving testing field in a smart green energy science town in Tainan, southern Taiwan, in February 2018 and it will be open in mid-2019,...
Friday 19 January 2018
TSMC to see revenues rise 10-15% on HPC, IoT, 7nm orders in 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will see its revenues grow 10-15% on year in 2018, mainly driven by the three major sectors of HPC (high performance computing),...
Thursday 18 January 2018
Taiwan makers to benefit from China OLED capacity build-ups
The massive build-ups of OLED panel production capacity by China-based panel makers are expected to bring business opportunities for Taiwan-based makers, including driver IC designers,...
Thursday 18 January 2018
IC designers to see explosive growth in orders for USB Type-C PD chips in 2018
As USB Type-C has become mainstream interface standard for new notebook and desktop models in 2018 while also enjoying increasing application to high-end smartphones, Taiwan analog...
Thursday 18 January 2018
LCD TV panel demand to go through correction in 1Q18, says IHS Markit
Demand for LCD panels from South Korean and Chinese TV makers was strong in the fourth quarter of 2017, but implementation of their panel purchasing strategies for the first quarter...