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Wednesday 3 January 2018
IT panel prices to drop slightly in January
Prices of IT panels, notably those for notebook and monitor applications, are expected to fall slightly in January as demand will slow down during the traditional off-peak season.
Tuesday 2 January 2018
China major AI chipmakers maintain partnerships with TSMC
China's major AI chipmakers, including HiSilicon, Cambricon Technologies, Horizon Robotics and DeePhi Tech, are expected to reap rich harvests in 2018 from their launch of various...
Friday 29 December 2017
Chipmakers to cash in on growing use of USB Type-C in 3C devices
With USB Type-C interface increasingly applied to smartphones, PCs and notebooks, the global Type-C chip market is very likely to double in 2018, and chip suppliers able to offer...
Friday 29 December 2017
LGD approved to set up first overseas 8.5G OLED panel fab in China
LG Display (LGD) will move to set up an 8.5G OLED panel plant in Guangzhou, southern China, as South Korea government has lately issued a green light for the investment project, according...
Friday 29 December 2017
Tsinghua Unigroup denies seeking cooperation with SK Hynix
Tsinghua Unigroup hasn't made any contact or talk with SK Hynix Semiconductor over technology licensing permits, as it is fully shifting to in-house development of chip design and...
Thursday 28 December 2017
Globalfoundries gearing up to tap lucrative automotive chip market
Eyeing the explosive demand for automotive-use chips fueled by rapid development of electric vehicles, driverless cars and drones, Globalfoundries has created a brand-new automotive...
Thursday 28 December 2017
Qualcomm names new president
Qualcomm has announced Cristiano R Amon - currently executive vice president of Qualcomm Technologies and president of QCT - has been promoted to president of Qualcomm, effective...
Thursday 28 December 2017
MediaTek aims to hike market share, profitability in 2018
MediaTek will focus on further improving its market share, gross margin and overall earnings in 2018 through continued investments in new technologies, including AI, 5G, NB-IoT, 802.11ax...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
MOSFET chip maker Excelliance MOS to debut on Taiwan OTC market
MOSFET and power management (PWM) IC designer Excelliance MOS will debut on Taiwan's OTC securities market in January 2018 at an initial unit price of NT$50 (US$1.672). The company...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
IC-design houses to see revenues drift downward in 1Q18
Taiwan-based IC-design houses are expected to see their revenues decline 15-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018 due to rising component inventory levels at channels as well...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Korea-based Silicon Works ramping up revenues, says Digitimes Research
Korea-based LCD driver IC vendor Silicon Works will see its revenues for all of 2017 surpass the KRW468.7 billion (US$435.89 million) it recorded a year earlier, buoyed by increasing...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Handset all-screen panel shipments to reach 230 million units in 2017
Global shipments of handset-use all-screen 18:9 panels are expected to reach 230 million units in 2017 with Samsung Display accounting for a 60% share of the segment, according to...
Tuesday 26 December 2017
MediaTek may land modem chip orders from Apple in 2018
Taiwan IC designer MediaTek has a chance of winning orders for baseband modem chipsets from Apple, which is seeking additional modem chip capacity support after transferring half...
Monday 25 December 2017
UltraChip eyes impressive revenue rise on strong ESL driver IC shipments in 2018
With market demand for electronic shelf labels (ESL) to be significantly boosted by unmanned stores, Taiwan-based driver IC supplier Ultrachip expects its revenues to experience a...
Monday 25 December 2017
VCSEL suppliers set for brisk sales in 2018
Taiwan-based VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) device providers, including Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), Epistar, Advanced Wirelss Semiconductor (AWSC) and Global...