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Thursday 10 January 2019
China drives pure-play foundry growth in 2018, says IC Insights
With the rise of fabless IC companies in China, demand for foundry services has also risen in the country. According to IC Insights, pure-play foundry sales generated from the China...
Thursday 10 January 2019
Compeq, Unimicron post revenue drops in December
PCB manufacturers Compeq Manufacturing and Unimicron Technology saw their December revenues decline 25.6% and 18%, respectively, on month.
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Lite-On Semi obtains orders from China MOSFET firms
Lite-On Semiconductor has obtained contract manufacturing orders from China-based MOSFET suppliers, and is expected to see its 6-inch fab utilization rate climb to 70-80% in 2019...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Altek showcasing edge vision AI solutions at CES 2019
Altek is exhibiting edge vision AI solutions supporting international cloud computing platforms at CES 2019, including surveillance cameras, image chips and 3D depth-sensing module...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Mixed impacts of trade war on East Asia IC firms
The huge annual trade deficit of up to US$375 billion is definitely a major reason for the US to raise tariffs on goods imported from China, but the trade war seems to be more of...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Ganzin eye tracking solutions can be paired with AR, VR
Taiwan startup Ganzin Technology is showcasing at CES 2019 its newly developed Aurora eye tracking modules that can be paired with VR and AR for diverse applications, according to...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
SEMI, Imec team up for healthcare, transportation and IoT
SEMI and Imec are joining forces to drive innovation and deepen industry alignment on technology roadmaps and international standards while adding technology depth to SEMI's five...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Micron, Qualcomm team up for automotive infotainment
Micron Technology has announced its automotive-grade LPDDR4X memory devices are being adopted for Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon automotive cockpit compute systems. The companies...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
MediaTek intros Autus automotive platform at CES
MediaTek is showcasing at CES 2019 its latest technology for its automotive chip brand Autus, which it says brings innovative solutions to the automotive industry in four major areas...
Tuesday 8 January 2019
PCB firm Apex to see robust automotive board shipments in 1Q19
PCB maker Apex International is expected to enjoy a strong first quarter of 2019, thanks to robust shipments of its automotive boards, according to company sources.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Novatek 4Q18 revenues beat guidance
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics saw its fourth-quarter revenues drop 2.6% sequentially, beating the company's guidance given in early November.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Notebook vendors to adopt AMD CPU in more models
The penetration of AMD processors in notebooks has been rising since the second half of 2018 due to the ongoing tight supply of Intel's chips, according to sources from the upstream...
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Intel showcases technology for next era of computing at CES 2019
Intel made several announcements spanning PCs and new devices to diverse growth segments including artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and autonomous driving, at a pre-CES show.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Taiwan IC designers bracing for multiple headwinds
Most Taiwan-based IC design firms fared better than expected in 2018 despite tight wafer capacity, but they face multiple headwinds from trade war, subdued handset momentum, slower...
Tuesday 8 January 2019
China installed fab capacity forecast to grow at 12% CAGR through 2020
Unwavering in its drive to build a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain, China plans more new fab projects than any other region in the world from 2017 to 2020, and its expansion...