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Tuesday 22 August 2017
Walton net profits jump in 1H17
Memory-IC backend specialist Walton Advanced Engineering has reported net profits for the first half of 2017 reached NT$153 million (US$5.05 million), up robustly from only NT$17...
Monday 21 August 2017
Digitimes Research: Global TDDI chip shipments for 2017 to shoot up 191% on year
Global TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chip shipments for 2017 are estimated to drastically soar 191% on year due mainly to increased shipments of hybrid in-cell TDDI...
Monday 21 August 2017
Qualcomm to extend tie-up with TSMC, says executive
Qualcomm has been working with Taiwan's semiconductor firms for years, including an almost 10-year collaboration with TSMC, said Sudeepto Roy, VP of engineering for Qualcomm Technology...
Friday 18 August 2017
China market: IoT chip demand promising, says ARM CEO
Shipments of ARM-based mobile chips from China-based chipmakers have been rising rapidly along with the country's fast-growing IC design industry over the past 10 years, according...
Friday 18 August 2017
Mirle seeing order backlog swell, says report
Semiconductor and LCD panel equipment supplier Mirle Automation has seen its backlog of orders exceeding NT$10 billion (US$329.7 million), according to a recent Chinese-language Economic...
Friday 18 August 2017
Dialog looking to extend partnership with Spreadtrum
Dialog Semiconductor is looking to extend its partnership with Spreadtrum Communication, and does not rule out forming a joint venture with the China-based mobile SoC provider, said...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Micron advances semiconductor R&D capabilities with new Boise facility
Micron Technology has announced the opening of a new facility which will play a critical role in the company's research into breakthrough new memory and storage technologies of the...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Tsinghua Unigroup chief pledges firm support for Spreadtrum against mobile chip rivals
China's state-backed tech conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup will render persistent support to its subsidiary Spreadtrum Communications to counter increasingly fierce competition in the...
Thursday 17 August 2017
China market: MediaTek to roll out new Helio P series for mid-range smartphones
MediaTek has sent out invitations for a product event to be held in Beijing on August 29, when the company will introduce its new Helio P23 and P30 series designed for mid-range smartphones,...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Nvidia overtakes MediaTek as 3rd largest IC design company
Nvidia overtook MediaTek as the world's third-largest IC design company in terms of revenues in the second quarter of 2017, according to research firm Topology Research Institute...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Egistec to post brisk 3Q17 revenues
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) is expected to post brisk sales results for the third quarter of 2017, thanks to a pick-up in customer demand, according to a...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
ASE output hit by power outage
A sudden massive blackout took place in Taiwan on August 15 which hit Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) plants in Kaohsiung. The incident will likely result in losses of...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Digitimes Research: 16-line and below LiDAR sensor segment to see intense competition
As automakers generally expect LiDAR (light detection and ranging) sensor prices to be below US$1,000, suppliers tend to reduce the number of laser beams and mechanical components...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Sunplus tapping deeper into automotive electronics segment
IC design house Sunplus Technology has obtained chip orders for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and other car electronics applications from China- and Japan-based vendors,...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Taiwan science ministry to enforce 4-year AI chips research project
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to implement a four-year "Semiconductor Moonshot Project" to encourage university professors to lead students in researching...