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Thursday 8 March 2018
CPT sees panel shipments down in February
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported decreased panel shipments in February resluting in a sequential 20.9% and on-year 33.1% decline in revenues to NT$2.05 billion (US$70.1 million)...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Emerging markets to drive smartphone market growth in 2018
Replacement demand for smartphones in emerging markets including India, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East and Africa will be playing the growth driving role of the...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
TPK reports decreased February revenues
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported decreased revenues for February due to seasonal factors and inventory adjustments at clients. February revenues totaled NT$5.213 billion...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Cree acquires Infineon RF power business
Cree has acquired assets of Infineon Technologies' Radio Frequency (RF) Power Business for approximately EUR345 million (US$428.23 million). The transaction expands the Cree Wolfspeed...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Corning and AUO launch solar panel project
Corning and AU Optronics (AUO) have announced that they have agreed to collaborate on a solar power generation project in Taiwan that will provide enough electricity to meet the power...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Sigurd revenues rise 51% on year in February
Taiwan IC tester Sigurd Microelectronics saw its revenues for February 2018 surge 51% on year to NT$692 million (US$23.63 million) despite the Lunar New Year holidays in the month,...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Taiwan IC designers to embrace explosive orders for IoT chipsets
With the global IoT (Internet of Things) chipset markets, particularly in China, expected to grow sharply in 2018 along with the rapid development of diverse terminal devices and...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Back on the growth track: Q&A with MediaTek president Joe Chen
There were major management changes at MediaTek last year, showing the IC deisgner's intention to regain its growth momentum. The changes included the appointment of Joe Chen as MediaTek...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Daxin develops materials for IC packaging
Daxin Materials, a specialized chemical material supplier for TFT-LCD and touch panel production, has rolled out organic coating materials for IC packaging process with shipments...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Global Unichip February revenues increase
IC design service company Global Unichip has reported consolidated revenues for February 2018 increased 15.8% sequentially to NT$906 million (US$30.9 million).
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Egistec posts record revenues and profits for 2017
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has reported net profits of NT$593 million (US$20.2 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$4.73 billion for 2017. Both hit record-high...
Monday 5 March 2018
Phison to expand R&D workforce
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics, a supplier of memory device controller ICs, plans to hire more than 200 additional engineers in 2018 to further strengthen its R&D capabilities...
Monday 5 March 2018
Samsung reportedly expands tie with Faraday
Samsung Electronics has enhanced its tie with Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, to boost further the competitiveness of its foundry operations,...
Monday 5 March 2018
Compound semiconductor suppliers set to benefit from 5G
Taiwan suppliers of compound semiconductor devices are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA)...
Monday 5 March 2018
Realtek February revenues fall to 1-year low
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor's revenues fell to NT$3.065 billion (US$104.6 million) in February 2018.