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Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Wireless charging demand promising: Q&A with Dialog CEO Jalal Bagherli
As a global leader in providing rapid charging solutions, Dialog Semiconductor has demonstrated its prowess in power management for smartphones and other applications. But the market...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Increasing output brings down AMOLED panel production cost
The production scale and shipments of AMOLED panels has increased significantly recently due to increasing adoption by smartphone vendors, narrowing down the production costs between...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Touch panel makers TPK, GIS look to double-digit revenue growth rates in 3Q17
Touch panel makers TPK Holding and General Interface Solution (GIS) both are expected to see their revenues grow by a double-digit rate in the third quarter of 2017, buoyed by increasing...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Sigurd to acquire half of Winstek via Bloomeria takeover
IC testing company Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to acquire 100% of Singapore-based Bloomeria Limited, which will allow the Taiwan-based company to also obtain a more...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Micron responds to report of scrapped wafers at Taiwan fab
Micron Technology has issued a statement regarding recent reports about its fabrication facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Micron clarified that there was no nitrogen leaking incident nor...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Commentary: Proximity benefits China IC designers in tapping domestic market
The geographic proximity advantage has proved the most powerful weapon for China IC design houses to develop the vast domestic market, as they can respond to local customers' needs...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Realtek 2Q17 revenues slip
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor saw its second-quarter revenues slip 0.3% sequentially to NT$9.95 billion (US$326.2 million), which was lower than market watcher...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
China smartphone vendors shifting panel orders away from Taiwan
With Taiwan-based panel makers experiencing tight production capacity for 18:9 all-screen panels, China-based smartphone vendors such as Vivo have shifted some orders to local panel...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Elan 2Q17 revenues beat guidance
Touch and fingerprint sensor vendor Elan Microelectronics saw its June revenues climb to a nine-month high of NT$656 million (US$21.5 million). The company reported revenues of NT$1.87...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for TDDI chips
Demand for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips is set to boom starting the third quarter of 2017 which will buoy sales at related backend companies including Chipbond...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Samsung begins mass production at new fab
Samsung Electronics announced its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) has begun mass production and shipping its first product to customers. The new facility...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
AMD appoints Abhi Talwalkar to board of directors
AMD has announced the appointment of Abhi Talwalkar to its board of directors.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Broadcom agrees to restrictions on access to sensitive Cisco info in Brocade deal, says FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Broadcom has agreed to establish a firewall to remedy the FTC’s concerns that its proposed US$5.9 billion acquisition...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Fierce competition brings down fingerprint sensor prices
Fierce competition among fingerprint sensor suppliers has already brought down prices to less than US$2, with many players even quoting their products to as low as less than US$1.5,...