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Wednesday 10 January 2018
MediaTek unveils edge AI platform
MediaTek has uveiled its edge computing NeuroPilot AI (artificial intelligence) platform. Through a combination of hardware and software, an AI processing unit (APU ), and NeuroPilot...
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Elan revenues rise on year in December
Elan Microelectronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$605 million (US$20.46 million) for December 2017, representing a 4.56% drop on month and 12.93% increase on year.
Tuesday 9 January 2018
AMD, Nvidia releases of new GPUs to benefit Taiwan OSAT players
As GPU suppliers AMD and Nvidia showcase their prowess at CES 2018, back-end service providers, such as Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics, are expected...
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Third-party smartphone AP vendors to face growing hardship in 2018
With smartphone brands including Apple, Samsung Electronics and Huawei already moving to advanced 5nm and 7nm processes for their in-house developed application processors (APs),...
Monday 8 January 2018
Global 3D sensing market to reach US$9-10 billion by 2020
Global market value for 3D sensing technology, which has caught attention since Apple unveiled iPhone X with face-recognition functionality in early November 2017, will increase to...
Monday 8 January 2018
Taiwan businesses may record impressive M&A growth in 2018
Taiwan businesses have performed aggressively in conducting mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at home and abroad over the past year, and a spate of factors such as cross-domain integrations...
Friday 5 January 2018
Compeq revenues rise 19.7% on year in December
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.71 billion (US$192.43 million) for December 2017, representing a 1.28% drop on month, but a 19.7% increase...
Friday 5 January 2018
Realtek sees on-year rise in December 2017 revenues
Audio chip developer Realtek Semiconductor has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.36 billion (US$113.23 million) for December 2017, representing a 10.87% drop on month, but 12.1%...
Friday 5 January 2018
Altek to showcase 3D-depth sensing solution at CES 2018
Digitial camera ODM and digital imaging solution provider Altek will showcase AL6100, a 3D-depth sensing and algorithm chip solution, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 during...
Friday 5 January 2018
JOLED to start providing OLED panel samples to Asustek
JOLED has disclosed it has started offering its 21.6-inch 4K high-resolution OLED panel samples produced using the printing method to Asustek Computer.
Thursday 4 January 2018
Global smartphone AP shipments to grow 5.1% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone AP shipments are expected to increase 5.1% on year in 2018, with Qualcomm to continue to serve as the top vendor, followed by MediaTek, according to Digitimes Res...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
MediaTek may return to flagship-smartphone chip market in 2H18
Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek's Helio X series flagship smartphone chipsets are expected to stage a comeback in the second half of 2018 at the earliest to brace for the advent...
Wednesday 3 January 2018
King Yuan ramping up capex for 2018
IC backend service provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will ramp up its capex for 2018 to NT$5.5 billion (US$186.18), up from the NT$4.2 billion spent in 2017.
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Automotive MCU market to see 3% CAGR for 2017-2021, says Digitimes Research
Thanks to the growing development of smart and autonomous vehicles, the global market demand for automotive microcontrollers (MCU) is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 3% during 2017-2021,...
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.