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Thursday 29 December 2016
HPE Taiwan optimistic about Taiwan server market
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) Taiwan chairman Jon Wang expects Taiwan's server market to enjoy good growth in 2017 with an improved economy and new cloud applications such as IoT...
Thursday 29 December 2016
On-Bright to see revenues hit NT$1 billion in 4Q16
Analog IC vendor On-Bright Electronics is expected to see its revenues reach NT$1 billion (US$30.96 million) in the fourth quarter of 2016 thanks to orders from the smartphone sector...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Egistec to swing back to profitability in 2016, says paper
Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) is expected to swing back to profitability in 2016 as the earnings it is expected to generate in the fourth quarter...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Global Unichip opens new office in the Netherlands
IC design services provider Global Unichip has announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in a move to actively expand its business in Europe.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Qualcomm, Gionee sign 3G/4G patent license agreement
Qualcomm and Gionee Communication Equipment have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, according to the companies.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Etron looks to new products for future growth
Etron Technology has been engaged in the development of new product lines since 2014, eyeing opportunities in emerging market segments such as AR, VR and UAVs, according to Nicky...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Lite-On Semi ramping GPP diode shipments to China, says paper
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has been ramping up shipments of its GPP (glass passivated package) diodes to the smartphone sector in China,...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
PCB maker Unimicron developing SLP products
PCB maker Unimicron Technology has set aside a capex budget of NT$4.946 billion (US$153.19 million) for 2017, according to the company.
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Himax announces 5.5MP BSI image sensor for computer vision and NIR imaging applications
Himax Imaging, a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, has announced the HM5530 UltraSenseIR product, a low-power and low-noise 5.5-megapixel backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Zhen Ding, other PCB makers stepping into production of substrate-like PCB products, says paper
PCB and FPCB maker Zhen Ding Technology Holding has stepped into the development of substrate-like PCB (SLP) products in order to cope with demand from smartphone vendors, particularly...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
MediaTek 1Q17 revenues likely to drop 10%
MediaTek is expected to post an about 10% sequential decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2017, as a result of seasonal factors, according to industry sources.
Friday 23 December 2016
Commentary: Implications of former TSMC executive serving as independent director at SMIC
The catchup being played by China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) to the rank of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has moved one step further...
Friday 23 December 2016
AUO, Novatek, Chipbond to benefit from Sharp decision to stop supplying panels to Samsung, says report
Taiwan flat panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), LCD driver IC supplier Novatek Microelectronics and driver IC packaging firm Chipbond Technology will benefit from Sharp's decision to...
Friday 23 December 2016
China panel makers ship over 1 million smartphone-use AMOLED displays in 3Q16, says IHS
China-based flat panel makers shipped more than one million AMOLED displays to the smartphone sector for the first time in the third quarter of 2016, according to IHS Markit.
Friday 23 December 2016
Foundries 10nm yield rates lower-than-expected
Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) and Samsung's 10nm processes have reached lower-than-expected yield rates, according to industry sources.