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Wednesday 15 February 2017
Pixart posts NT$1.20 EPS for 2016
IC design company Pixart Imaging's EPS for 2016 fell to NT$1.20 (US$0.04), the lowest level since its listing on Taiwan's OTC market in May 2006. Revenues for the year came to NT$398...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Andes growing customer base in China
Andes Technology, one of the very few Taiwan-based CPU IP providers, has been expanding its customer portfolio in China at a gradual pace.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Sitronix posts record pre-tax profit for 2016
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology has reported pre-tax profits of NT$1.26 billion (US$40.8 million) for 2016, up 22.5% on year and hitting a record high. Pre-tax EPS for the...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Robust fingerprint sensor demand continues to fill 8-inch fab capacity in 2017
IC foundries will continue to see a pull-in of orders for fingerprint-recognition sensor chips to fill their 8-inch fab capacity in 2017, according to industry sources. Meanwhile,...
Monday 13 February 2017
WPG January revenues down on year, WT Micro up
WPG Holdings saw its January revenues decrease 21.6% compared to the same period in 2016, while fellow IC distributor WTMicroelectronics' revenues surged 33.1% on year.
Monday 13 February 2017
Spirox resolved to propose termination of exclusive distributor agreement with Xcerra Corporation
Spirox (TWSE:3055), the sole and exclusive distributor of Xcerra Corporation (NASDAQ: XCRA) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, recently received an email message from Xcerra advising...
Monday 13 February 2017
MediaTek to increase stake in Airoha
MediaTek has disclosed plans to increase its stake in affiliate Airoha Technology, which specializes in wireless communication chips such as smartphone power amplifiers (PA), and...
Friday 10 February 2017
MediaTek, Egistec gearing up for upcoming rollouts of new Samsung smartphones
Taiwan-based MediaTek and Egis Technology (Egistec) have both cut into the supply chain for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy smartphones, and are expected to see the orders bring in new...
Friday 10 February 2017
New iPhone to enter production early, say sources
Makers in the iPhone supply chain will start delivering parts and components for production of the next-generation iPhone series later in the first quarter of 2017, earlier than the...
Friday 10 February 2017
Global Unichip posts 2016 EPS of NT$4.11
IC design service company Global Unichip has announced net profits for 2016 increased 11.5% to NT$551 million (US$17.7 million). The earnings translated into a net EPS of NT$4.11...
Thursday 9 February 2017
WT Micro net profits fall 14% in 2016
WT Microelectronics' net profits fell 14.3% on year in 2016 with EPS reaching a 3-year low of NT$3.61 (US$0.12), due mainly to the loss of accounts receivable from China-based LeEco...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Intel announces US$7 billion investment for 7nm fab
Intel has announced plans to invest more than US$7 billion to complete Fab 42, which is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world. The high-volume factory...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Realtek posts 2016 EPS of NT$6.02
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has announced net profits of NT$3.04 billion (US$97.8 million) on record revenues of NT$38.91 billion for 2016. EPS for the year...
Thursday 9 February 2017
eMemory NeoFuse IP verified for TSMC 16nm FinFET compact process
Taiwan-based eMemory has announced the availability of NeoFuse technology qualified for TSMC's 16nm FinFET compact (16FFC) process. Customers have already embedded the NeoFuse IP...
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Generalplus posts record 2016 profit
Consumer IC design specialist Generalplus Technology has reported net profits of NT$413 million (US$13.3 million) for 2016, up 6.5% on year and hitting a record high, with EPS arriving...