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Monday 29 August 2016
Richwave to see revenues up over 10% in 3Q16, says paper
RF component specialist Richwave Technology is expected to see its revenues reach NT$580 million (US$18.29 million) in the third quarter of 2016 compared to NT$523 million recorded...
Friday 26 August 2016
Industry supply chain eyeing huge mobile-SoC market potential
With more system vendors engaged in the development of mobile SoC solutions in-house, the market for mobile chips is set to expand a further US$10 billion, according to industry sources...
Friday 26 August 2016
Dialog enters GaN market with integrated devices targeting fast charging power adapters
Dialog Semiconductor has announced its first gallium nitride (GaN) power IC product offering, using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 650-volt GaN-on-Silicon process...
Friday 26 August 2016
China firms set to expand presence in global NAND flash market, says DRAMeXchange
China-based companies are set to expand their presence in the global NAND flash market dramatically thanks to the region's push to establish a homegrown NAND flash industry and the...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Consumer IC vendor Sonix to ship over 600 million MCUs in 2016, says report
Consumer IC vendor Sonix Technology is expected to ship a total of 632 million MCUs in 2016 thanks to increasing demand from the toy and educational sectors, according to a udn.com...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Taiwan PCB production value to rise 8.8% in 3Q16, says IEK
The production value of PCB products rolled out by Taiwan-based makers in China and Taiwan is expected to grow 8.8% sequentially to NT$144.2 billion (US$4.54 billion) in the third...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Innolux, AUO chairmen urge government to financially support panel makers
Innolux chairman Wang Jyh-chau and AU Optronics (AUO) chairman Paul Peng, on the occasion of Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Touch Taiwan 2016 on August 24, called for government...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP shipments increase 8% in 2Q16
China's mobile application processor (AP) market is forecast to reach a total of 166 million units in the second quarter of 2016, up 7.8% sequentially, according to Digitimes Resea...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Nvidia unveils Tegra Parker mobile SoC
Nvidia has unveiled its newest mobile processor, the Tegra Parker, which is suited for automotive applications like self-driving cars and digital cockpits.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
US fab-tool book-to-bill ratio rises, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.15 in July 2016, having been above parity for eight months in a row, according to the...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China firms to share up to 30% of 2016 global fingerprint sensor shipments
Due to fast growing use of smartphone-based mobile payment services in the China market, both international and domestic vendors, including white-box ones, have adopted fingerprint...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Qualcomm to extend lead in smartphone AP market
Qualcomm will manage to extend its lead in the smartphone applications processor market in the second half of 2016 thanks to its competitive high-end and mid-range solutions, according...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Prices for handset peripheral chips falling
Prices for handset peripheral chips have started to fall, squeezing further profits generated from phones, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Hua Hong ships 1.2 billion MCUs in 1H16
Hua Hong Semiconductor, a China-based pure-play 200mm (8-inch) foundry, has announced shipments for microcontrollers (MCU) climbed 50% from a year earlier to 1.2 billion chips in...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China IC self-sufficiency rate to reach 40% by 2020
China is set to improve the self-sufficiency rate for ICs in the nation to 40% in 2020, and could even exceed the target ratio, according to Digitimes Research.