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Monday 18 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Touch panel makers shift to industrial control, automotive applications
Conventional touch panel makers, due to stagnant demand for smartphones and tablets and growing adoption of In-Cell and On-Cell touch solutions, have shifted from consumer electronics...
Monday 18 July 2016
TSMC secures exclusive orders for Apple A11 chip, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has obtained all of Apple's A11 chip orders, according to a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
Monday 18 July 2016
Pixart ramping up shipments of CMOS-based heart-rate monitoring solutions, says paper
IC design company Pixart Imaging has been ramping up shipments of its CMOS-based hear-rate monitoring (HRM) solutions and will see its sales and earnings grow significantly in the...
Friday 15 July 2016
Handset IC market to grow at 6.7% CAGR through 2019, says IC Insights
The increasing value of the average IC content in handsets along with the increasing percentage of smartphones sold as a percent of total handsets will help drive the handset IC market...
Friday 15 July 2016
Qualcomm sues Meizu for patent infringement
Qualcomm filed lawsuits against China-based smartphone vendor Meizu for infringing its patents at the end of June in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Other players such as Oppo and Vivo...
Friday 15 July 2016
Auto MEMS sensor shipments rise in 2015 even as revenue stalled, says IHS
Although shipments of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors used in automotive applications grew 8.4% in 2015, revenues were flat compared to the previous year reaching US$2.7...
Friday 15 July 2016
Huaxintong Semiconductor licenses ARMv8-A architecture
Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology of China has licensed ARM's v8-A architecture to accelerate advanced server chipset technologies in China's server market, according to ARM. The...
Friday 15 July 2016
ESD solution provider Amazing Microelectronic to see revenues hit new high in 3Q16, says paper
ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection solution provider Amazing Microelectronic is expected to see its revenues hit a new high in the third quarter of 2016, buoyed by rising penetration...
Friday 15 July 2016
TSMC expects record 3Q16 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to report record revenues of between NT$254 billion (US$7.95 billion) and NT$257 billion for the third quarter of 2016, which...
Thursday 14 July 2016
IC distributor ANStek posts revenue growth in June
Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes IC parts mainly from Analog Devices (ADI), Xilinx and Avago, saw its June revenues rise 2.8% from a year earlier ending a 3-month streak...
Thursday 14 July 2016
eMemory solution for fingerprint sensors available for volume production
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP provider eMemory Technology has disclosed its NeoEE IP solutions for fingerprint applications has been embedded in customer products for volume...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Intel certifies Cadence implementation and signoff tools for 10nm tri-gate process
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its implementation and signoff tools have been certified on the Intel third-generation 10nm tri-gate process for customers of Intel Custom...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Notebook hinge maker Jarllytec sees revenues up sharply on year in June
Notebook hinge maker Jarllytec has reported revenues of NT$557.84 million (US$17.34 million) for June, down 3.78% on month but up 128.65% on year. Second-quarter revenues were NT$1.587...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Notebook chip order visibility extends
Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed an influx of orders for notebooks, and have seen better order visiility for the third quarter, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
ARM joins Imec program for 7nm technology and beyond
Nanoelectronics research center Imec has announced its strategic partnership with ARM. ARM's involvement with Imec's INSITE program will focus on addressing the impacts of circuit...