
Xiamen, a city on the southeastern coast of China, is aspring to become an IT hub of the country.
AUO to run production at full utilization during upcoming holiday
Friday 29 January 2021LCD panel maker AUO will manage to maintain full capacity at its facilities in Taiwan and China during Lunar New Year to meet robust demand from clients, according to company chairman...
UMC on track to post 20% revenue growth in 2020
Wednesday 9 December 2020Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is on track to post a 20% revenue increase in 2020, and is expected to enjoy a strong first half of 2021 thanks to full capacity utilization...
China to have 22% of foundry market in 2020, says IC Insights
Wednesday 14 October 2020Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered...
UMC Xiamen fab runs at near full capacity
Thursday 11 June 2020United Semiconductor (Xiamen), a 12-inch foundry subsidiary of Taiwan's United Microelectronics (UMC), has run at near full capacity since the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a pick-up...
HYC to acquire Xiamen OLT
Monday 1 June 2020Suzhou HYC Technology, which manufactures and sells automatic test equipment for semiconductor and other high-tech industries, has announced plans to take over fellow China-based...
Tianma, Visonox expanding flexible AMOLED panel capacity
Tuesday 19 May 2020China-based flat panel makers Tianma Microelectronics and Visonox have moved one step further to expanding their capacities for flexible AMOLED panels, with the former having the...
Chinese IC equipment makers revving up to serve domestic demand
Friday 15 May 2020China's homegrown semiconductor equipment makers are gearing up to develop diverse frontend and backend IC process equipment in line with the government efforts to boost self-sufficiency...
TSMC, UMC see China-based fabs operate in the red in 1H19
Monday 2 September 2019Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) saw losses from their 12-inch wafer fabs in China during the first half of 2019, while fellow...
China-based InMicro touts Type-C power management chips
Thursday 27 December 2018Founded in 2014 as an IC design startup in China's southeast port city of Xiamen, InMicro Technology has made its name as a dedicated developer and designer of a series of digital-analog...
YuanSun performs well as first Taiwan IC designer in Xiamen
Thursday 27 December 2018Since its inception in 2002 as the first Taiwanese-invested semiconductor firm in Xiamen, YuanSun Technologies has been quietly playing a contributing role in the development of the...
Xiamen public IC service platform boosts design capability
Wednesday 26 December 2018Xiamen IC Design Public Service Platform has played a crucial role in helping China IC designers operating in the country's southeastern port city upgrade their design and innovation...
China-based IMsemi launches advanced mmWave radar MMIC solutions
Tuesday 25 December 2018Founded in 2010 as China's first high-tech enterprise dedicated to developing civil millimeter wave radar MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit), IMsemi Technology, headquartered...
Aspiring to become top epi wafer supplier in China: Q&A with Epihouse
Friday 21 December 2018Founded in November 2016 to develop and produce compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, China's Epihouse, headquartered in the country's southeast port city of Xiamen, has kicked...
Sanan to maintain leadership via capacity expansion and innovation
Wednesday 19 December 2018The largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics will maintain its leadership by expanding production capacity to hike its global market share and...
China IC supply chain gaining momentum: Q&A with Photronics DNP Mask
Monday 17 December 2018As a joint venture between US photomask maker Photronics and Japan's Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), Photronics DNP Mask broke ground in mid-2018 for building a photomask plant in Xiamen,...
Unisoc has ambitious plans for 5G
Thursday 13 December 2018As a heavyweight member in the China semiconductor industry, Tsinghua Unigroup has set ambitious goals of scoring US$100 billion in annual revenues, taking the largest share of the...
Meitu and Xiaomi partnership points to consolidation in China smartphone market, IDC finds
Monday 26 November 2018Meitu, a company best known for its selfie app, and Xiaomi announced recently a strategic partnership to jointly launch Meitu-branded phones and other smart devices in a move that...
Haicang District taking off in bid to become China chip hub
Tuesday 7 August 2018The IC industry has become strategically important and many countries around the world are putting full efforts toward the sector in recent years. Fueled by the "Big Fund" starting...
Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone devoted to building chip ecosystem
Friday 3 August 2018Building an IC industry chain is a key focus of Xiamen in line with China's 13th Five-year Plan. Xiamen, lying on the southeast coast of the country, has made impressive progress...
China research institute Luxin focusing on third-generation semiconductor materials
Thursday 2 August 2018The IC industry has been undergoing revolutionary changes, driving compound semiconductor market development with third-generation semiconductor material represented by wide-gap compound...
Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA builds science park in Xiamen
Wednesday 1 August 2018As China's largest chipmaker, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA expects to roll out its 12nm chip solutions in 2019 and 7nm chipsets in 2020 to support AI, autonomous driving, cloud and...
Hong Kong FPCB maker Compass shifting operations to Xiamen
Tuesday 31 July 2018As a veteran flexible PCB maker, Hong Kong-based Compass Technology has made moves that will relocate its headquarters to Xiamen, a booming IT hub in the southeast coast of China.
China IC packager Tongfu sets up new fab in Xiamen
Thursday 26 July 2018As one of China's three leading IC backend service firms, Tongfu Microelectronics (TFME) has managed to provide one-stop packaging and testing solutions by expanding its operation...
Sanan Optoelectronics extends to III-V compound semiconductors
Monday 23 July 2018China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics has extended R&D and production to III-V compound semiconductors, mainly GaAs, GaN and InP epitaxial wafers...
EpiWorld becomes leading China-based SiC epitaxial wafer maker
Friday 20 July 2018EpiWorld International has completed productio non lines for 3-, 4- and 6-inch SiC (silicon carbide) epitaxial wafers for making 600V, 1,200V and 1,700V power devices, becoming a...