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Moore's Law and China's Fast-Growing IC Industry
Mar 20, 2017At Semicon China 2017, executives at chip giant Intel, IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, equipment vendors ASML, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron (TEL), and nano-electronics research institute Imec talked about innovation to ...
Tags: IC, Semiconductor, IC Industry
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China to Enhance Its Fabless IC Design Industry
Mar 18, 2017The "Made in China 2025" (MIC 2025) plan, published by the China State Council in May of 2015, has demonstrated the country's ambition to enhance its fabless IC design industry in terms of market share and technology capability. Major ...
Tags: IC design, mobile device, PC
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Falling Product ASPs and Gross Margins Will Erode Taiwan's Fabless IC Firms' Profitability
Jul 2, 2015Falling product ASPs and gross margins are set to erode Taiwan's fabless IC firms' profitability in 2015, according to industry sources. Foundry chipmakers have seen their production capacities stay loose thus far in 2015, said the ...
Tags: fabless IC, IC industry
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MediaTek Is Expected to See Its Shipments of Tablet Solutions Double in 2014
Oct 24, 2013MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of tablet solutions double in 2014 from 15-20 million units projected for 2013 and account for 30% of the non-iPad tablet chipset market, according to an industry estimate. MediaTek has launched ...
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China IC Production Is Forecast to Exhibit a Very Strong 2012-2017 CAGR of 17.6 Percent
Aug 5, 2013IC Insights’ new 250-page Mid-Year Update to the 2013 McClean Report, which is slated to be released by the end of July, describes why a very clear distinction should be made between the IC market (i.e., consumption) in China and IC ...
Tags: IC Companies, IC Production
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Nujira Is Extending Its Partnership Agreement to Include Production
Jul 10, 2013Fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK and specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc ...
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Capital Equipment Investment Will See Some Pickup in The Second Half of 2013
Apr 12, 2013Increased spending in NAND and flash by Micron, LEDs by Philips and Osram, and continued investments by GLOBALFOUNDRIES will create new opportunities for equipment and materials suppliers in Southeast Asia. These trends will be explored at ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor
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Fabless Company IC Sales Growth Has Outpaced IDM IC Sales Growth
Jan 11, 2013Fabless IC suppliers grew by 6% in 2012, 10% better than the 4% decline registered by the IDMs and 8% better than the 2% decline shown by the total IC market last year. Except for 2010, fabless company IC sales growth has outpaced IDM IC ...
Tags: Fabless IC, IC, IDM IC sales, memory market
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ProMOS Technologies and Huga Optotech Have Filed Applications for Large-Scale Job Cuts
Dec 11, 2012Taipei,Oct.5,2012(CENS)--According to the administration of the Central Taiwan Science Park,ProMOS Technologies Inc.and Huga Optotech Inc.have filed applications for large-scale job cuts at their factories in the industrial park. DRAM ...
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MediaTek Inc Is Estimated to Ship Over 20 Million Smartphone Chipsets in The Month
Oct 18, 2012Taipei,Oct.18,2012--In spite of fewer workdays in October,MediaTek Inc.,Taiwan's No.1 fabless IC company,is estimated to ship over 20 million smartphone chipsets in the month and at least 60 million sets in the fourth quarter ...
Tags: MediaTek Inc., Taiwan, smartphone chipsets
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TSMC Has Set up Complete Manufacturing Eco System for Apple's Application-Specific IC
Oct 18, 2012Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...
Tags: TSMC, Apple, ASIC order, chips