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Published: Aug 03,2017
Semiconductor Capital Spending Is Forecast to Grow 10.2% in 2017, Gartner Says
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase 10.2 percent in 2017, to $77.7 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. This growth rate is up from the previous quarter's forecast of 1.4 percent, due to continued aggressive investment in memory and leading-edge logic which is driving spending in wafer-level equipment...
Global Unichip Achieves SGS-TUV ISO26262 Certification
HISNCHU, Taiwan - Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), announced that the company acquired its recent designation as an ISO26262-certified supplier. GUC Functional Safety Design Flow recently earned ISO 26262 ASIL-D certification from Germany SGS-TUV and now provides a complete, certified automotive safety design service...
DRAM, NAND Flash Memory Markets Drive the First Annual Double-digit Upturn since 2010
Entering the second half of the year, it is clear the IC industry is on course for a much stronger upturn than was initially forecast in January. According to IC Insights’ reports, the IC market to increase 16% in 2017 due to exceptional growth in the DRAM and NAND flash memory markets...
OLED TV Expected to Grow to More than 50% of $1,000-Plus Market by 2019
OLED TV revenues are forecast to grow 71 percent year-over-year in 2017, while 4K TV revenues will increase 31 percent year-over-year, according to IHS Markit. A number of brands have adopted OLED technology into their TV lineups in 2017, including Sony, joining LG Electronics, the primary promoter of OLED...
Size of Global Market for Smart Manufacturing Solutions to Top US$320 Billion by 2020
Industry 4.0 is a concept that has attracted a lot of attention in the global marketplace since its emergence in 2012. Following this conceptual framework, manufacturing companies in various industries have embarked on a mission to transform their operations by deploying smart technologies...
China's LCD Panel Manufacturers to Increase 10.5-Gen Production
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Current global LCD panel 10.5-generation manufacturers are planning to begin the bulk of mass production after 2017, and the majority of the panel manufacturers are located in Mainland China. Taiwanese op...