
Total Revenue of China’s IC Industry to Grow Above Global Average of 19.86% for 2018, Says TrendFor
According to its latest report Breakdown Analysis of China’s Semiconductor Industry, TrendForce estimates that the total annual revenue generated by the country’s domestic IC industry for 2017 will come to RMB 517.6 billion, representing an increase of 19...

iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials, IHS Markit Reveals
Teardown engineers at IHS Markit have completed their preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X and found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $370...

Automotive Electronic Systems Growth Strongest Through 2021
Automotive electronic system sales are forecast to rise by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% from 2016 through 2021, which is the highest among six major end-use system categories, according to the IC Insights. Demand is rising for electronic systems in new cars with increasing attention focused on self-driving (autonomous) vehicles...

Acer Expands its Digital Signage Business by Participating in the Private Placement of AOPEN Shares
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Acer announced today that its participation in AOPEN’s private placement of shares has been approved by its Board of Directors. The move is a part of Acer’s strategy to expand its digital signage business...

Silicon Wafer Shipments Hit Another Quarterly Record in Q3
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2017 when compared to second quarter 2017 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry...

Taiwanese LTE CPE Shipment Volume to Grow 18% in 2H 2017
Shipment volume of the Taiwanese LTE (Long Term Evolution) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) industry - comprising of outdoor CPE, indoor CPE, USB (Universal Serial Bus) dongles, and Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) routers - is estimated to top 5...