
76% of IC Products Expected to See Flat/Negative Growth in 2019, Says IC Insights
IC Insights forecasted that the growth rates of IC product in 2019 are expected to be heavily weighted toward the negative side of the chart, with nine segments forecast to see a sales decline of 10% or more and 16 product categories expected to experience flat sales or a single-digit decline in revenue growth...

Taiwan's Tech Tycoons Assembled to Discuss National Industry Development
TAIPEi, Taiwan - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on last Friday held a “Strategic Peak Roundtable Discussion,” which was hosted by Vice-President Chen Chien-jen, and featured TSMC Founder Morris Chang in attendance, along with representatives from US silicon Products Co...

Smartphone Shipments in China Fell 6% in Q2 2019, IDC Reports
According to preliminary figures in the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , smartphone shipments in China stood at 98 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 6% from the same period last year. This was better than expectations of an 9% contraction...

Cadence and UMC Collaborate on Certification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Flow for 28HPC+ Process
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC") today announced that the Cadence analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification for UMC’s 28HPC+ process technology...

“Taming the Weather” The New Relationship Between Man and Nature
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Dr. Shiuh-Shen CHIEN, professor in geography, environment and development studies at National Taiwan University who has published a series of paper on sustainability research and volume geography studies, finds that weather modification practice is surprisingly popular in China...

KYOCERA to Strengthen Open Innovation in AI and IoT with New Research Center
Kyocera announced the opening of the new Minato Mirai Research Center in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The center was created with the aim of promoting open innovation and the development of new business and technologies...