
Global Silicon Wafer Area Shipments Increases 12.6% YoY
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the first quarter 2017 when compared to fourth quarter 2016 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,858 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 3...

Global LCD TV Shipments to Drop by 31% in Q1, Says TrendForce
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, reports shipments of LCD TV sets for the first quarter of 2017 came to 44.05 million units, a decrease of 31% from the prior quarter and a year-on-year decline of 8.4%. Poor sales results in China during the Chinese New Year holiday period was a major factor behind the year-on-year shipment drop...

AMOLED TV Panel Shipments to Top 10 Million Units by 2023, IHS Markit Says
As panel makers are increasingly targeting the premium TV market, active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) TV panel shipments are expected to exceed 10 million units by 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42 percent from 2017, according to IHS Markit...

Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 2.6% in 2016
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $343.5 billion in 2016, a 2.6 percent increase from 2015 revenue of $334.9 billion, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. The top 25 semiconductor vendors' combined revenue increased 10...

Telco Systems and Advantech Partner on Open vCPE Portfolio for SMB Segment
TAPEI, Taiwan — Telco Systems and Advantech today jointly announced a partnership between the two companies to provide an open vCPE solution enabling high performance VNF services on cost optimized hardware. The partnership between Telco Systems and Advantech enables the rapid deployment of Telco Systems’ NFVTime open vCPE across a range of Advantech white box appliances...

Qualcomm Tops IC Design House Worldwide by Revenue in Q1, TrendForce Says
Nearly all companies listed on TrendForce’s revenue ranking of the global top 10 fabless IC design houses for the first quarter posted year-on-year growth. Novatek was the sole exception and saw a slight dip in its revenue compared with the same period a year ago...