
PlayStation VR Sells Over 915,000 Units Worldwide, Sony Says
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStationVR (PS VR) has cumulatively sold through 915,000 worldwide as of February 19, 2017. “Since its October launch, PS VR continues to be well received by people around the world thanks to the high quality, revolutionary VR experience it offers...

TSMC's 5nm Process Scheduled to Enter Risk Production in 2019
TAIPEI, Taiwan - TSMC Co-CEO Mark Liu said yesterday that TSMC will take the lead in providing the 5nm node process technology. The company is officially entering the technology development stage and scheduled to enter risk production in the first half of 2019, at least six months ahead of original schedule...

Taiwan Maintains Largest Share of Global IC Wafer Fab Capacity, IC Insights Reports
According to IC Insights’ latest report that Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.3% share, a slight decrease from 21.7% in 2015 when the country first became the global wafer capacity leader. IC Insights noted that Taiwan was only slightly ahead of South Korea, which was in second place...

Contract Prices of SSDs and eMMCs to Increase 5~10% in Q2, TrendForce Forecasts
The global supply of 2D-NAND Flash will remain tight going into the second quarter of 2017, according to the latest analysis from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. Also, major smartphone brands will soon begin their first wave of new product release for the year after the Mobile World Congress in Spain...

NEC Plans to Reorganize Business Structure
NEC Corporation today announced plans to reorganize its business structure as of April 1, 2017 in order to further contribute to the resolution of social issues facing regions across Japan through its Solutions for Society, which leverage ICT to create advanced social infrastructure...

AUO Expands 8.5G Production Capacity to Occupy 65” TV Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese display panel manufacturer AUO stated that in order to satisfy the global demand for large-sized LCD television panels, they will begin the second phase of expansion of their 8.5 generation production lines...