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Taiwan regional fair recently reached a settlement with the US Qualcomm to replace heavy penalties against Taiwan investment. The Ministry of Science and Technology pointed out yesterday that Qualcomm has agreed to include three major requirements of "three-dimensional sensing technology" for industry-university cooperation. Gong Mingxin, vice-president of Taiwan's Ministry of Economy, said that Qualcomm's investment in Taiwan could increase the output value of NT$600 billion (the same below), which would enable Taiwan to seize 5G business opportunities six months ahead of schedule.

According to the latest research report released by the European Union Telegraph Finance Report after the report, the pressure on the correction of the operation fundamentals of the United Telegraph is increasing, and it is expected that it will be in the fourth quarter of this year (2018) with the expectation that the performance outlook of the fourth quarter of the United Telegraph Financial Report is less than expected and that the supply will exceed demand due to the opening of new capacity in the market next year. In the first quarter of Ming (2019), the company was facing an operating loss and lowered its forecast earnings per share from 2018 to 2020 to maintain its "sell" rating. The target price was slightly revised down to 11.5 yuan.

According to the latest report issued by the Asian Department of Foreign Investment, the three major engines of the IC Design Factory will be ASIC, Internet of Things and 12-nanometer high-end smartphone chip combinations, which will maintain steady growth in the growth of mobile chips and non-mobile chips. It is better to hold the joint venture branch than the market rating, but the target price is reduced from 400 yuan (NT $350 to the same below) to $350.

As supply of 12 inch silicon wafers continues to be tight, major wafer manufacturers around the world, including Japan's Shenggao, Germany's Silitronic and Universal Wafers, have begun to expand production plans. In contrast, the mainland is also accelerating the development of 12 inch large silicon wafers. According to the current planning of domestic enterprises, it is estimated that the domestic 12-inch silicon wafer production capacity will reach 1.45 million wafers per month by 2020, covering domestic demand.

Sino-US trade war situation is steep, coupled with U.S. naval exercises in the Taihai Sea and South China, Sino-US conflict extends from trade to military, investors feel uneasy, coupled with foreign reports to reduce the target price of 11 semiconductor stocks, and the forecast revision period is as long as half a year, Taiwan's leading forecaster, Taiwanese stocks accumulated electricity, jumped short and began to weaken. TSMC, which made up for the decline, fell 61 points yesterday, contributing 52 points to the decline in Taiwan's overall market.

Leti, A Research Institute of ST and CEA Tech, announced a collaborative effort to develop silicon-based GaN power switching module manufacturing technology. The silicon-based GaN power technology will enable Italian Semiconductors to meet high-performance, high-power applications, including hybrid and electric vehicle chargers, wireless charging and servers.