Market
China, Taiwan chip away at APAC mobile IC revenues
Driven by the mobile handset manufacturing market, IC (integrated circuit) vendors in the region saw their market share grow in 2010, with China and Taiwan accounting for one-fifth of mobile IC revenues in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report. In a Wednesday statement, ABI Research noted that handset semiconductor suppliers from the two [Read more...]
Semiconductor market to feel the pinch of global weaker economy
IHS iSuppli finds increasing economic woes and rising consumer pessimism are impacting global electronics demand this year. IHS iSuppli estimates global semiconductor revenue will rise by an anemic 2.9 percent in 2011 to reach $313.3 billion, up from $304.5 billion in 2010. Earlier IHS iSuppli had predicted 4.6 percent growth. [Read more...]
Amkor to buy Toshiba semiconductor assembly plant in Malaysia
US based semiconductor firm Amkor Technology will acquire Toshiba’s semiconductor assembly operation in Malaysia, according to a memorandum of understanding signed between them. Amkor will buy Toshiba Electronics Malaysia (TEM) along with a license to the US firm for certain related intellectual property rights. [Read more...]
Industry
China, Taiwan chip away at APAC mobile IC revenues
Driven by the mobile handset manufacturing market, IC (integrated circuit) vendors in the region saw their market share grow in 2010, with China and Taiwan accounting for one-fifth of mobile IC [Read more...]
Philippines: Gov’t sees higher electronics exports in Q4
The country’s chief economist remains upbeat on the performance of electronics exports in the last quarter of 2011. Citing reports from the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Semiconductor [Read more...]
Korea, UAE to form strategic partnership on foundry business
South Korea will form a strategic partnership with the United Arab Emirates, the world’s No.2 investor in the semiconductor foundry industry, this year to take advantage of its dominant status in [Read more...]
Japan earthquake to affect several major IT industries of Korea
The earthquake in Japan will bring a significant impact on South Korea, which heavily depends on Japan for the supply of many components and materials. On the upstream supply side, Digitimes Research [Read more...]
Finance/Investment
Amkor to buy Toshiba semiconductor assembly plant in Malaysia
Advanced Semiconductor to Spend $6B in China
TSMC revenues lowest in months
Intel Capital doesn’t see a flurry of exits in 2012
Asian Tech Companies Gear Up for Deals, IPOs
Semiconductor
Semiconductor market to feel the pinch of global weaker economy
IHS iSuppli finds increasing economic woes and rising consumer pessimism are impacting global electronics demand this year. IHS iSuppli estimates global semiconductor revenue will rise by an anemic 2.9 percent in 2011 to reach $313.3 billion, up from $304.5 billion in 2010. [Read more...]- Samsung Starts $1B Chip Production Line As Others Cut Back Amid Downturn
- Korea braces for semiconductor slump
- Taiwan set to become world’s top semiconductor material market
- Japan Earthquake Suspends 25% of World Silicon, ISuppli Says
- Tekcore and Seoul Semiconductor to form joint venture
- Asia: Semicon industry likely to boom
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Consumer Electronics
LG Electronics eyes 10% increase in RI sales
Korean-based PT LG Electronics Indonesia is targeting to book a 10 percent increase in total revenues this year from US$2 billion this year, a senior company executive said. [Read more...]
Manufacturing
Samsung Starts $1B Chip Production Line As Others Cut Back Amid Downturn
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory-chip maker, began operation of a $1 billion chip production line in South Korea Thursday, investing to boost the production of flash memory chips widely used in tablets and smartphones. [Read more...]- Infineon To Invest $160 Mln In Malaysia To Expand Manufacturing Capacity
- China based Brite Semiconductor buys broad ARM processor core licenses
- Japan’s TEL kicks off new plant in East China
- Qualcomm to build US$1bn Mirasol fab
- Global Electronic Contract Manufacturing Services Market to Reach US$231.4 Billion by 2015
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Trends
Semiconductor market to feel the pinch of global weaker economy
IHS iSuppli finds increasing economic woes and rising consumer pessimism are impacting global electronics demand this year. IHS iSuppli estimates [Read more...]
Advanced Semiconductor: China Strategy
The economy has slowed, but it hasn’t yet put a halt to demand for smartphones that have become part of everyday life for hundreds of millions [Read more...]
Five predictions following Japan quake
What is the overall impact of the recent earthquake in Japan? In a report, Bill McClean, president of IC Insights Inc., provides his analysis of the [Read more...]
EU bans the import of electronic goods from Asia
The European Commission has passed a bill that forbids member states to import electronic goods from Asia. Meaning, all electronics goods to be sold [Read more...]
Taiwan well-poised for mobile market growth: Merrill Lynch
Taiwan is well-positioned in the global mobile market because of the increasing demand for electronic parts made in the country, global investment [Read more...]
Corporate
Amkor to buy Toshiba semiconductor assembly plant in Malaysia
US based semiconductor firm Amkor Technology will acquire Toshiba’s semiconductor assembly operation in Malaysia, according to a memorandum of [Read more...]
Altis Semiconductor Expands Presence in China
Altis Semiconductor, the innovative European based specialty foundry, today announced an office opening in Shanghai, China and the appointment of [Read more...]
Advanced Semiconductor to Spend $6B in China
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (2311), a Taiwanese provider of chip-testing services for customers including Sony Corp. (6758) and Toshiba [Read more...]
Advanced Semiconductor: China Strategy
The economy has slowed, but it hasn’t yet put a halt to demand for smartphones that have become part of everyday life for hundreds of millions [Read more...]
Hynix Strives to Become World’s Best Semiconductor Maker
Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics, has been going all-out to become the world’s [Read more...]
News
AWR and CapeSym Sign Exclusive Reselling Agreement for Electrical-Thermal MMIC Co-Design
AWR Corporation, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, announces that it has signed an agreement with CapeSym that names AWR as the global and [Read more...]
Rugged and low power consuming MEMS oscillator from SiTime
SiTime Corporation has introduced the SiT8004, a MEMS based frequency oscillator. SiTime claims this device is the industry’s lowest power high [Read more...]
National Semiconductor Introduces New WEBENCH Processor Power Architect
National Semiconductor Corp. kicked off the Avnet Design Strategies for ARM Systems Design Summit in Santa Clara with the introduction of its new [Read more...]
Altera Charts Optical Innovation
Envisioning a world that matches bandwidth capacity with the imagination of application and content developers, Altera Corporation announced plans [Read more...]
New Tensilica IP Core Targeted to Dataplane and Signal Processing Functions
Tensilica, Inc. is extending its leadership in IP (intellectual property) cores for compute-intensive dataplane and DSP (digital signal processor) [Read more...]
New Launches
National Semiconductor Introduces New WEBENCH Processor Power Architect
National Semiconductor Corp. kicked off the Avnet Design Strategies for ARM Systems Design Summit in Santa Clara with the introduction of its new [Read more...]
Altera Charts Optical Innovation
Envisioning a world that matches bandwidth capacity with the imagination of application and content developers, Altera Corporation announced plans [Read more...]
New Tensilica IP Core Targeted to Dataplane and Signal Processing Functions
Tensilica, Inc. is extending its leadership in IP (intellectual property) cores for compute-intensive dataplane and DSP (digital signal processor) [Read more...]
Intersil Introduces High Speed ADC Driver
Intersil has introduced the ISL55210. It is an ultra-low distortion, low power, differential I/O amplifier providing unmatched Spurious Free Dynamic [Read more...]
Texas Instruments Selects IDT RapidIO Gen2 Switch
Texas Instruments(TI) has selected the IDT CPS-1616 RapidIO Gen2 switch for its new TMDXEVM6616 evaluation module (EVM). IDT RapidIO Switch Enables [Read more...]