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Cobalt solutions best helper for 7nm node: Q&A with Applied Materials executive Jonathan Bakke
While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung are entering the 7nm process era, the latest cobalt-based process solutions rolled out by Applied...
Heraeus Photovoltaics continues to drive PV efficiency to bring greater benefits to industry and future generations
At the recent 2018 SNEC International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference in Shanghai, Dr. Weiming Zhang, Executive Vice...
Consistent user experience: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing chief Eddie Lin
Following a business re-organization in the second half of 2017, Gigabyte Technology is now looking to unifying all its products under the Aorus gaming brand,...
Gearing efforts toward special-purpose power supplies: An interview with Rax Chuang, general manager, APD Power System Business Group
Leveraging robust R&D capabilities as well as manufacturing and customization flexibility, APD Group's long-term efforts toward the power supply market are...
India smartphone market starts taking off in 2018: Q&A with Prince Yun, Avnet president for Taiwan and South Asia
Many new opportunities and challenges are emerging for the global electronics industries amid the trade spats between the US and China, and it is important that...
An exclusive interview with Kelly Wu, president & CEO, Clientron
Clientron, a world-leading provider of thin clients and embedded systems, established its industrial PC (IPC) team in 2017, demonstrating its determination to...
Custom IC design made easy with GreenPAK solutions: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor executive Mark Tyndall
After acquiring Silego Technology, a US supplier of configurable mixed-signal ICs (CMIC), for US$306 million in late 2017, UK-based Dialog Semiconductor has launched...
Business transformation: Q&A with Qisda chairman Peter Chen
EMS provider Qisda has made efforts to transform operations by acquiring majority stakes in industrial motherboard and computer maker DFI and POS device maker...
AI to be new direction for storage industry: Q&A with Pure Storage VP Robert Lee
Pure Storage has worked with Nvidia and Arista Networks to jointly create AI Ready Infrastructure (AIRI) that is able to assist its clients with demand for AI...
Ledvance is growth driver: Q&A with MLS president Lawrence Lin
China-based LED packaging service provider MLS expects Germany-based Ledvance - a lamp business which it has acquired from Osram - to become a main growth driver...
AI is the future of the surveillance market: Q&A with Max Yang of GeoVision
GeoVision is a Taiwan-based surveillance solution developer in business for over 20 years. Although not as big as some of the international firms, the company...
Linde ERDC shines a light on new material development
Linde Electronics, a member of The Linde Group, is one of the major global manufacturers of bulk and electronic specialty gases used during the manufacturing of...
Shaping a new concept of distributorship: An interview with Frederick Fu, president of Avnet Asia Pacific
The global semiconductor industry posted its highest-ever annual sales in 2017. With major technology players all wanting a slice of the Asia Pacific market, the...
Building presence in enterprise SSD market: Q&A with Silicon Motion president Wallace Kou
Nasdaq-listed Taiwan-based Silicon Motion Technology is a leading supplier of NAND flash controller chips, long quietly driving the upgrades of the global flash...
ARM-based IPC opportunities: Q&A with Jason Liu, director of Intelligent Solution and System, Avalue
Avalue Technology is one of Taiwan's veteran industrial PC (IPC) players, having been in the sector since 2000. Although it is not as big as some of the first-tier...
Bandwidth upgrades, IoT applications bring huge opportunities, says Sercomm CEO
Global demand for broadening network bandwidths is still maintaining substantial growth momentum, particularly bolstered by active deployments of optical fiber...
MediaTek gearing up for AI smartphones
MediaTek has introduced its new solution to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to smartphones, and is gearing up for competition in the AI smartphone...
Back on the growth track: Q&A with MediaTek president Joe Chen
There were major management changes at MediaTek last year, showing the IC deisgner's intention to regain its growth momentum. The changes included the appointment...
Global diode supply shortfall to last into 2Q18, says Diodes CEO
The supply shortfall seen in the global diode industry since the beginning of 2017 will last into the second quarter of 2018, with the shortfall mainly being driven...
Avoiding cut throat competition: Q&A with SPIL chairman Bough Lin
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has disclosed that it had never occurred to him that his company would one day merge with one of...
IoT edges to drive demand for advanced data storage solutions, says Seagate executive
Driven by the development of IoT (Internet of Things), cloud, big data and machine learning technologies and applications, aggregate global data volume is estimated...
Taiwan IT players have big opportunites in AI, IoT era, says Pegatron chairman
Despite not performing well in the era of smart mobile devices, there is no reason for Taiwan's information technology (IT) players to feel pessimistic about their...
Railway power module business is new growth driver: Q&A with Minmax manager Whittaker Cheng
Taiwan-based Minmax Technology is the largest supplier of DC-DC converters and AC-DC power supply units for general industrial equipment in Taiwan. Currently,...
The IoT possibility for traditional IPCs: Q&A with Artila director of IoT Division Mike Kao
Artila Electronics is a long-term player in the IPC industry, but unlike most others that focus on developing x86 applications, Artila has chosen ARM-based systems...
