One of the most well known local Taiwan providers of semiconductor equipment, Hermes Epitek believes that extending its business presence is a natural extension of its long-term practice of developing its technology and...

His eyes sparkle when Chin-Yao Tsai, general manager of E-ton Solar Tech, talks fervently about solar energy and in particular the photovoltaic (PV) industry in Taiwan. He has confidence in the sector and firmly believes...

For much of the history of the semiconductor industry, Moore's Law was the industry's driver. Though Moore's law remains a strong and vibrant driver today, it has been joined by economic pressures, namely the cost requirements...

As the semiconductor industry addresses the move to 32nm, it is important for players in the industry to acknowledge that the macro market environment it serves is rapidly changing. The successful growth of the industry...

When looking to divine the direction of the semiconductor industry, it makes sense to turn to SEMI, the global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors...

Although a global economic recession has cast a cloud over the entire semiconductor industry, leading inspection and metrology tool supplier KLA Tencor expects that the soft capital expenditure (capex) trend in 2008 foretells...

While admitting that its sales exposure to IC design houses is relatively high, Global Testing (GT) aims to grow its exposure to IDMs in order to grab more business, especially as IDMs are also growing their outsourcing...

During the recent Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) in the US, company senior VP, chief sales and marketing officer Henri Richard noted that one of the great pleasures he has had since joining Freescale last year was to...

With China being one of the key hubs for semiconductor production and key market for semiconductor sales, leading process control and yield management tool supplier KLA-Tencor believes the business potential from corresponding...

While number-one semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials projects that semiconductor companies will trim their capital expenditure (capex) by 40% in 2008, and some leading players are already making moves to...

The "Dolby" logo is deep-rooted in every cinema goer's mind, with the logo signifying a guarantee of a lively audio experience. Dolby Laboratories has also made moves to bring that Hollywood experience to more...

While upstream LED companies did not see their revenues grow as much as expected in the first half of this year, LED chipmaker Huga, founded by Inventec and Yulon, maintained growth and the company set a revenue record...

With Intel, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) having recently reached an agreement on 450mm wafer production, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, as a leading foundry, said it...

TPV Technology's own monitor brand AOC overtook Samsung Electronics as the number one monitor brand in China in the first quarter of 2008 and TPV aims to ship a total of 11.5 million units of its own-brand monitors worldwide...

What is going on in the polysilicon industry? It is common knowledge that silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust (after oxygen) and the third in the planet's mantle (behind oxygen and magnesium),...

Digitimes recently had the opportunity to interview Taiwan's new Economics Minister Dr. Chii-Ming Yiin, to discuss current issues being handled by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), including regulations on investments...

LSI was founded in 1981 as an ASIC company that did service functions, which meant basically it turned others companies' IP into silicon. The company did that for more than 20 years, but in the years from 2000-2005 it seems...

Just before Broadcom spoke at the Computex CE Summit on June 4, Digitimes had the opportunity to chat with Michael Hurlson, vice president and general manager for the Home and Wireless Networking Business Unit at Broadcom...

With Nvidia recently revealing its Tegra processor for mobile computer products to challenge Intel's Atom platform on MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), Digitimes took the opportunity to talk to Anand Chandrasekher, manager...

Improvement in PC hardware in recent years has helped spur the development, creation and manipulation of multimedia, especially video. CyberLink is well known for its multimedia software applications and has grown and adapted...

John Hsuan, vice chairman of United Microelectronic Corporation (UMC) and concurrently chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is a 30-year veteran of the Taiwan IT industry and has witnessed numerous shifts...

Being one of the top-ten IC packaging and testing companies in terms of sales, United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) stresses the importance of profitability rather than ranking, though the company is always wishing to...

Despite the CMOS image sensor market undergoing a structural change, as evident in Micron Technology spinning off its CMOS image sensor unit as Aptina Imaging, as well as the rising roles of smaller-scale players, OmniVision,...

Soon after meeting with distributors in the Asia Pacific region, NXP Semiconductors Asia Pacific sales and marketing vice president, TL Chow met with Digitimes and shared his comments about doing business with NXP, as well...

Seeing demand for good quality audio performance penetrating a wide array of consumer electronics, Wolfson Microelectronics, a leading-player in the high-end audio solution market, is confident it has secured a solid position...