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Era of Silicon 4.0: TSIA chairman talks about virtual Moore's Law
Wednesday 16 November 2016
With 2015 being the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, one of the hottest topics that has continued to be discussed up until now in the semiconductor industry has been whether Moore's Law would come to an end. Nicky Lu, chairman...
7nm process is essential for semi industry: Q&A with Globalfoundries CTO Gary Patton
Monday 7 November 2016
Gary Patton, a 30-year veteran in the semiconductor industry, joined Globalfoundries as CTO in July 2015. He now shoulders the responsibility of building up the foundry house's 7nm manufacturing technology. Patton's task...
Industry integration, 5G and IoT applications: Q&A with Qualcomm president Derek Aberle
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Qualcomm president Derek Aberle spared his time with Digitimes for an exclusive interview recently and shared his insights into a number of major issues facing the global semiconductor industry, including industry...
Thursday 18 December 2014
The move by Globalfoundries to acquire IBM's semiconductor business unit and to team up with Samsung Electronics to aggressively step into the 14nm process market indicates the US-based foundry house's ambition for strong...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for its green buidlings. Digitimes recently sat down with Arthur Chuang, director of TSMC's...
Focus on advanced processes: Q&A with Alchip chairman Kinying Kwan
Monday 11 July 2011
Founded in 2003 by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan, Alchip provides silicon design and manufacturing services for companies developing complex and high-volume system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Digitimes...
Emerging markets to drive China foundries' growth: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai
Thursday 24 February 2011
China's foundries may not be able to compete head-to-head against the industry's global top-three players in the most advanced process technologies, but their opportunities lie elsewhere - their own country and other emerging...
MEMS mass production to lead to increased foundry outsourcing: Q&A with Siimpel CEO Chee Kwan
Monday 20 October 2008
Increasing global demand for smartphones has resulted in related advancements in handset functionality and increased competition among component suppliers. In August of this year, Siimpel announced that it MEMS-based silicon...
Foxconn Group to make large investment in Kunshan
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Getac Technology holds rosy outlook for 2H17
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- Qisda has high hopes for enterprise and industrial robots
- Compal evaluating partnership with LeEco
- Foxconn announces US investment project
- FPCB firm Flexium to see July revenues rise substantially
- Taiwan market: HMD Global launches Nokia 5, Nokia 3
- Giga Solar Materials subsidiary signs PV EPC contracts
- Small-size Micro LED applications may emerge in 1-2 years, says Epistar chairman
- IntelliEPI expects to post sequential revenue growth through 3Q17
- Foxconn chairman still expects 50% chance of getting Toshiba semiconductor business
- Sercomm draws rosy picture for 2H17
- Chunghwa Telecom to offer 4-carrier aggregation services
- Huawei, Oppo and Vivo likely to ship fewer-than-expected smartphones in 2017
- Lite-On Technology wins procurement order for over 100,000 LED street lamps from Jordan
- Solartech Energy to expand PERC solar cell capacity
- Aspeed enjoys brisk BMC chip orders
- Global industrial semiconductor revenues rise 4% in 2016, says IHS
- Epistar lands orders for ultra-brightness AlGaInP LED chips used in plant-growth lighting
- EIH to negotiate with firm for redemption of exchangeable bonds
- TSMC secures 7nm chip orders from Qualcomm
- Innolux developing Mini LED as predecessor to Micro LED
- Taiwan market: Tainan and Chiayi City looking to try out autonomous driving
- Taiwan May manufacturing production index up, says MOEA
- IC distributor Edom to post double-digit revenue growth in 2017
- Yageo to raise MLCC prices 15-30%
- Soft-World International to extend business scope for Pay2Go
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Eyeing more profitable sectors: Q&A with Wally Liaw, Supermicro VP of international sales
Supermicro, originally a maker of server motherboards, has been gradually evolved into an own-brand...
Gigabyte Technology has been performing well in the motherboard market for the past few years and is...
Gigabyte strengthening high-end gaming brand recognition by uniting Aorus marketing under one team
The gaming market has gradually grown to become a new battlefield among IT vendors thanks to related...
Q&A: Gigabyte preparing full series of gaming notebooks
Despite the gaming notebook market's strong popularity, competition has always been fierce between...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.