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FD-SOI a promising technology: Q&A with Globalfoundries CEO Sanjay Jha
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Globalfoundries' fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator FD-SOI process technology targeted at Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data applications has started to expand its ecosystem in China. Globalfoundries...
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...
- Taiwan ICT vendors have to offer turnkey solutions in Indonesia market: Q&A with TAITRA representative
- Apple Watch shipments expected to reach 15 million in 2017
- SPIL to restart backend services for DRAM
- Simplo expects dramatic growth in electric bicycle battery business
- Dialog looking to extend partnership with Spreadtrum
- Leotek expects 40-50% growth in 2018 LED smart streetlamp shipments
- Lenovo reports net loss of US$72 million for April-June 2017
- Wafer Works expects wafer prices to continue rising on strong demand
- Mirle seeing order backlog swell, says report
- Polarizer maker Optimax reports losses for 1H17
- UL Taiwan amid first-round IEC 62619:2017 labs
- Commentary: Is Huawei carrier business losing growth momentum?
- Micron advances semiconductor R&D capabilities with new Boise facility
- Commentary: Taiwan faces challenges in energy transition
- TSEC to start production at new PV module plant in 1Q18
- Electric car vendor Thunder Power to build plants in Taiwan
- Digitimes Research: Wisconsin plant to accelerate Foxconn transformation
- NSP affiliate completes 225MWp PV systems in US
- China market: IoT chip demand promising, says ARM CEO
- Taiwan market: Asustek launches Zen Fone 4 family products
- Alibaba nets CNY5.65 per share for 2Q17
- Taiwan market: Acer sponsors smarwatches for Universiade Taipei
- Taiwan market: Acer subsidiary to sell tablets for the elderly
- Getac shipping video solution products to US
- Tsinghua Unigroup chief pledges firm support for Spreadtrum against mobile chip rivals
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Taiwan IT industry can directly jump onto AI development: Q&A with LotaData CEO Apu Kumar
While high-tech gurus have yet to reach a consensus over whether Taiwan is suitable for developing...
IDM model no longer viable for Japan semiconductor industry: Q&A with Socionext CEO Yasuo Nishiguchi
Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor...
FD-SOI a promising technology: Q&A with Globalfoundries CEO Sanjay Jha
Globalfoundries' fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator FD-SOI process technology targeted at Internet...
- 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...
- China AMOLED panel capacity expansion forecast, 2016-2020
This Digitimes Research Special Report examines the China AMOLED industry, focusing on the expansion capacity of the makers, the current implementation plans of major smartphone vendors in the market and the technological hurdles faced by the China makers.
- Global AP demand forecast, 2017-2020
Digitimes Research expects global AP shipments to surpass the 1.9 billion mark in 2017, with smartphones remaining the main application. Qualcomm will be leading the market in 2017, as other players continue playing catch up and scramble for funds to invest in more diverse applications.
- Global notebook shipment forecast, 2017 and beyond
This Digitimes Special Report examines key factors in the notebook industry, including products, vendors and ODMs, that will affect total shipments in 2017 and through 2021.