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Dual leadership should become long-term management model at TSMC, says Morris Chang
Friday 13 October 2017
The dual leadership to be enforced at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) starting from June 2018 should remain a long-term management model for a big company like TSMC, its chairman Morris Chang told Digitimes...
Morris Chang sees hurdle for semiconductor development in China
Thursday 12 October 2017
While China is aggressively accelerating the development of its semiconductor industry, a hidden barrier will gradually surface to affect its development, in that many countries will try hard to prevent their advanced technologies...
Service-oriented corporate culture counts most in foundry sector, says Morris Chang
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Once describing Intel and Samsung Electronics as "700-pound gorillas" when commenting on his company's two major competitors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang has recently said that...
All feasts must come to an end: Q&A with TSMC chairman Morris Chang
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Just three days after announcing an encouraging decision that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will build its 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan, the firm's chairman Morris Chang sent shockwaves through the high-tech...
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 market: Lenovo ramping gaming models to expand PC market share
Before Going to Press | 3h 27min ago
Digitimes Research: Global AR/VR HMD device shipments to grow at CAGR of 41.6% in 2017-2022
Before Going to Press | 3h 30min ago
Smartphone panel prices remain steady in October
Before Going to Press | 3h 32min ago
Motech, Giga Solar to form PV module JV
Before Going to Press | 4h 6min ago
AUO expanding its deployment in PV segment
Before Going to Press | 4h 14min ago
Goodix obtains fingerprint sensor orders for new Huawei devices
Before Going to Press | 4h 20min ago
Nanya begins volume shipments of 20nm 4Gb DDR3 chips
Before Going to Press | 4h 25min ago
Kinsus 4Q17 revenues to rise up to 20%, says report
Before Going to Press | 4h 28min ago
MediaTek to post slight decrease in 4Q17 revenues
Before Going to Press | 4h 32min ago
China market: ZTEWelink wins NB-IoT module orders from China Mobile
Before Going to Press | 4h 32min ago
HiSilicon seeking second-source suppliers for 7nm chips
Before Going to Press | 4h 37min ago
Adata pre-tax profits hike 110% in 3Q17
Before Going to Press | 4h 46min ago
- Linde LienHwa making new gas production investments in Taiwan
- Samsung striving for OLED panel orders from China
- Yield rates for iPhone X components improving
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan panel makers focusing on 18:9 all-screen smartphone panels
- NSP, Gintech to wholly own GES, Utech Solar
- Alibaba Cloud to be top-2 cloud operator in 2-3 years, says president
- China IIoT market to see 20% CAGR in next four years
- Xintec to swing to profit in 4Q17, says report
- Xiaomi aims to ship 90 million smartphones in 2017
- SEMI forecasts record silicon wafer shipments
- Huawei announces Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro
- Taiwan PV Module Manufacturing to set up factory in STSP
- Largan recruiting over 1,000 workers
- TSEC signs MoU for southern Taiwan PV projects
- Liang Mong Song becomes SMIC co-CEO
- NSP, Gintech, Solartech to merge
- OLED smartphone panel shipments to surpass LCD ones in 2020
- IoT vertical markets in Indonesia: Q&A with Indosat executives
- Osram Opto Semiconductors to start production at new Malaysia plant
- AUO, Innolux to generate profits in 2017
- MLS to surpass Everlight in 2017 revenue
- Laster Tech September revenues down on year
- Mitac to spin off mobile communication product business
- PV oversupply to happen in 2018, says ReneSolar CEO
- Taiwan peripheral suppliers to benefit from rising wireless charging market demand
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 10723.15 | -51.06 | -0.47% |
| TSE electronic | 461.41 | -3.56 | -0.77% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 143.73 | -0.88 | -0.61% |
| OTC electronic | 215.13 | -1.42 | -0.66% |
- Tesla fired hundreds of employees in past week (Oct 14) - Reuters
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 processor may be manufactured by Samsung (Oct 4) - Uber gizmo
- Kobe Steel: More data fabrication cases possible (Oct 12) - BBC News
- Amazon and Microsoft are teaming up on AI - without Google (Oct 12) - CNBC
- Tesla recalls 11,000 Model X SUVs for seat issues (Oct 13) - engadget
- Pixel 2: The smart phone age is over and Google thinks AI is next (Oct 4) - ABC
- Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini dies (Oct 3) - Company release
- Tesla made only 260 Model 3 cars in Q3, but is 'confident' it can fix bottleneck (Oct 2) - TechCrunch
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- Frankfurt ISC 2017 post-show European high end computing adventure: a place in Taiwan for it?
- Taiwan market: Paypal enhances service by disabling domestic payment processing
- AMD launches Zen-based datacenter processors and new GPU accelerators for servers
- Apple announces two new iPad Pros
- Computex 2017: Acer Predator Triton 700 gaming notebook to Ship with Nvidia GTX 1080 GPUs
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Linde LienHwa making new gas production investments in Taiwan
Linde LienHwa, a joint venture between the Germany-based Linde Group and Taiwan-based LienHwa Industrial,...
IoT vertical markets in Indonesia: Q&A with Indosat executives
Indosat, the second largest telecom operator in Indonesia and boasting the strongest IoT (Internet...
Dual leadership should become long-term management model at TSMC, says Morris Chang
The dual leadership to be enforced at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) starting from...
Wireless charging: Q&A with Steven Tateosian, director of IoT and Security Solutions at NXP
The launch of Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone X has highlighted wireless charging, a function that will...
- 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.