CMP material startup gains verification from Taiwan foundry

Jan 18, 15:51

Fulltrol Precision Materials, a Taiwan-based startup that makes chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) materials, has obtained certification for its CMP pads from an unspecified...

Globalfoundries aims to ramp output to 5.8 million 200mm wafer equivalents in 2014

Jan 15, 12:41

Globalfoundries has completed its integration with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and aims to ramp its total capacity to 5.8 million 200mm (8-inch) wafers in equivalent in...

Globalfoundries to tap Asia IC-design market through Socle Technology

Dec 25, 10:49

Globalfoundries' acquisition of Singapore-based Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will also enable the US pure-play foundry to tap the IC-design market in Asia thanks to Chartered's...

Kingston to see more than US$1 billion in Asia revenues in 2009

Dec 23, 10:16

Kingston Technology will see revenues reach US$1.1 billion in Asia in 2009, up over 20% from US$900 million in 2008, according to Scott Chen, company vice president for APAC business...

Taiflex chairman predicts 10-15% growth for Asia FPCB market in 2010

Dec 18, 17:06

The FPCB market in Asia will grow 10-15% in 2010 thanks to increased demand coming from ultra-thin notebooks, smartphones and e-book readers, according to Sun Ta-Wen, chairman of...

POS maker Flytech profit up over 34% in 1H09

Aug 20, 11:21

Flytech Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of POS (point of sale/service), on August 19 released its financial report for the second quarter and the first half of 2009, with January-June...

D-Link signs pact with Japan-based Nelco, to see revenues increase significantly from Japan and other Asian markets

Aug 4, 15:55

Taiwan-based own-brand network equipment vendor D-Link has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan-based system integration service provider Nissho Electronics Corporation (Nelco)...

STATS ChipPAC sales up 45% in 2Q09; swings to profit

Jul 30, 11:30

STATS ChipPAC saw its net sales grow 45% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, and managed to swing back to profitability, according to the company. The Singapore-based chip...

Numonyx looks to expand in Asia

Jun 16, 15:07

Numonyx, a joint venture between Intel and STMicroelectronics, has announced its distribution deployment for the Asia market. The flash memory maker has named Edom Technology, Synnex...

More than 230,000 new base stations to be added in 2010 in BRIC, says ABI Research

Jun 12, 10:33

While many sectors of the economy are languishing in the global recession, wireless infrastructure is relatively healthy. This also holds true in the world's major "emerging...

Global chip market to fall 22% in 2009 but resume growth in 2010, says WSTS

Jun 4, 14:47

The global semiconductor market will continue its descent and drop 21.6% to US$194.8 billion in 2009, following a 2.8% decline in 2008, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics...

Garmin and TomTom face challenging competition in Asia

Apr 29, 12:09

While Garmin and TomTom together occupied 67% of the global shipments of portable navigation devices (PNDs) in the fourth quarter of 2008, their combined share in the Asia market...

Mobile broadband in Asia is evolving, says Frost & Sullivan

Apr 20, 11:14

Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass two billion subscribers by 2012 when 63% of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone, according to Frost &...

IC distributor Avnet expects Taiwan and Asia Pacific revenues to stay flat in 2009

Newswatch - Feb 25, 16:32

Global IC distributor Avnet Electronics Marketing expects its Taiwan and Asia-Pacific revenues to stay flat at US$1 billion and US$3 billion, respectively, in 2009 amid challenging...