Global Internet connected cars to boom, says iSuppli

Dec 18, 17:06

An estimated 62.3 million global consumers will have Internet access in their cars by 2016, up from 970,000 at the end of 2009, according to iSuppli.

Maction to increase GPS shipments to China-based Soueast Motor in 2010

Dec 18, 15:17

Maction Technologies, the vendor of PAPAGO map software in Taiwan, has stated that its shipments of in-car GPS devices to China-based South East (Soueast) Motor will increase substantially...

TSMC ties up with BYD Auto for production of automotive grade ICs

Dec 4, 10:38

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly teamed up with China-based BYD Auto for contract production of automotive-grade ICs, according to industry sources...

Infineon, TSMC extend collaboration to 65nm

Nov 5, 16:35

Infineon Technologies and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on November 5 announced that their development and production partnership has been extended to a 65nm embedded...

Altek aims at 25% on-quarter growth in 4Q09 revenues

Oct 30, 12:13

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek, due to additional orders from existing clients, expects consolidated revenues for the forth quarter of 2009 will rise 25% sequentially to...

Thinking Electronic to see 10 fold growth in automotive component shipments

Newswatch - Oct 27, 16:19

Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial's monthly shipments of automotive components used in heaters is expected to ramp to ten times its current level...

Foxconn distances itself from engineer accused of stealing Ford trade secrets

Oct 19, 17:15

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) indicating that former employee Mike Yu, who is currently being charged with...

Image sensor market to grow more than 50% in 3 years, says iSuppli

Oct 12, 11:45

In 2009, 1.3 billion image sensors, including both CCD and CMOS varieties, will be shipped worldwide, according to iSuppli. In 2012, the market will cross the two billion-unit thre...

Taiwan PCB makers enter supply chains of top-10 automobile makers in Europe and North America

Sep 24, 17:04

Taiwan-based PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have both managed to enter the supply chains of most the top-10 automobile makers in Europe...

PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications

Sep 9, 15:49

Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...

X-Fab launches CMOS foundry process for high-temperature analog/mixed-signal applications

Sep 9, 14:03

X-Fab Silicon Foundries has announced what it claims is the industry's first analog/mixed-signal CMOS foundry process (dubbed XA035) for ICs requiring operating temperatures up to...

Lanner introduces automotive DVR with 3G wireless and 4-channel H.264

Sep 3, 15:10

Lanner Electronics has announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering Wi-Fi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with...

Freescale increases outsourcing to TSMC, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 28, 14:53

Freescale Semiconductor recently announced a new 45nm DSP series and has expanded outsourcing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2009, according...

Protective component maker Thinking enters China automotive market

Newswatch - Aug 14, 16:28

Thinking Electronic has entered the supply chain of China-based automobile maker BYD Company and expects to begin volume shipments in 2010, according to market speculation.

Foxconn forms in-house committee for development of in-car electronics devices

Jul 31, 16:15

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has established an in-house committee responsible for pushing the development of in-car electronics devices such as telematics systems,...

Corning signs agreement with Soitec to develop substrates for OLED mobile displays

Jul 31, 12:05

Corning and the Soitec Group (Euronext Paris) have announced an agreement to work together on the development of high-performance silicon-on-glass (SiOG) substrates for the flat panel...

Numonyx launches new brand for serial NOR flash

Jul 22, 14:04

Numonyx has announced a new brand name for its serial flash memory line, Numonyx Forte, targeting consumer electronics, handheld gaming, computing and network communications applic...

Holtek July order volumes surpasses those in June

Jul 14, 15:24

Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has seen orders in the first half of July 2009 surpass levels in June, and has already begun to take August orders. The company...

Richtek share price soars on speculation it plans to enter automotive electronics market

Jul 10, 16:36

IC design house Richtek Technology's share price climbed to NT$241 (US$7.28) on July 9 on market speculation it is set to enter the automotive electronics market soon. TungThih Electronic,...

Taiwan DMS provider USI aims to ship over 600,000 WiMAX devices in 2009

Jul 9, 16:53

Taiwan DMS provider Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) is making efforts to tap emerging markets in the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Russia for its WiMAX...

Synnex starts marketing Navigon-brand GPS devices in Australia

Jul 9, 16:09

Synnex Technology International, a 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributor in Taiwan, has said that it began to market Navigon-brand in-car GPS devices...

Global chip market set to rebound in 2010, says SIA

Jun 8, 12:22

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has revised upward its forecast of global semiconductor sales for 2009, after seeing some recovery signs along with a sales growth recorded...

Consumer applications to overtake automotive applications in MEMS inertial sensor market by 2011, says Yole Developpement

Jun 8, 10:58

Motion sensing devices are not new. They have been used since the 1950s in the aerospace and defense field for navigation functions. MEMS versions of accelerometers and gyroscopes...

2008 industrial semiconductor revenues overtake automotive; Infineon, STMicro remain top-2 suppliers, says Semicast

May 13, 16:24

According to Semicast Research, revenues for semiconductors in the industrial sector exceeded those in the automotive sector for the first time in 2008. Semicast estimates that industrial...

Intel and Nvidia come roaring back in 1Q09, says Jon Peddie Research

Apr 29, 17:01

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2009.

OmniVision introduces AutoVision imaging solutions for automotive industry

Apr 22, 10:04

OmniVision Technologies has unveiled its latest AutoVision imaging solutions, designed to address the automotive industry's demand for more vivid imaging in driver assistance applications...

South Korea-based CIS designer Pixelplus reenters market

Newswatch - Apr 21, 15:19

CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker Pixelplus has reentered the global market with a VGA CIS targeting automotive rear-view camera module makers, according to CIS industry sources in Tai...

Automotive CIS to have staggering growth in 5 years

Newswatch - Apr 16, 16:13

The number of CMOS image sensors (CISs) used in each automobile will jump to eight or even 10 in the next five years from one currently, sources with CIS makers estimate.

Taiwan maker USI faring well in China OEM auto parts market

Apr 15, 12:02

Taiwan-based DMS (design and manufacturing service) provider, Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), has scored points in tapping China's OEM automotive parts market, with revenues...

Bosch maintains leadership in auto MEMS market in 2008, says iSuppli

Apr 8, 15:31

Despite a massive downturn in car sales and wrenching changes to the global supply chain, Robert Bosch GmbH in 2008 maintained its lead in the worldwide automotive MEMS market, according...

High battery costs for electric vehicles obstructing semiconductor growth, says The Information Network

Apr 8, 14:57

Despite a sluggish forecast for the overall high-tech industry in the near term, alternative energy technologies are expected to grow at a 40% annual rate through 2012, and semiconductors...