Last update: Thursday 25 April 2013 [227 news items]
Renesas plans to sell German fab to Silicon Foundry Holding
Sep 25, 11:54
Renesas Technology is planning a sale of its production facility in Germany - Renesas Semiconductor Europe (Landshut) – to Silicon Foundry Holding (SFH), a newly established...
SMIC and Wuhan city government to kick off operations of 12-inch fab on September 22
Sep 19, 15:21
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Wuhan city government (Hubei province, China) will jointly kick off official operation of the 12-inch wafer fab built...
TSMC, UMC slowing down 12-inch fab expansion
Sep 10, 01:15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and other foundries are slowing their 12-inch fab expansion, showing no signs of active...
Aptina negotiating with Taiwan wafer fabs and DRAM makers for CMOS image sensor manufacturing
Sep 5, 01:00
Aptina, a CMOS image sensor making subsidiary of Micron which was officially spun-off on October 3, is reportedly in negotiations with Taiwan-based wafer fabs and DRAM makers to outsource...
Seventy fab projects brighten semiconductor industry outlook in 2009
Aug 27, 10:19
According to the World Fab Forecast report, recently released by SEMI, a projected decline in world semiconductor fab equipment spending of 20% is expected for 2008, but a rebound...
AUO to announce expansion plans on Wednesday, paper says
Aug 26, 12:37
KY Lee, chairman of AU Optronics (AUO), will have a meeting with Taiwan's Premier Liu Chao-shiuan on Wednesday to discuss the LCD panel maker's major expansion projects in Taiwan,...
Taiwan government decides site for AUO's NT$500 billion LCD fab projects
Aug 21, 12:20
The Taiwan government has selected a site in the central region of the island nation where AU Optronics (AUO) will invest NT$500 billion (US$15.91 billion) to build its next generation...
Aug 5, 01:10
Leading pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), as well as DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation...
Taiwan likely to allow 12-inch fab investment in China in September
Jul 30, 12:13
Taiwan semiconductor players that wish to establish 12-inch wafer fab in China are expected to hear good news in September. Taiwan president Ma Ying-Jeou reasserted that the relaxation...
Elpida and Numonyx sign foundry deal for NOR flash production at 12-inch fab
Jul 10, 12:14
Elpida Memory and Numonyx, the NOR flash joint venture (JV) of Intel and STMicroelectronics, announced they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to enter into a foundry agreement...
SAS guides 10% sequential sales growth in 3Q
Jun 20, 15:16
During a June 19 investors conference, Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) chairman MK Lu guided third-quarter sales are to grow 10% on quarter.
AUO yet to get land for 10G fab
Jun 20, 11:11
AU Optronics (AUO) cannot be certain when it can start constructing its 10G LCD panel line as it is still waiting for government help to find a plot of suitable land in Taiwan for...
Powercom to construct polysilicon fab in Taiwan
Jun 19, 01:00
UPS maker Powercom has indicated that it plans to construct a polysilicon fab located in Yilan on the eastern coast of Taiwan. Powercom already has a subsidiary on solar cell produ...
LDK Solar constructs huge polysilicon fab in China
Jun 9, 16:15
In light of the dominant role that polysilicon plays in the solar cell market, LDK Solar is constructing a polysilicon fab housing an annual capacity of 15,000 tons, according to...
Innolux raises capacity goal for 6G fab
Jun 9, 11:02
Innolux Display has set a higher capacity goal for its 6G LCD plant project, for which the company held a beam-raising ceremony June 7 marking the completion of the fab's structure...
Innolux 6G fab one-third complete
Jun 6, 01:40
Innolux Display will hold a beam-raising ceremony on June 7 to mark the completion of the steel structure for its new 6G LCD panel fab in Chunan, northern Taiwan.
Winbond secures NT$7.7 billion loan
Jun 4, 16:19
Winbond Electronics announced that it has signed a NT$7.7 billion (US$254 million) five-year syndicated loan agreement to fund its expansion plan and technology upgrade of its 12-inch...
KLA-Tencor has announced a new generation in the Surfscan family of wafer defect and surface quality inspection systems: the Surfscan SP3. As the first unpatterned wafer inspection...
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KLA-Tencor Archer 300 LCM metrology system
KLA-Tencor has introduced the Archer 300 LCM Metrology system, which offers precision and measurement speed significantly better than that of its predecessor - the Archer 200, and...
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Applied Materials has unveiled what it claims is the industry's first fully-integrated abatement and vacuum pumping solution for controlling emissions in the semiconductor fab. ...
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Applied Materials Solar Technology Center in China
Applied Materials has opened an advanced solar research and demonstration facility in Xian, China. The Solar Technology Center is comprised of laboratory and office buildings covering...
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KLA-Tencor 8900 inspection system
KLA-Tencor has extended its product offerings in the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market by announcing the 8900 defect inspection system. The new 8900 offers selectable illumination...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for its green buidlings. Digitimes recently sat...
MEMS mass production to lead to increased foundry outsourcing: Q&A with Siimpel CEO Chee Kwan
Increasing global demand for smartphones has resulted in related advancements in handset functionality and increased competition among component suppliers. In August of this year,...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.