Last update: Thursday 1 December 2011 [90 news items]
Kilopass, UMC extend collaboration
Dec 1, 01:10
Non-volatile memory (NVM) IP vendor Kilopass Technology and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have expanded their existing manufacturing license deal, according to the companies...
Global Unichip USB 3.0 device controller IP certified by USB-IF
Nov 29, 14:52
Global Unichip has announced that its USB 3.0 device controller IP has passed the USB-IF test procedure for SuperSpeed products and is now listed on the integrator list.
eMemory Technology wins TSMC IP Partner Award for second year straight
Nov 15, 01:45
eMemory Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of embedded non-volatile memory silicon IP and technology, on November 14 announced that it has won 2011 IP Partner Award from Taiwan Semiconductor...
Tatung Technology to ship 1 million IP STBs in 2011
Oct 14, 11:08
Taiwan-based Tatung Technology began shipments of IP set-top boxes (STBs) to telecom carriers in Europe through its parent company Arcadyan Technology in May 2011, and monthly shipments...
UMC develops 0.18-micron MTP technology
Sep 14, 14:40
United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced that under a joint development with IC design house Yield Microelectronics (YMC), it has developed a new 0.18-micron multiple-time programmable...
CPT to collaborate with Intellectual Ventures for IP strategy
Jul 26, 11:00
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Intellectual Ventures (IV) have entered into a set of multi-faceted intellectual property agreements, according to the companies. Specific financial...
eMemory offers eNVM IP in TSMC 80nm HV technology
Jul 14, 14:05
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) silicon IP developer eMemory Technology has announced that its one-time programmable memory, NeoBit, has been qualified in TSMC's 80nm high-voltage...
Imagination provides update on new graphics and multimedia IP cores
Jun 8, 16:43
UK-based Imagination Technologies, which licenses its IP (intellectual property) related to graphics processors, has updated several developments about its solutions for an ever broadening...
NVM IP provider eMemory to list on Taiwan OTC on January 24
Jan 20, 16:24
Taiwan-based eMemory Technology, a provider of IP for logic embedded non-volatile memory (NVM), has announced that the company will be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market...
Embedded eNVM IP vendor eMemory Technology to debut on Taiwan OTC market
Jan 11, 14:17
Taiwan-based embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP vendor eMemory Technology will debut on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) securities market on January 24. eMemory's shares will...
NVM IP provider eMemory receives approval for OTC trading
Dec 8, 14:08
Taiwan-based eMemory Technology, a provider of IP for logic embedded non-volatile memory (NVM), recently gained approval to list on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) market. The company...
Faraday to see sales from USB 3.0 IP products expand in 2011
Nov 26, 01:10
IC design service provider Faraday Technology is expected to see sales generated from USB 3.0 IP products grow substantially to account for more than 10% of its overall revenues in...
Toward increased mobility: Q&A with ARM president Tudor Brown
Nov 24, 17:06
More than 20 billion ARM-powered processors have been shipped by semiconductor and system companies worldwide over the past 20 years, and the number is expected to top 100 billion...

eMemory cuts into supply chain of brand-name handset vendors
Nov 5, 15:24
Taiwan's eMemory Technology has broadened its embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) IP portfolio for market segments like touch screen controllers and power management chips, and has...
Oct 12, 14:17
MIPS Technologies has joined the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Soft IP Alliance Program to speed customers' time-to-market, according to the IP...
TSMC expands IP Alliance to include Soft IP
Oct 6, 01:00
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has expanded its IP Alliance to incorporate a soft IP program that will improve soft IP readiness for advanced technology...
Synopsys DesignWare SATA IP enables first-pass silicon success for Global Unichip
Aug 30, 15:00
Synopsys has announced that Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) has achieved first-pass silicon success for its GP5080 SSD SoC utilizing the Synopsys DesignWare SATA IP solution, consisting...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom procures thin-client IP STBs for MOD
Aug 19, 11:31
Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will procure 19,000 thin-client IP set-top boxes (STBs) from open-bid winner HwaCom Systems in combination with Pegatron Technology for...
Virage Logic expands IP portfolio
Jul 28, 11:28
Virage Logic has announced the expansion of its semiconductor IP product portfolio with the introduction of SiANA, an offering of analog IP components for building multimedia consumer...
SMIC and Virage Logic extend partnership to 40nm
Jul 23, 17:11
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has revealed that its cooperation with Virage Logic now extends to 40nm low-leakage (LL) process technology. SMIC in May...
Nanya enters into new patent license agreement with Mosaid
Jul 21, 14:36
Mosaid Technologies has signed a seven-year, royalty bearing patent portfolio license agreement with Nanya Technology, according to the memory IP specialist. Financial details of...
ARM and TSMC ink long-term strategic deal
Jul 21, 09:23
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have jointly announced a long-term agreement that provides TSMC with access to a broad range of ARM processors and enables...
MediaTek to volume ship 3D and IPTV solutions in 4Q10, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 19, 14:29
MediaTek will begin volume shipments of 3D TV and IPTV solutions in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted company sources as indicat...
eMemory develops 0.18-micron 3.3V OTP solution
Jul 8, 14:35
Non-volatile memory IP developer eMemory Technology has announced the availability of a 0.18-micron 3.3V one-time-programmable (OTP) solution, developed using the company's proprietary...
CHT to purchase 200,000 IP STBs from DinYen and HwaCom
Jul 2, 10:18
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 1 announced the result of an open bid to procure 200,000 IP set-top boxes (STBs), with Taiwan-based DinYen Technology and HwaCom Systems each winning...
TSMC announces automotive-qualified 0.25-micron OTP IP
Jun 30, 16:57
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its 0.25-micron one-time programmable (OTP) IP now meets Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) standard AEC-Q100...
Asustek adopts audio IP from Virage Logic
Jun 4, 01:15
Asustek Computer has licensed Virage Logic's new Sonic Focus PC audio enrichment IP for its new N-series notebooks, according to Virage Logic.

Richtek licenses Virage Logic NVM IP for advanced analog and power management products
May 27, 16:08
Virage Logic has announced that Taiwan-based Richtek Technology, a leading Asia-based power management IC provider, has taken a license for Virage Logic's AEON MTP (multi-time programmable)...
TSMC announces 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP
May 27, 13:25
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP that passed AEC-Q100 product qualification requirements for a wide range...
Taiwan and China makers eyeing ISDB-T IP STB orders from Latin America
Apr 26, 15:17
Taiwan- and China-based makers are looking to orders for IP STBs (set-top boxes) based on the Japan-developed mobile TV standard ISDB-T from Latin America, because telecom carriers...
Grace enhances design services to customized embedded flash macros
Apr 7, 14:04
China-based foundry Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing has launched an IP portfolio developed to assist customers in complementing their own IC design. The IP blocks offer various...
Faraday expects 20-30% growth in 2010
Feb 1, 14:57
Faraday Technology expects too see a double-digit revenue growth in the first quarter and 20-30% growth in 2010, according to the company.
Sercomm developing LTE-enabled security IP cameras with Verizon
Jan 14, 15:00
Taiwan-based network equipment maker Sercomm is developing LTE-enabled security IP cameras with US-based Verizon Wireless, according to Sercomm president James Wang.
Faraday to transfer IP business to Innopower
Dec 31, 11:03
Innopower Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Faraday Technology, has announced, effective immediately, that it has been selected as the sole IP distributor of Faraday. Innopower...
Taiwan-based Magic Pixel licenses MIPS processor IP for multimedia applications
Dec 24, 14:39
MIPS Technologies has announced that Magic Pixel (MPX), a Taiwan-based multimedia SoC supplier and a spin-off of Macronix International Company (MXIC), has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc...
- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
10-Feb-2012 markets closed
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- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011

Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...

MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...

The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...

Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.




















