Last update: Friday 16 November 2012 [16 news items]
Cortex M0+ 32-bit MCUs to grab market share from 8- and 16-bit solutions, says NXP executive
Nov 16, 15:37
The ARM Cortex M0+-based 32-bit MCUs will penetrate further into the 8- and 16-bit MCU segments with the unit price of the 32-bit models likely to drop to below US$0.39, according...
Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
May 16, 14:04
NXP led the 2011 market for near-field communication (NFC) phone chips with a 52% share, followed by Inside Secure with 44%. The pair took a combined 96% share of the market, leaving...
NXP to cooperate with TCP to provide lighting solutions
May 25, 11:02
NXP Semiconductors recently announced the GreenChip smart lighting solutions to connect lighting networks to the Internet. According to NXP, the market for LED light bulbs will take...
Outsourcing of IC backend services growing
Dec 30, 12:38
IDMs including Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments (TI) have all increased outsourcing for their backend production since the fourth...
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...
Singapore-based foundry SSMC announces US$30 million expansion project
Jul 15, 12:28
Singapore-based foundry Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company (SSMC) - a joint venture of NXP Semiconductor and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) - has announced...
NXP leads 2009 automotive infotainment semiconductor market, says iSuppli
May 14, 14:42
NXP Semiconductors took the top position in the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market in 2009, the first time it has held the top spot since iSuppli began tracking the...
Trident and NXP to combine DTV and STB businesses
Oct 6, 10:53
Trident Microsystems and NXP Semiconductors have signed a definitive agreement whereby Trident will acquire NXP's television systems and set-top box (STB) business lines. Trident...
NXP said to be expecting dramatic revenue growth in Greater China in 3Q09
Sep 24, 15:18
NXP Semiconductor expects its sales in the Greater China market to almost double in the third quarter from the levels recorded in the second quarter, according to sources close to...
ST-Ericsson to outsource handset chip production to TSMC and UMC, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 17, 14:38
ST-Ericsson, the joint venture of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, will outsource 65nm and 45nm handset...
Expanding through acquisitions: Q&A with STMicro CEO Carlo Bozotti
Feb 4, 10:23
STMicroelectronics has made four major acquisitions since 2007 – Genesis Microchip, Nokia's 3G and 3.5G R&D team, NXP Semiconductors and Ericsson Mobile Platform (EMP)....
NXP to maintain R&D investment in 2009; cutting into MEMS
Dec 17, 17:42
NXP Semiconductors will not reduce R&D investment in 2009, equivalent to about 17-18% of total sales, and continues to consolidate to strengthen future operations, said JJ Wang,...
NXP suspends MEMS orders to SMIC
Nov 28, 01:05
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), which announced plans to enter the MEMS OEM market at the end of October, has already seen orders from its major customer, NXP Semiconductors,...
Semiconductor industry can learn from financial industry melt-down, says Penn
Sep 29, 12:02
While July's results in the market showed that the semiconductor market continued the first half year trend of exceeding expectations, the mood in the chip market is all doom and...
Shanghai Belling likely to acquire ASMC
Sep 25, 01:15
China-based wafer foundry Shanghai Belling is reportedly likely to take on the management of another foundry, Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (ASMC), amid ongoing...
KYEC expects IDM business proportion to increase to 30% in 2009
Jun 27, 01:25
With increasing IDM orders from vendors including STMicroelectronics, Infineon and NXP Semiconductors, as well as clients in Europe, IC testing house King Yuan Electronics Company...
Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
Displays | 5min ago
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
Displays | 51min ago
NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
Displays | 1h 17min ago
AGC to release new self-adhesive glass for optical bonding used in electronic products
Displays | 1h 29min ago
eMagin enters electronic viewfinder market with OLED microdisplay
Displays | 1h 33min ago
New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
Displays | 1h 34min ago
Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
LED | 1h 37min ago
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | 2h 19min ago
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 3h 19min ago
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | 5min ago
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
Before Going to Press | 13min ago
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 34min ago
ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
Before Going to Press | 35min ago
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | 44min ago
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | 55min ago
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | 56min ago
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | 57min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | 1h 29min ago
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | 2h 32min ago
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | 2h 32min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 3h 28min ago
NXP Semiconductors has what it claims is the world's smallest ESD protection device
NXP Semiconductors has what it claims is the world's smallest ESD protection device for very fast data lines in an Ultra-Thin Leadless Package (UTLP) that achieves industry-lowest...
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NXP 2x2 MIMO WiMAX transceivers
NXP Semiconductors has announced the availability of its complete WiMAX 2x2 MIMO (multiple input multiple output)-powered family of transceivers for mobile and handheld applications.The...
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Expanding through acquisitions: Q&A with STMicro CEO Carlo Bozotti
STMicroelectronics has made four major acquisitions since 2007 – Genesis Microchip, Nokia's 3G and 3.5G R&D team, NXP Semiconductors and Ericsson Mobile Platform (EMP)....
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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
21-May-2013 markets closed
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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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.
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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.