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  • Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip

    Bits + chips | 10h 55min ago

  • Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013

    LED | 11h 14min ago

  • Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13

    Bits + chips | 11h 18min ago

  • NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president

    Bits + chips | 11h 28min ago

  • Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels

    IT + CE | Jun 18, 20:53

  • China-based TV vendors to procure over 30 million panels from Taiwan makers, says CVIA vice president

    Displays | Jun 18, 19:58

  • Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG

    Before Going to Press | 12h 5min ago

  • DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56

  • Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:16

  • Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04

  • Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50

  • Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:44

  • Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:43

  • China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:42

  • JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:37

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Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs

IC MANUFACTURING | Jun 18, 15:11

Chipbond Technology is ramping up testing capacity for advanced LCD driver ICs in response to rising demand for high-end smartphones and other mobile devices...

SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs

IC MANUFACTURING | Jun 17, 21:29

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has moved to expand production capacity at a fast pace for high-end IC packaging and testing in anticipation of robust...

Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli

IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTION | Jun 18, 09:45

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the US and Europe and has seen its sales growing by leaps and...

Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion

PASSIVE, PCB, OTHER IC COMPONENTS | Jun 18, 15:12

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects its capex budget to reach a record NT$4.5-5 billion (US$150.7-167.5 million) in 2013 and further...

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More flash memory chips are now designed into embedded applications

Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market

IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTION | Jun 17, 21:35

As more NAND flash memory chips are designed into embedded applications, Taiwan-based IC design houses have shifted their attention away from the memory controller IC segment with some already diversifying their offerings to include solutions for non-memory products, and some looking to transform their...

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Smartphone industry and market, 2013 forecast
2013 TFT LCD industry and market outlook
  • Samsung reportedly to outsource more chips

    Samsung Electronics reportedly is looking to expand the purchase of memory products, including mobile DRAM chips and eMMC NAND devices, from outside.

  • Micron reaches deal to acquire Elpida

    Micron Technology and Elpida Memory's trustees have reached an agreement for Micron to acquire Elpida. Micron also announced a separate agreement with...

  • Taiwan DRAM firms mull fab sales

    Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers including Powerchip Technology and ProMOS Technologies are considering selling fabs in order to preserve cash and strengthen...

  • Samsung foundry biz expanding

    Specializing in the manufacture of memory chips and LCD panels, Samsung's component operations are undergoing a focus shift to advanced process design...

  • 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.