20 news items tagged ST
Leading IC suppliers vary on 2H20 growth expectations
Monday 7 September 2020Most IC suppliers experienced weaker demand and generally poor sales results in the first half of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and strained US-China trade relations. However,...
Global semiconductor revenue may drop 5% in 2Q20
Tuesday 9 June 2020IC Insights has compiled a list of semiconductor companies that have provided their sales guidance for the second quarter of 2020. Collectively, the 21 companies on the list anticipate...
ST, TSMC team up for GaN devices
Friday 21 February 2020STMicroelectronics and TSMC are collaborating to accelerate the development of gallium nitride (GaN) process technology and the supply of both discrete and integrated GaN devices...
Rohm, STMicro strike SiC wafer supply deal
Thursday 16 January 2020STMicroelectronics has signed a multi-year silicon carbide (SiC) wafers supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company, according to the companies.
ST closes acquisition of silicon carbide wafer specialist Norstel AB
Thursday 5 December 2019STMicroelectronics has announced the closing of the full acquisition of Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. ST exercised its option to acquire the remaining...
Cree and STMicroelectronics expand silicon carbide wafer supply agreement
Thursday 21 November 2019Cree and STMicroelectronics have announced the expansion and extension of an existing multi-year, long-term silicon carbide wafer supply agreement to more than US$500 million. The...
Taiwan firms eyeing automotive MOSFET processing orders from IDMs
Friday 5 October 2018As international IDMs are moving at full throttles to develop lucrative high-voltage automotive MOSFETs, Taiwan mid-end and back-end supply chain players are gearing up to win long-term...
China semi capex to be larger than Europe and Japan combined in 2018, says IC Insights
Friday 29 June 2018IC Insights has forecast that China-headquartered companies will spend US$11.0 billion in semiconductor industry capex in 2018, which would represent 10.6% of the expected worldwide...
Macronix NOR chips adopted for new STMicro MCU
Tuesday 27 March 2018Macronix International has announced that STMicroelectronics is using Macronix International's 8-bit I/O serial NOR flash memory for ST's new STM32L4+ microcontroller discovery kits...
Largan Medical, St Shine Optical expanding contact lens business
Thursday 18 January 2018Contact lens vendor Largan Medical is expanding its retail network in Taiwan for its own-brand products, while contact lens OEM and own-brand vendor St Shine Optical is expanding...
STMicroelectronics acquires Atollic
Thursday 14 December 2017STMicroelectronics has announced its acquisition of software-development tools specialist Atollic. Atollic is the supplier of TrueStudio, an integrated development environment (IDE)...
STMicro denies reports it will suspend taking MCU orders
Friday 21 July 2017STMicroelectronics has dismissed recent reports indicating the company will suspend taking orders for microcontrollers (MCU) until 2018 due to strong demand. "ST continues to manage...
There are 15 companies forecast to have semiconductor capital expenditures of more than US$1 billion in 2017, up from 11 in 2016 and only eight in 2013, according to IC Insights.
Macronix quad-SPI memory selected by STMicroelectronics for new MCU
Thursday 20 April 2017STMicroelectronics has adopted Macronix International’s flash memory solution in its new STM32L4 microcontroller (MCU) series, according to the Taiwan-based provider of non-volatile...
Macronix QSPI memory selected by ST
Tuesday 15 November 2016STMicroelectronics has adopted Macronix International's solution in its new ARM Cortex-M7 based MCUs for applications ranging from portable or wearable consumer devices, smart-building...
Targeting niche markets: Q&A with ST Liu, president of Acer handset unit
Wednesday 30 September 2015Notebook vendor Acer aims to ship at least five million smartphones in 2015 and plans to hike the shipments to 10 million units in 2016. But Acer will not spend a lot of money for...
ST digital-compass modules adopted for Xiaomi smartphone
Wednesday 18 December 2013STMicroelectronics has announced that its LSM303D accelerometer and magnetometer combo module is being used in Xiaomi's Mi1S-series smartphones.
The excellent performance of Fortrend OGS with ST and ITE IC, Win8 qualified
Thursday 25 April 2013Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp. has obtained Windows 8 qualifications successfully with the cooperation of ST and ITE. The Chairman of Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp., Mr. John...
STMicroelectronics MEMS gyroscopes enable accurate angular motion detection in size- and power-constrained consumer applications
Tuesday 10 November 2009Geneva, November 04, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leading supplier...
STMicroelectronics CEO visits Taiwan
Tuesday 24 March 2009STMicroelectronics president and CEO Carlo Bozotti paid a business visit to Taiwan between March 16-23, focusing on talks with Delta Electronics, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...