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Friday 20 November 2020
Dialog intros SmartServer IoT partner ecosystem for edge solutions
Dialog Semiconductor has announced the launch of its SmartServer IoT partner program, which gives system integrators and OEM solutions providers access to the company's edge server...
Tuesday 17 November 2020
MediaTek to acquire assets related to PWM IC from Intel
MediaTek has announced on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology plans to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned...
Monday 16 November 2020
ASE reportedly joins Sony supply chain for automotive CIS
ASE Technology reportedly has become Sony's second backend partner for processing automotive CMOS imaging sensors (CIS), marking its return to the CIS packaging segment following...
Monday 16 November 2020
Winbond sees profit fall in 3Q20
Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits fell 53.3% sequentially and 44% on year to NT$331 million (US$11.6 million) in the third quarter...
Friday 6 November 2020
Second-tier foundries eyeing bigger share in 8-inch foundry market
With 8-inch wafer fabrication demand rising rapidly for chips including ultra-thin fingerprint sensors, power management ICs, MOSFET chips and display driver ICs, second-tier foundries...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Zhen Ding enters high-frequency rigid PCB line via acquiring BoardTek
Taiwan's PCB leader Zhen Ding Technology has completed its acquisition of local peer BoardTek Electronics as a wholly-owned subsidiary, which specializes in high-frequency rigid boards...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
UMC eyeing idle 8-inch fabs for acquisition
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is looking at aging and idle 8-inch wafer fabs for acquisitions, according to company co-president SC Chien.
Monday 2 November 2020
MediaTek expects up to 8% revenue drop in 4Q20
MediaTek expects to post revenues of between NT$89.5 billion (US$3.13 billion) and NT$97.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing flat growth or an up to 8% decrease...
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Old fabs draw acquisition interest from 8-inch foundries
Mature but idle wafer fabs have drawn interest from 8-inch foundries that have seen tight capacity, such as United Microelectronics (UMC), according to market sources.
Wednesday 28 October 2020
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
Wednesday 28 October 2020
AMD to acquire Xilinx
AMD and Xilinx have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for the former to acquire the latter in an all-stock transaction valued at US$35 billion.
Monday 26 October 2020
Intel faces increasing rivalry from AMD, Nvidia, Apple in core sectors
Intel has agreed to sell its NAND flash and storage business to SK Hynix, but the chipmaker is also facing increasingly intense competition from AMD, Nvidia and even Apple in its...
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Memory backend firm PTI to see orders drop from Intel
With Intel agreeing to sell its NAND flash and storage business including a manufacturing plant in China's Dalian to SK Hynix, Taiwan's memory backend specialist Powertech Technology...
Tuesday 20 October 2020
SK Hynix to acquire Intel NAND memory biz
Intel and SK Hynix have signed an agreement under which the latter would acquire the former's NAND memory and storage business for US$9 billion, according to the companies.
Wednesday 30 September 2020
2020 second-highest year for semi M&A, says IC Insights
Two huge purchase agreements in July and September have guaranteed that 2020 will become at least the second-largest year in history for semiconductor merger and acquisition announcements,...