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Thursday 31 March 2011
Himax reportedly cuts into Dell supply chain
Fabless IC firm Himax Imaging reportedly has landed orders for CMOS image sensors for use in Dell notebooks, and has also cut into the supply chain of China handset brands including...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Richtek dismisses acquisition rumors
Analog IC design house Richtek Technology has dismissed a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report indicating it is looking to acquire Capella Microsystems,...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Maxtek to distribute MStar products in 2Q11
Maxtek Technology will begin to ship MStar Semiconductor's chipsets for set-top boxes (STBs) to networking customers in the second quarter of 2011, and shipments will expand substantially...
Friday 14 January 2011
TSMC first pure-play foundry to join top-10 R&D spenders, says IC Insights
The now well known trend of IC manufacturers abandoning the IDM fab business model to become fabless or fab-lite has resulted in, or is the result of, depending on the point of view,...
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Thirteen fabless IC suppliers 2010 sales top US$1 billion, says IC Insights
There are 13 fabless IC companies expected to register more than US$1 billion in sales this year, compared to 10 companies in 2009 and eight in 2008, according to IC Insights.
Friday 15 October 2010
Memory IC designer Chingis to list on Taiwan emerging stock market
Chingis Technology, a fabless chipmaker of embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions, will list on Taiwan's emerging stock market on October 29. The company mainly supplies 4Mb...
Monday 30 August 2010
Lantiq offers new solutions for digital home and NGN
Lantiq, the spin-off of Infineon's former wireline chip unit, has announced the latest of its 802.11n WLAN solutions with an integrated processor, a low-power VDSL2 chipset built...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
MediaTek backs Android with lineup of handset solutions
Fabless chip designer MediaTek has joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) to support the Android mobile device platform developed by Google, according to a company announcement.
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Ambient-light sensor maker Capella debuts on OTC market
Capella Microsystems, a fabless design house specializing in analog and analog/digital mixed signal ICs for optical systems, will begin trading on Taiwan's OTC (over-the-counter)...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
IMEC extends Europractice IC service with TSMC 40nm offering
Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) has announced the extension of its Europractice IC service with the offering of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's)...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Survey highlights more IC suppliers consider switch to copper wire, says SEMI
An increasing number of fabless chip companies and IDMs are considering copper wire for some new products, though a number of issues exist regarding this transition, according to...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Six Taiwan companies ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide in 2009, says IC Insights
Taiwan-based MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Realtek Semiconductor, MStar Semiconductor and Richtek Technology are ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide...
Friday 7 August 2009
IDT to go fabless, transfers chip production to TSMC
Integrated Device Technology (IDT) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 6 announced they have entered into an agreement to transfer product fabrication...
Friday 19 June 2009
No escape for global chipmakers in miserable 1Q09, says iSuppli
From Paris to Tokyo, from the biggest broad-line suppliers to the most modest boutiques, from high-fliers serving hot markets to low-profile players plodding away in slow-growth segments...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
MediaTek gearing up new WCDMA and DSC chips
MediaTek is expected to introduce a lineup of new chip solutions for WCDMA handsets and digital still cameras (DSCs) soon, with volume production slated for the latter half of 2009,...