The EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market rose in value by 2.7% on year to reach US$325.5 million in the third quarter of 2019, according to IDC. This follows the 6.3%...

Germany's Covestro, a leading supplier of specialty chemical and plastics materials, has performed well in global digitalized business development, which is expected to contribute...

Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...

Acer expects its notebook sales in Germany to register a double-digit increase in 2019, thanks to enterprise users replacing their Windows 7 machines and growing demand from the gaming...

New-generation Creator PC models are expected to steal the spotlight at the IFA 2019 to be held September 6-11 in Berlin, Germany, as many PC vendors including Asustek, Acer, Micro-Star...

Globalfoundries (GF) announced on August 26 it has filed multiple lawsuits in the US and Germany alleging that semiconductor manufacturing technologies used by Taiwan Semiconductor...

Toppan Photomasks and Globalfoundries have entered into a multi-year supply agreement in which Toppan will provide GF with photomasks and related services currently supported by GF's...

The Western Europe printer and multifunction (MFP) market decreased by 6.1% in unit terms in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the same period a year ago to give a market size...

Nichia has indicated that the District Court of Dusseldorf in Germany in late March 2019 decided that its YAG patent, EP 0 936 682 (German patent code DE 697 02 929), was infringed...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, has signed new supply contracts but will terminate its long-term agreement with Xcerra.

In the third quarter of 2018 the EMEA server market reported an on-year increase in vendor revenues of 24.5% to US$4 billion and an on-year increase of 2.9% in units shipped to 551,000,...

While global telecom operators are seeking to lower installation costs for 5G networks, inexpensive x86 servers are expected to replace traditional central office equipment bearing...

Globalfoundries announced in August 2018 its decision to put 7nm FinFET R&D on hold indefinitely in a move to intensify the company's focus on delivering differentiated 14/12nm...

Nichia has maintained it will seek damages from Everlight Electronics and its subsidiary WOFI Leuchten Wortmann & Filz GmbH for infringing its YAG patent before it expired.

Globalfoundries and the Chengdu municipality have signed an amendment to their investment and cooperation agreement. Based on market condition changes, Globalfoundries' renewed focus...

Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has gained the final victory in a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics,...

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, in response to Japan-based Nichia's announcement that the German Federal Patent Court has upheld the validity of its Germany...

The German Federal Patent Court has decided Japan-based Nichia's Germany YAG patent EP 936 682 is valid, rejecting Everlight Electronics Europe's request that it be invalidated, according...

Automotive diode specialist Actron Technology is looking to further expand its share of the global auto alternator diode market to 65% over the next three years from the current 53%,...

Japan-based Nichia has announced the termination of legal proceedings for alleged patent infringement against Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Harvatek in Germany because...

Taiwan power discrete component supplier HY Electronic (HYE) has seen clear order visibility for the second half of 2018, as its automotive diodes have passed verifications by Germany...

After securing orders from STMicroelectronics, Globalfoundries' 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) process is being evaluated by hundreds of potential customers looking to use a more advanced fully-depleted...

Eyeing the explosive demand for automotive-use chips fueled by rapid development of electric vehicles, driverless cars and drones, Globalfoundries has created a brand-new automotive...

Globalfoundries (GF) will have its 12-inch wafer fabs in Dresden, Germany focus on using FD-SOI (fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator) process technology to fabricate automotive-use...

In a move to fulfill ever-growing orders for servers from global customers, Quanta Group is planning to expand server production capacities at its manufacturing bases in Europe and...