With the widespread adoption of LED technology in LCD backlight applications and growing interest in LEDs for general lighting purposes, LED manufacturers are poised to meet the soaring...
China's microcontroller (MCU) market is expected to reach US$4.7 billion in revenues by 2015, up more than two-thirds from US$2.8 billion in 2010, according to IHS iSuppli.
Despite brewing trouble for the solar industry in the region, Europe in 2011 will continue to account for the lion's share of photovoltaic (PV) installations in the world, claiming...
Taiwan-based Nanya Technology has teamed up with government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop a through silicon via (TSV) technology for high-capacity...
Taiwan-based solar cell makers are now quoting between US$1.2-1.25/W, down from US$1.3/W about two weeks ago, according to industry sources. US$1.2/W would be the lowest price since...
China's Yingli Green Energy has won a bid to become one of three PV module suppliers for the government's Golden Sun project, with the lowest price offering of CNY10.5/W (US$1.60)...
Driven by the rapid recovery in automotive production and inventory rebuilding among sensor component suppliers, the market for automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors...
In addition to tax breaks, regional governments in western China are also offering several conditions and assistance, which will help investors to efficiently and quickly start mass...
More Taiwan-based equipment suppliers, which used to see sales contributed by their panel customers account for 70-80% of their total revenues, are venturing into the production of...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) CEO David Wang has denied that the company is close to receiving tens of millions of dollars from the China government's...
Installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems in the UK will amount to 96MW in 2010, up 1,500% from 6MW in 2009, according to iSuppli. While the country's growth will start from a nearly...
Combined revenues for semiconductor suppliers headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region reached US$44.5 billion in 2009, up 2.3% from US$43.5 billion in 2008, according to iSuppli...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) originally planned to offer a preferential business income tax rate of 15%, compared with the general rate of 20%, as an incentive to...
The overall production value of China's IC design, manufacturing and backend industries is projected at 120 billion yuan (US$17.6 billion) in 2010, growing 15.4% from 2009, according...
The Shanghai municipal government will invest 4.5 billion yuan (US$658.7 million) in a new 12-inch (300mm) wafer fab to be built by a joint venture of Hua Hong NEC (HHNEC) and Grace...
