122 news items tagged IDM
Rohm sees opportunities in supply chain transformation
Thursday 17 October 2019Japan IDM Rohm Semiconductor will strengthen sales of power components for industrial and automotive applications in Taiwan through local distribution agents, seeing opportunities...
China DRAM startup CXMT sticks to operating as IDM
Friday 20 September 2019China's DRAM startup ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) will operate as an IDM and start volume production of 8GbDDR4 and LPDDR4 by the end of 2019 as scheduled, according to Ping...
Memory backend firms see bright revenue prospect for 2H19
Monday 26 August 2019Taiwan-based memory modules packagers Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) and ChipMos Technologies are expected to see their revenues pick up month by month in the second half...
VPEC enjoys robust demand for VCSEL components
Thursday 8 August 2019Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has enjoyed a ramp-up in demand for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) components for use in smartphones...
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for 3D sensor market boom
Tuesday 9 July 2019Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...
Foxconn set to build 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 as IDM
Wednesday 3 July 2019Foxconn Technology Group is likely to kick off construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 in Zhuhai, southern China in cooperation with the city government there, and will operate...
US companies dominate 2018 IC sales, says IC Insights
Wednesday 19 June 2019US-headquartered companies held 52% of the total worldwide IC market in 2018, followed by their fellow South Korea-based companies with a 27% share, according to IC Insights.
NXP Immersiv3D audio solution to spur sales of home acoustic systems
Tuesday 4 June 2019NXP Semiconductor's Immersiv3D audio solution for the smart home market is expected to drive the growth in demand for home-use audio equipment thanks to its high cost-efficiency,...
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
Friday 17 May 2019A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Thursday 18 April 2019Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
Tuesday 12 March 2019King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
IDMs revving up production of GaN, SiC devices for 5G applications
Friday 8 March 2019High-performance RF components and power devices made of third-generation compound semiconductor materials with wide band-gap, such as GaN and SiC, are expected to be increasingly...
IDMs gearing up MOSFET production at 12-inch fabs
Tuesday 5 March 2019Infineon, now the world's largest supplier of MOSFET chips, is ramping up production of such chips at its new 12-inch plant, inspiring more IDMs to follow suit in 2019, a move that...
CIS backend firm Kingpak to post 10-15% revenue growth in 2019
Tuesday 19 February 2019CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service provider Kingpak Technology is expected to enjoy revenue growth of 10-15% in 2019 with higher profits than year-ago levels, according to market...
MOSFET backend specialist GEM to enjoy another year of record revenues
Monday 21 January 2019Backend house GEM Services, which specializes in packaging services for semiconductor power devices, is expected to enjoy another year of record-high revenues in 2019 thanks to robust...
Taiwan foundries to enjoy brisk demand for power discretes
Thursday 17 January 2019Taiwan-based foundries including Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), Episil Technologies and Mosel Vitelic will continue to enjoy brisk demand for power discrete semiconductors...
YuanSun performs well as first Taiwan IC designer in Xiamen
Thursday 27 December 2018Since its inception in 2002 as the first Taiwanese-invested semiconductor firm in Xiamen, YuanSun Technologies has been quietly playing a contributing role in the development of the...
PSI ventures RF wafer thinning service into China 5G equipment supply chain
Tuesday 11 December 2018Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...
China leadframe supply chain not gaining ground, says Chang Wah chairman
Monday 10 December 2018Chances are not high for leadframe suppliers to score double-digit revenue increases in 2019, and China leadframe supply chain can hardly emerge to threaten Taiwan peers, according...
Infineon CoolGaN solutions adopted for data center applications
Wednesday 5 December 2018Infineon Technologies has recently released its CoolGaN devices, which have attracted orders from Eltek, a Delta Electronics Group company, for datacenter and server applications,...
Backend firm Lingsen optimistic about demand for MEMS
Friday 30 November 2018Lingsen Precision Industries has expressed optimism about demand for MEMS including ambient light sensors (ALS), proximity sensors and MEMS microphones. The backend firm expects packaging...
Mosel Vitelic may deliver consumer MOSFET shipments to IDMs in mid-2019
Friday 9 November 2018Taiwan's second-tier foundry house Mosel Vitelic (MVI) is deferring to the first quarter of 2019 from fourth-quarter 2018 its shipments of IGBTs for use in inverter household electric...
Lead frame makers expanding capacity to better serve IDMs
Wednesday 17 October 2018Taiwan-based lead frame suppliers such as Jih Lin Technology will build additional production capacity to satisfy growing demand from their IDM customers, despite the growing economic...
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...
IDMs keen to develop advanced power devices with SiC, GaN
Monday 1 October 2018International IDMs including STMicrolectronics, Infineon and TI are aggressively developing power devices using third-generation compound semiconductor materials silicon carbide (SiC)...
- SK Hynix to decide on whether to spin off foundry business (May 24) - BusinessKorea
- Semiconductor R&D spending to hit record-high US$53.4 billion in 2012 (September 4) - IC Insights
- Toshiba announces restructuring of system LSI business (Dec 24) - Company release
- Welcome to the 'fab-tight' era, says Penn (Dec 15) - EE Times
- Intel shifts strategy, sells 22nm fab capacity (Nov 1) - Ars Technica
- Fujitsu chip unit to make 1st profit in 5 years (Apr 12) - Business Week
- Opinion: Make Asian foundries build US fabs (Dec 23) - EE Times
- What is the cost of fabs and R&D at 22nm? (Oct 01) - EE Times
- Vietnam sees delays in IC manufacturing push (Aug 21) - EE Times
- MEMS packaging headed to wafer level (Aug 19) - Semiconductor International