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Monday 4 July 2016
Amkor opens MEMS packaging line in China
Driven by the increase in global demand for sensors from the smartphone and automotive markets, Amkor Technology has announced it is ramping up a new MEMS and sensor packaging line...
Tuesday 31 May 2016
Computex 2016: ASE to showcase SiP, MEMS and sensor solutions for smart living applications
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced that it will showcase system-in-package (SiP), MEMS and sensor technologies through live demonstrations of smart living and...
Thursday 17 March 2016
Nine O-S-D product categories avhieve record sales in 2015, says IC Insights
In 2015, nine product categories within the optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes (O-S-D) marketplace reached record-high sales compared to seven in 2014 and six in 2013,...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Apple products driving MEMS microphone market growth, IHS says
The popularity of Apple's iPhone 6S and other products is boosting the MEMS microphone market to a CAGR of 13% from 2015 to 2019, according to IHS. The market is forecast to reach...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Vesper collaborates with Globalfoundries to deliver piezoelectric MEMS microphones
Vesper has announced it is collaborating with Globalfoundries to deliver what the companies claim is the world's first commercially available piezoelectric MEMS microphones for smartphones,...
Friday 20 November 2015
Kionix announces 6-axis accel-gyro combo sensors
Kionix has announced the mass production of its KXG03 6-axis accelerometer-gyroscope combo and the unveiling of two new flagship 6-axis accel-gyro combos: the KXG07 and the KXG08.
Friday 13 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Bosch to continue to lead STMicroelectronics as top MEMS device vendor in 2015
While Robert Bosch is expected to continue to lead rival STMicroelectronics in sales of MEMS devices for the third consecutive year in 2015, the two companies have both accelerated...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Magnetic sensor suppliers look to automotive sector for growth, says IHS
Led by ongoing price erosion in the electronic compass sensor market, year-over-year semiconductor-based magnetic sensor revenues grew less than 1% in 2014; however, the industry's...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Foundries asking LCD driver IC firms to switch to 12-inch wafers
IC foundries have requested their LCD driver IC clients to upgrade to 12-inch process in order to provide a stable supply for analog ICs, fingerprint sensors, MCUs, mixed-signal ICs,...
Monday 12 October 2015
UTAC and mCube announce production ramp of MEMS 3-axis accelerometers
UTAC, a Singapore-based semiconductor assembly and test services provider, and mCube, a provider of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motion sensors, have jointly announced the...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Chinese handset OEMs to increase demand for smartphone sensors, IHS says
Apple and Samsung will remain the dominant buyers of sensors for smartphones through 2019; however, their share of sensor spending will fall, according to IHS.
Wednesday 16 September 2015
MEMS firm mCube expects shipments to double in 2H15
Silicon Valley-based mCube shipped a total of 30 million MEMS motion sensors in the first half of 2015. Shipments are expected to double to 60 million units in the second half of...
Monday 14 September 2015
China, Taiwan-based IC foundries gearing up for MEMS market boom
IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet...
Wednesday 9 September 2015
KYEC August revenues slip 3%
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which provides wafer probe and final test services for mainly mobile chip solutions, saw its August revenues slip 3.3% sequentially.
Friday 7 August 2015
KYEC July sales hit record
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which provides wafer probe and final test services for chips such as LCD driver ICs, CMOS image sensors, MEMS, NFC and other mobile chip solutions, has...