40 news items tagged Renesas Electronics
Renesas in talks to acquire Dialog
Monday 8 February 2021Renesas Electronics has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Dialog Semiconductor.
Renesas seeking support from Taiwan OSAT for auto components
Tuesday 8 December 2020Japan-based IDM Renesas Electronics has been aggressively seeking support from its backend partners in Taiwan for next year to meet increasing demand for automotive MCUs and power...
Renesas collaborates with Novatek on surveillance camera reference design
Thursday 20 August 2020Renesas Electronics has introduced an ultra-high-definition (UHD) surveillance camera reference design developed in collaboration with Novatek Microelectronics and designed by Systemtec...
GaN and SiC power semiconductor market evolving, says Omdia
Tuesday 28 July 2020The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is rapidly evolving from a startup-dominated business to one led by large-established...
No peak season for consumer chips in 2H20: Q&A with WT chairman Eric Cheng
Tuesday 16 June 2020Renesas Electronics has announced a decision to delegate IC distribution rights to only a few partners, with Taiwan's WT Microelectronics among them. WT is now also a main sales agent...
Spirox, ShibaSoku team up
Friday 22 March 2019Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has signed a new contract with Japan's ShibaSoku under which Spirox will sell ShibaSoku's semiconductor test...
Value of semiconductor M&A falls considerably
Friday 18 January 2019The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017 and then eased back further in...
TeraPower expecting car-use chip probing orders from Japan IDMs
Wednesday 25 April 2018TeraPower Technology, a re-invested chip probing affiliate of Taiwan's memory backend service specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), is actively tapping into the automotive electronics...
Ardentec seeing orders for auto MCU ramp up
Thursday 29 March 2018Taiwan-based Ardentec is expected to enjoy growing revenues generated from orders for automotive MCUs in 2018, according to industry sources. The IC testing company has seen orders...
Taiwan IC testers enjoy rising consumer MCU orders from IDMs
Tuesday 27 February 2018Taiwan backend IC testing houses expect significant revenue increases in the first quarter of 2018, as they are busy fulfilling consumer MCU orders from their international IDM clients,...
Power chip packager GEM sees record revenues for 4Q17
Thursday 7 December 2017Taiwan power semiconductor packaging and testing specialist GEM Services is expected to see its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 hit a new quarterly high of NT$800 million...
Companies gearing up for USB 3.0 hub market boom
Thursday 18 April 2013USB controller chipmakers including ASMedia Technology, Genesys Logic, Realtek Semiconductor, Renesas Electronics, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), Texas Instruments (TI)...
Renesas, J-Devices sign MoU on transfer of backend facilities
Thursday 31 January 2013Renesas Electronics and J-Devices have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the transfer of three semiconductor backend production facilities operated by Renesas and its...
Renesas to cut jobs, streamline operations
Wednesday 4 July 2012Japan-based chipmaker Renesas Electronics has unveiled measures to return to profitability, including plans to streamline its production facilities, and eliminate about 5,000 posit...
Renesas to sell or shut fabs, says report
Monday 2 July 2012Renesas Electronics is mulling plans to sell or shutter 10 of its 19 wafer fabs in Japan, and shift its focus to more microcontroller (MCU) manufacturing, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Renesas, TSMC extend tie-up
Monday 28 May 2012Renesas Electronics and TSMC on May 28 announced that they have signed an agreement to extend their microcontroller (MCU) technology collaboration to 40nm embedded flash (eFlash)...
Chipbond sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales
Tuesday 13 March 2012Chipbond Technology, which provides packaging and testing services for driver ICs used mainly in TV and handset panels, expects its consolidated revenues to register flat sequential...
Novatek breaks into supply chain of Sharp, says report
Tuesday 14 February 2012Taiwan-based IC design house Novatek Microelectronics reportedly has entered the supply chain of Sharp with its large-size LCD driver ICs, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Powerchip mass producing driver ICs at 90nm
Tuesday 6 December 2011Powerchip Technology has announced mass production of the foundry segment's 90nm high-voltage process technology for small- to medium-size driver ICs used in mobile device applications,...
Chipbond expects flat or slight growth in 4Q11 sales
Thursday 3 November 2011Chipbond Technology, which provides backend services to LCD driver IC suppliers such as Japan's Renesas Electronics, Taiwan-based Novatek Microelectronics and ILi Technology (Ilitek),...
Taiwan foundries to benefit from new Renesas strategy, says paper
Tuesday 23 August 2011The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan in March has encouraged Renesas Electronics to further strengthen its BCP (business continuity plan) as part of efforts...
Renesas reportedly to cut USB 3.0 host controller unit prices to below US$1.20 in early 2012
Friday 19 August 2011Renesas Electronics reportedly plans to slash unit prices for its USB 3.0 host controller ICs to below US$1.20 in early 2012 in order to tame the competition from Taiwan-based chipset...
Amtran faces challenge to attain 2011 LCD TV goal
Wednesday 17 August 2011Taiwan-based Amtran Technology's LCD TV shipments reached nearly two million units in the first half of 2011, according to industry sources. But the maker may have difficulties achieving...
Global short supply of HDDs expected in 2H11
Monday 20 June 2011Although Texas Instruments and Renesas Electronics, the global suppliers HDD chips, have resumed operations at their Japan factories damaged by the earthquake on March 11, 2011, demand...
Renesas announces new microcontrollers for LED lighting
Friday 27 May 2011Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of five 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/I1A family, that implement in...