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Monday 5 December 2011
Taiwan vendors to play minor role in Windows On Arm development
Microsoft has recently decided the downstream partners for its development of the Windows on Arm (WOA) platform with Taiwan-based vendors only invited to play minor roles in the project,...
Friday 18 November 2011
Taiwan notebook vendors conservative about adoption of Nvidia Tegra 3
Taiwan-based notebook vendors are conservative about adopting Nvidia's Tegra 3 processors and may consider platforms developed by Qualcomm or Texas Instruments (TI) in 2012, according...
Friday 4 November 2011
Thai flooding affects IC backend units of multiple suppliers, says IHS
Numerous semiconductor suppliers headquartered around the world maintain assembly and test operations in Thailand, and many of these facilities have been affected by recent flooding...
Monday 24 October 2011
UMC breaks into supply chain for Kindle Fire, says report
Amazon's recently-launched Kindle Fire tablet contains a dual-core 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor, which reportedly is being manufactured using 45nm process technology at United Microelectronics...
Friday 9 September 2011
Unimicron lands orders from TI and Apple, says paper
Unimicron Technology will soon begin to ship its FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale-packaging) substrates to Texas Instruments (TI) for the production of ARM-based OMAP3 CPU lineups, according...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
UTAC gains controlling stake in JV with SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has transferred nearly its entire stake in its packaging and testing joint venture to partner United Test and Assembly...
Thursday 4 August 2011
Apple iPad to account for 61% share of global tablet market in 2011, says a new report from Digitimes Research
Taipei, Taiwan, August 4, 2011 – This year, approximately 65.2 million tablets will be shipped from manufacturers to major brand vendors. While Apple is expected to continue...
Friday 1 July 2011
Japan earthquake continues to inflate analog IC prices, says IHS iSuppli
Supply disruptions spurred by the Japan earthquake are continuing to cause pricing increases for general-purpose analog components that are used in most types of electronic equipment...
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Insyde brings UEFI BIOS to TI OMAP platform supporting next-version Windows
Insyde Software has announced the delivery of UEFI BIOS and engineering services to customers designing ultra-thin laptops, tablets and mobile internet devices based on the ARM-based...
Monday 20 June 2011
Global short supply of HDDs expected in 2H11
Although 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...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
TI reportedly cuts wafer starts at TSMC, UMC
Texas Instruments (TI) has cut its orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), according to sources in the industry...
Thursday 2 June 2011
Microsoft postpones IDP for 2 weeks to re-consult with chip players
Microsoft has postponed its Integrated Development Program (IDP) for Windows 8 as the plan created significant dissatisfaction within the upstream supply chain. Microsoft is set to...
Friday 13 May 2011
TSMC receives more requests to produce analog chips using 12-inch, advanced processes
A number of international analog IC companies have been in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for allocation of 12-inch wafer production capacity to put...
Thursday 12 May 2011
TI remains largest power IC supplier but competition is fierce, says IMS
Texas Instruments (TI) remained the largest supplier in the power management and driver IC market in 2010, a year in which most suppliers experienced an exploding market but struggled...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Hard drive industry to continue facing shortage in May
Japan's earthquake in March has significantly impacted the supply status of the hard drive industry and the effect is expected to persist in May with two of the top-5 makers - Western...