1631 news items tagged US
Worldwide public cloud services spending forecast to reach US$266 billion in 2021, says IDC
Wednesday 19 July 2017Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach US$266 billion in 2021, according to the latest update to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud...
Chipbond, ChipMOS seeing robust gold bumping demand
Wednesday 19 July 2017Backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have both cut into the supply chains of US and Korea smartphone brands with their gold bumping services, and are set to...
US finalizes review of anti-dumping tariffs on Taiwan solar cell makers
Monday 17 July 2017US Department of Commerce has reviewed anti-dumping tariff rates imposed on Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers and determined final rates of below 5%.
Worldwide semiconductor revenues to top US$400 billion in 2017, says Gartner
Wednesday 12 July 2017Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total US$401.4 billion in 2017, an increase of 16.8% from 2016, according to Gartner. This will be the first time semiconductor revenues...
Global semiconductor equipment sales set to reach record high in 2017, says SEMI
Wednesday 12 July 2017Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 19.8% to total US$49.4 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment...
Taiwan taps deeper into US market with advanced automotive electronics
Monday 10 July 2017Taiwan's auto parts industry is gaining significant growth momentum for shipments to the US, now the industry's largest export outlet, as some American high-tech heavyweights are...
As AMOLED displays quickly displace LCDs in smartphones, panel makers are rapidly adding new production capacity accelerating demand for fine metal masks (FMM), a critical production...
Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenues grow 14.9% to US$8 billion in 1Q17, says IDC
Friday 30 June 2017According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenues from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT,...
Global solar glass market to grow to over US$18 billion by 2022, says MarketsandMarkets
Wednesday 28 June 2017The solar photovoltaic (PV) glass market is projected to grow from US$4.38 billion in 2017 to US$18.48 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 33.4% from 2017 to 2022, according to Marketsan...
Touch panel maker GIS raises over US$200 million via GDR sale
Monday 26 June 2017Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) has completed selling 30 million new shares in the form of global depository receipts (GDRs) raising US$207 million to finance capital...
Foxconn announces US investment project
Thursday 22 June 2017Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced an investment project, the Flying Eagle, in the US. The project’s planning will be finalized in the third quarter,...
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$3.3 billion in January-May, says MOEA
Tuesday 20 June 2017Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,260 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$3.316 billion in January-May 2017, decreasing...
Everlight accuses Bridgelux of patent infringement
Monday 12 June 2017LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has revealed it has filed with the US District Court for the Northern District of California a charge accusing US-based LED lighting...
Huawei plans to set up VR R&D centers in China, US
Saturday 3 June 2017China-based Huawei reportedly plans to set up R&D centers in China and the US for development of VR/AR/MR related products and applications, according to industry sources.
There are 15 companies forecast to have semiconductor capital expenditures of more than US$1 billion in 2017, up from 11 in 2016 and only eight in 2013, according to IC Insights.
Drone market taking off with promising demand from commercial sector
Tuesday 30 May 2017The market for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), commonly known as drones, is growing quickly thanks to the diversification of products. Demand for consumer, entertainment, professional...
North American semiconductor equipment industry posts US$2.17 billion in April billings
Tuesday 30 May 2017North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.17 billion in billings worldwide in April 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Lenovo nets US$107 million for fiscal 4Q 2016/2017
Friday 26 May 2017China-based IT vendor Lenovo Group on May 25 released its financial report for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended March 2017, posting consolidated revenues of US$9.58 billion,...
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of US$1.462 billion in January-April, says MOEA
Monday 22 May 2017Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 991 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.462 billion in January-April 2017, respectively...
Despite an overall 0.8% on year shipment decline in the first quarter of 2017, shipments of iPhone devices in the UK, US and Australia still posted a growth of 5.6%, 5.2% and 3.8%...
SolarWorld bankruptcy may influence US, EU actions
Tuesday 16 May 2017Germany-based SolarWorld AG has declared bankruptcy and this may influence the US government's decision on global safeguards investigations pursuant to Section 201 of the Trade Act...
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight in US
Wednesday 10 May 2017The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a district court's judgment that Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics and its US-based subsidiary...
TSMC board approves US$1.27 billion for advanced technology capacity expansion
Wednesday 10 May 2017The board of directrors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of US$1.269 billion for the purpose of upgrading and expanding capacity...
Foxconn may set up 6G panel line in US, say Taiwan makers
Monday 8 May 2017Foxconn Electronics is talking with the US federal government and state governments about investing in the US and is likely to set up a 6G TFT-LCD panel factory there to produce small-...
Epistar starts patent infringement lawsuit in US
Friday 5 May 2017LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California a patent infringement charge against US-based Lowe's...
- US ban on ZTE threatens to rattle smartphone supply chain (Apr 25) - Nikkei Asian Review
- How the US export ban effectively bankrupts China's telecom giant ZTE: Analysis (Apr 17) - Forbes
- Samsung becomes largest US patent holder, ends IBM's lead (Apr 2) - AndroidHeadlines
- China offers to buy more U.S. semiconductors as it mulls stabbing Qualcomm in the back (Mar 26) - TechCrunch
- China tech stocks gutted as Trump calls for tariffs on at least $50 billion of goods (Mar 22) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- China considers possible tariffs on $3bn worth of US goods (Mar 23) - BBC News
- US Treasury just threw a new twist in Broadcom's proposed Qualcomm takeover (Mar 5) - Fortune
- US probes Apple over updates that slow older iPhones (Jan 31) - Bloomberg
- China's JD.com complains of 'serious' US protectionism (Jan 25) - Nikkei Asian Review
- South Korean chip industry tightens monitoring on protectionist moves by China, US (Jan 22) - Korea Herald