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Tuesday 27 June 2017
IST strikes deal with JFE-TEC to jointly provide automotive-use materials testing services in China
Integrated Service Technology (IST), a Taiwan-based provider of electronics product verification and analysis services, has signed an MoU with Japan's JFE Techno Research (JFE-TEC),...
Tuesday 27 June 2017
China Big Fund commits investment of CNY85 billion
China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (known as the Big Fund) has committed to invest CNY85 billion (US$12.4 billion) into the local IC industry, mainly the manufacturing...
Monday 26 June 2017
China foundries striving for more dummy wafer supplies
China-based logic IC and memory foundries including Nexchip Semiconductor and Rui-Li (transliterated from Chinese) Integrated Circuit have offered 20% higher prices than what their...
Friday 23 June 2017
Foxconn chairman still expects 50% chance of getting Toshiba semiconductor business
Commenting on Toshiba's decision that it will put its negotiation priority for the sale of its semiconductor department on the alliance of Japan- and US-based enterprises, Foxconn...
Thursday 22 June 2017
First-tier China makers offer 3-year supply contracts for mono-Si solar wafers
First-tier China-based makers of mono-Si solar wafers, anticipating continued strong demand and short supply, have offered 3-year supply contracts for Taiwan-based solar cell makers,...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Global industrial semiconductor revenues rise 4% in 2016, says IHS
Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues grew 3.8% on year to US$43.5 billion in 2016, according to IHS Markit.
Thursday 22 June 2017
Taiwan IC design houses seeing orders pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen customer orders pick up on seasonality with some expected to post sequential revenue growth of 10% or more in the third quarter, according...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Thinking to expand business in car electronics market
Circuit protection device specialist Thinking Electronic Industrial is looking to grow sales generated from the car electronics sector to 10% of company revenues in 2017, according...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Cooling module maker CCI starts production at new factory in China
Thermal module maker Chaung Choung Technology (CCI) is moving manufacturing equipment from a factory on lease in Chongqing, western China, to a newly constructed factory nearby. So...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
China market: Hisense, Changhong launch 'laser TVs'
Following the steps of Epson, Sony and LG Electronics, China-based TV brands Hisense and Changhong have launched ultra-short-throw laser projectors for large-size home-use displays,...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
GlobalWafers teaming up with Ferrotec to expand 8-inch wafer supply
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers is teaming up with Ferrotec to ramp up new 8-inch wafer capacity, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Powerchip to restart NOR flash manufacturing
Powerchip Technology has restarted its NOR flash production line amid tight supply of the memory.
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Digitimes Research: Panel makers in China, Taiwan urged to develop in-cell TDDI panels with COF solutions
The new production lines installed or added at the 6G LTPS TFT LCD plants of Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux and China-based Tianma Micro-electronics and China Star Optoelectronics...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Lite-On Semi seeing GPP diode orders ramp up
Lite-On Semiconductor has seen orders of GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers surge 50-60% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, according to company president David...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
China January-May PV installation capacity estimated at 11.08GWp
The total installation capacity for additional ground-mounted PV power stations and distributed PV systems completed and on grids around China during January-May 2017 is estimated...