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Friday 4 December 2020
USI completes acquisition of French EMS Asteelflash
Universal Scientific Industrial, an EMS subsidiary of ASE Technology, has successfully acquired 100% stake in Asteelflash Group from Financiere AFG (FAFG).
Friday 4 December 2020
Dynabook launches new notebooks
Dynabook Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sharp, has launched notebooks covering different market segments during the IT Month trade show in Taiwan.
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Walsin to acquire major Soshin stake
Passive components maker Walsin Technology has announced it will acquire shares in Japanese components vendor Soshin Electric aiming to broaden its product portfolios and expand sales...
Tuesday 1 December 2020
GlobalWafers to enhance manufacturing capability with Siltronic acquisition
Acquiring Siltronic will boost GlobalWafers' 12-inch silicon wafer capacity and enhance the Taiwan-based company's manufacturing capability with Siltronic's gallium nitride-on-silicon...
Thursday 26 November 2020
Addition of Toshiba fabs unlikely to relieve 8-inch fab capacity shortage
Toshiba is reportedly seeking to sell its 8-inch fabs in the first quarter of 2021, but the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages will still hardly be relieved even if the Japanese...
Friday 20 November 2020
Dialog intros SmartServer IoT partner ecosystem for edge solutions
Dialog Semiconductor has announced the launch of its SmartServer IoT partner program, which gives system integrators and OEM solutions providers access to the company's edge server...
Tuesday 17 November 2020
MediaTek to acquire assets related to PWM IC from Intel
MediaTek has announced on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology plans to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned...
Monday 16 November 2020
ASE reportedly joins Sony supply chain for automotive CIS
ASE Technology reportedly has become Sony's second backend partner for processing automotive CMOS imaging sensors (CIS), marking its return to the CIS packaging segment following...
Monday 16 November 2020
Winbond sees profit fall in 3Q20
Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits fell 53.3% sequentially and 44% on year to NT$331 million (US$11.6 million) in the third quarter...
Friday 6 November 2020
Second-tier foundries eyeing bigger share in 8-inch foundry market
With 8-inch wafer fabrication demand rising rapidly for chips including ultra-thin fingerprint sensors, power management ICs, MOSFET chips and display driver ICs, second-tier foundries...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Zhen Ding enters high-frequency rigid PCB line via acquiring BoardTek
Taiwan's PCB leader Zhen Ding Technology has completed its acquisition of local peer BoardTek Electronics as a wholly-owned subsidiary, which specializes in high-frequency rigid boards...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
UMC eyeing idle 8-inch fabs for acquisition
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is looking at aging and idle 8-inch wafer fabs for acquisitions, according to company co-president SC Chien.
Monday 2 November 2020
MediaTek expects up to 8% revenue drop in 4Q20
MediaTek expects to post revenues of between NT$89.5 billion (US$3.13 billion) and NT$97.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing flat growth or an up to 8% decrease...
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Old fabs draw acquisition interest from 8-inch foundries
Mature but idle wafer fabs have drawn interest from 8-inch foundries that have seen tight capacity, such as United Microelectronics (UMC), according to market sources.
Wednesday 28 October 2020
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research