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Thursday 21 January 2016
Vesper collaborates with Globalfoundries to deliver piezoelectric MEMS microphones
Vesper has announced it is collaborating with Globalfoundries to deliver what the companies claim is the world's first commercially available piezoelectric MEMS microphones for smartphones,...
Friday 20 November 2015
Kionix announces 6-axis accel-gyro combo sensors
Kionix has announced the mass production of its KXG03 6-axis accelerometer-gyroscope combo and the unveiling of two new flagship 6-axis accel-gyro combos: the KXG07 and the KXG08.
Friday 13 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Bosch to continue to lead STMicroelectronics as top MEMS device vendor in 2015
While Robert Bosch is expected to continue to lead rival STMicroelectronics in sales of MEMS devices for the third consecutive year in 2015, the two companies have both accelerated...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Magnetic sensor suppliers look to automotive sector for growth, says IHS
Led by ongoing price erosion in the electronic compass sensor market, year-over-year semiconductor-based magnetic sensor revenues grew less than 1% in 2014; however, the industry's...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Foundries asking LCD driver IC firms to switch to 12-inch wafers
IC foundries have requested their LCD driver IC clients to upgrade to 12-inch process in order to provide a stable supply for analog ICs, fingerprint sensors, MCUs, mixed-signal ICs,...
Monday 12 October 2015
UTAC and mCube announce production ramp of MEMS 3-axis accelerometers
UTAC, a Singapore-based semiconductor assembly and test services provider, and mCube, a provider of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motion sensors, have jointly announced the...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Chinese handset OEMs to increase demand for smartphone sensors, IHS says
Apple and Samsung will remain the dominant buyers of sensors for smartphones through 2019; however, their share of sensor spending will fall, according to IHS.
Wednesday 16 September 2015
MEMS firm mCube expects shipments to double in 2H15
Silicon Valley-based mCube shipped a total of 30 million MEMS motion sensors in the first half of 2015. Shipments are expected to double to 60 million units in the second half of...
Monday 14 September 2015
China, Taiwan-based IC foundries gearing up for MEMS market boom
IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet...
Wednesday 9 September 2015
KYEC August revenues slip 3%
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which provides wafer probe and final test services for mainly mobile chip solutions, saw its August revenues slip 3.3% sequentially.
Friday 7 August 2015
KYEC July sales hit record
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which provides wafer probe and final test services for chips such as LCD driver ICs, CMOS image sensors, MEMS, NFC and other mobile chip solutions, has...
Thursday 30 July 2015
Hua Hong Semiconductor, QST announce 3-axis gyroscope SoC
Hua Hong Semiconductor, a pure-play 200mm foundry, and Shanghai Quality Sensor Technology (QST) have jointly announced what they claim is the first 3-axis gyroscope SoC developed...
Thursday 16 July 2015
Accelerometer, gyro prices fall
Prices for MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes fell to as low as US$0.20 in the second quarter of 2015, down more than 30% from year-ago levels, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 July 2015
KYEC posts slight revenue growth in June
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which provides wafer probing and final test services for chips such as LCD driver ICs, CMOS image sensors, MEMS, NFC and other mobile chip solutions,...
Wednesday 13 May 2015
KYEC optimistic about 3Q15
IC testing company King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) expects to deliver steady performance in the second quarter of 2015, and is optimistic about its business outlook for the second half...