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Monday 23 September 2013
Renesas likely to delay plans to exit low-end motherboard MOSFET market, say sources
Renesas Electronics is likely to delay its plans to exit the low-end motherboard-use MOSFET market due to strong complaints from downstream clients as well as the recent upsurge in...
Monday 5 August 2013
Renesas decision to reduce presence in MOSFET market to benefit Taiwan suppliers
Taiwan-based MOSFET providers, including Anpec Electronics, Advanced Power Electronics and Niko Semiconductor, are likely to benefit from Renesas Electronics' decision to reduce its...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Mixed capex plans for major semiconductor firms in 2013
Intel, Samsung Electronics, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Texas Instruments (TI), Toshiba, Renesas Electronics, SK Hynix, and STMicroelectronics were among the...
Friday 31 May 2013
Digitimes Research: Toshiba, Renesas, and Sony return to profitability in 1Q13
Japan's top-three semiconductor firms, Toshiba, Renesas Electronics, and Sony, saw on-year decreases in their fiscal 2012 (from April 2012 to March 2013) revenues, but profits impr...
Thursday 18 April 2013
Companies gearing up for USB 3.0 hub market boom
USB controller chipmakers including ASMedia Technology, Genesys Logic, Realtek Semiconductor, Renesas Electronics, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), Texas Instruments (TI)...
Monday 25 March 2013
Digitimes Research: Toshiba, Sony see semiconductor revenues grow; Renesas struggles to make profits
Due to rising prices of NAND flash in the third quarter of 2012, Japan-based semiconductor firm Toshiba has reported fourth-quarter 2012 revenues of its semiconductor business unit...
Thursday 31 January 2013
Renesas, J-Devices sign MoU on transfer of backend facilities
Renesas Electronics and J-Devices have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the transfer of three semiconductor backend production facilities operated by Renesas and its...
Monday 17 December 2012
USB 3.0 chipmakers push into USB hub business
As Intel started natively supporting USB 3.0 technology with its Ivy Bridge platform, third-party chipmakers including Renesas Electronics, ASMedia, Etron Technology and VIA Labs...
Monday 10 December 2012
GaN-on-silicon for power conversion, who are the likely winners in the commercialization race, asks Petrov Group
The high importance of GaN-on-Si technology for power conversion applications is by now evident, says Boris Petrov, managing director of the Petrov Group. It is driven by cost and...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Renesas to shift foundry orders away from Powerchip, report says
Renesas Electronics is looking to shift its foundry orders for driver ICs used in Apple's iOS devices to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and will discontinue its...
Friday 17 August 2012
Japan IDMs to increase outsourcing of logic IC backend processing
Major Japan-based IDM companies including Renesas, Sony and Toshiba are set to increase outsourcing of backend processing for logic ICs, and have approached existing and potential...
Thursday 5 July 2012
TSMC has no plans to purchase Renesas 12-inch fab, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has no plans to take up Renesas Electronics' 12-inch fab in Tsuruoka, Yamagata prefecture, but will continue to maintain a close...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Renesas to cut jobs, streamline operations
Japan-based chipmaker Renesas Electronics has unveiled measures to return to profitability, including plans to streamline its production facilities, and eliminate about 5,000 posit...
Monday 2 July 2012
Renesas to sell or shut fabs, says report
Renesas Electronics is mulling plans to sell or shutter 10 of its 19 wafer fabs in Japan, and shift its focus to more microcontroller (MCU) manufacturing, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Friday 29 June 2012
Chipbond gold bumping capacity booked for iPhones, says report
Chipbond Technology reportedly has cut into the supply chain for Apple's iPhone 5 through providing backend services for the LCD driver ICs used in the upcoming iPhones with retina...