After falling 16% in 2009, power transistor sales are expected to climb 31% in 2010 and reach a new record high of US$10.96 billion, according to IC Insights. The projected 31% growth...
Taiwan-based IC distributor Koryo Electronics is positive about the business outlook for the second quarter of 2010, but worried that tight supply from its main partners may limit...
Taiwan-based IC distributors for the former NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology may undergo consolidation of their distributed products for Renesas Electronics, formed as a result...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has revealed plans to take up all of the shares as well as technology of Vantel, a memory design joint venture with Renesas Technology in...
Koryo Electronics and Promate Electronics have both reported profit growth of 45% and 30%, respectively, on year for 2009. Koryo, which distributes semiconductor components for mostly...
Renesas Technology Taiwan and Taiwan-based Teco Electric & Machinery have announced cooperation to develop a 3D digital still camera (DSC) platform which is scheduled to debut...
Chipbond Technology's China-based affiliate Chipmore Technology has suspended plans to expand capacity for gold bumping, pending possible changes to Taiwan government policies concerning...
Samsung Electronics in the second quarter expanded its share of the global market for standalone applications processor chips used in handsets due to rising sales of Apple's iPhone,...
NEC Electronics and Renesas will integrate their operations and generate synergies to specialize in microcontroller unit (MCU), system-on-chip (SoC) and discrete products, according...
Taiwan-based motherboard makers hold a pessimistic attitude toward recent news that several Japan-based semiconductor players plan to form alliance to develop a new CPU architecture...
Driver IC testing and packaging house Chipbond Technology has raised its capex budget for 2009 by 40% to NT$700 million (US$21.28 million), according to the company. The additional...
Chipbond Technology has posted net profits of NT$81 million (US$2.46 million) for July 2009 roughly equal to its net profits of NT$81.65 million for the second quarter.
Renesas Technology has revamped its marketing strategy for the China market and teamed up with four Taiwan-based IC distributors to push sales of its driver ICs for small- to medium-size...
Casio Micronics is looking to sell its gold-bumping equipment, as the Japan-based company already suspended operation of its gold bumping lines in April 2009 amid difficult times,...
Renesas Technology is closing production lines and plans to release bump and chip on glass (COG) orders to Chipbond Technology, while NEC Electronics already started releasing chip...
