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Monday 14 May 2012
Genesys Logic reportedly lands USB 3.0 card reader controller chips for MacBook Air
IC design house Genesys Logic reportedly has received USB 3.0 card reader controller chip orders for Apple's MacBook Air notebooks to be released in the second half of 2012, according...
Friday 20 April 2012
Alcor Micro to launch controller chips for USB 3.0 flash drives, eMMC devices
Alcor Micro is scheduled to launch its first USB 3.0 flash drive controller in June, and will expand its offering to include chips for eMMC devices in the second half of 2012, according...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Taiwan USB 3.0 controller IC designers focus on peripherals
The upcoming launch of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors is expected to ignite a wave of replacement in USB flash drives, which Taiwan-based suppliers of flash device controllers identify...
Thursday 5 April 2012
The NAND flash boom: Q&A with Phison chairman Khein Seng Pua
Demand for NAND flash application to eMMC, SSDs and USB 3.0 devices is expected to take off in 2012, according to chairman Khein Seng Pua for IC design house Phison Electronics at...
Monday 2 April 2012
Etron shipping USB 3.0 flash drive controllers
Etron Technology has started shipping the company's in-house developed 2- and 4-channel USB flash drive controller chips, and its single-channel ones are currently sampling with customers,...
Friday 30 March 2012
ASMedia expects controller shipments to top 100 million in 2012
ASMedia Technology's overall controller shipments are likely to top 100 million units in 2012, driven by orders for USB 3.0 host controllers and new contracts for USB 3.0 bridge controllers...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Transition to USB 3.0 to spur NAND flash demand for memory cards and drives
Early March contract prices for NAND flash memory saw a slight decreases to flat growth, mainly due to sluggish demand for memory cards and USB drives. However, with storage devices...
Monday 19 March 2012
ASMedia, VIA Labs grab USB 3.0 controller orders from Japan
ASMedia Technology and VIA Labs have secured orders for USB 3.0 controller chips used in external hard drives from Japan-based vendors such as Toshiba and Sony, with volume shipments...
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Phison to upgrade manufacturing processes of eMMC, SSD, USB 3.0 controller ICs to 55nm in 2Q12
Phison Electronics, a Taiwan-based design house of flash memory controller ICs, will gradually upgrade the manufacturing processes of eMMC, SSD and USB 3.0 controller ICs to 55nm...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Intel to postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors
Intel recently notified its partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Despite that the company will still announce the new products and...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Innostor breaks into supply chain of Lenovo with USB 3.0 device controllers
Innostor Technology has cut into the supply chain of Lenovo with its USB 3.0 flash drive controllers, according to industry sources, adding that shipments will start in March.
Wednesday 18 January 2012
ASMedia expects fast growth in shipments of USB 3.0 controller ICs to begin in 2Q12
ASMedia Technology expects its shipments of USB 3.0 controller ICs to rapidly increase beginning the second quarter of 2012, according to company president Lin Che-wei.
Friday 13 January 2012
Etron Introduces High Performance USB 3.0 Host and Device ICs, and Experience Display Interaction by Etron's 3D-Webcam & Gesture-Control Chip Technology at the 2012 CES
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas is beginning. Etron Technology, Inc. (Taiwan GTSM: 5351) launch at the show: (1) a new four-port USB 3.0 Host Controller...
Thursday 12 January 2012
USB 3.0 bridge controller makers vying for orders from HDD vendors
USB 3.0 bridge controller chipmakers ASMedia Technology, JMicron Technology, Genesys Logic and Initio are competing fiercely for orders to be released by Western Digital, Seagate,...
Thursday 12 January 2012
USB 3.0 controller chipmaker ASMedia to debut on emerging stock market
USB 3.0 controller chipmaker ASMedia Technology will debut on Taiwan's emerging securities market with an initial price of NT$60 (US$2) on January 12. ASMedia posted revenues of NT$1.5...