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Thursday 3 April 2008
MEMS microphone is a business of dedication and diversification: Q&A with Akustica sales VP Michael E Elchik
As a leading micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone maker, Akustica has established a solid foothold quickly. Company vice president of sales, Michael E Elchik, attributes...
Friday 28 March 2008
Pursuit of market share and sales growth to be consistent: Q&A with Freescale sales and marketing senior VP Henri Richard
Freescale Semiconductor has built success on its micro-controller unit (MCU) deployment, but the aggressive push from Motorola has prompted concern among market watchers about whether...
Thursday 27 March 2008
Handset demand growth in China promising: Q&A with NXP Greater China VP Stephen Lin
Having an early presence in the China TD-SCDMA chip solution market, NXP Semiconductors reiterates its confidence about the penetration of the TD-SCDMA standard in China in 2008 amid...
Friday 21 March 2008
MEMS market growth to beat expectations: Q&A with TSMC mainstream technology business development director George Liu
In contrast to the interpretation of marketers that micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) is a niche market/process, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's...
Tuesday 18 March 2008
The prospects for medium-size-panels: Q&A with HannStar Display president David Joe
HannStar Display, whose second 3G LCD panel plant has just been taken over by Wintek, has recently been dogged by rumors that it is also seeking to sell off its 5G plant (or 5.3G...
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Merger as key to growth: Q&A with GM of analog IC design house GMT
The announcement at the end of February that Taiwan analog IC designer Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) had reached a merger agreement with Aimtron Technology shook Taiwan's IC...
Friday 14 March 2008
Silicon Laboratories expects strong growth in MCU business this year: Q&A with VP Derrell Coker
Although analogue-intensive and mixed-signal IC designer Silicon Laboratories entered the MCU (micro control unit) market less than five years ago, the fabless company was able to...
Thursday 13 March 2008
Snowstorms spur communications infrastructure demand in China: Q&A with Frank Liang, general manager of Greater China at Broadcom
In recent years, Broadcom has seen its sales in China's domestic market grow at an accelerating pace. In order to cater to the demands of its ever-increasing clientele in the China...
Wednesday 12 March 2008
China domestic demand still strong: Q&A with NXP regional executive for Greater China, Mike Yeh
While seeing demand for electronics in China not being dampen by heavy snows that fell there, NXP Semiconductors has a positive outlook for demand prior to the Olympics Games and...
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Capacity expansion not the sole criteria to judge competitiveness: Q&A with Green Energy president Hurlon Lin, part II
After seeing first-quarter 2007 sales dampened by a fire incident in late 2006, Green Energy Technology has not taken a long time to become a leading solar-grade silicon wafer supplier...
Tuesday 26 February 2008
Enhanced user experience at core of handset solution: Q&A with TI senior VP of wireless terminals business unit, Greg Delagi
Digitimes recently had the opportunity to talk with Greg Delagi, senior vice president and general manager of the wireless terminals business unit of Texas Instruments (TI), to hear...
Friday 22 February 2008
Configurability, differentiation and margin: Q&A with ARC CEO Carl Schlachte
Silicon can today only command value if it contributes directly to a compelling consumer experience - this statement could be categorized as the fundamental principle of ARC International...
Friday 15 February 2008
Nvidia talks smartphone plans: Q&A with Michael Rayfield, general manager, mobile business unit
Nvidia's recent introduction of the APX 2500 applications processor indicates that the company is getting serious about its offerings in the smartphone market. However, the company...
Wednesday 13 February 2008
TPO Displays aiming for record performance in 2008: Q&A with company CEO William Chang
Digitimes recently had the opportunity to interview William Chang, CEO and president of Taiwan-based small- to medium-size panel maker TPO Displays, during which he talked about the...
Thursday 24 January 2008
More functions not resolution key to advancing digital cameras: Q&A with Casio's "digital camera father"
Digitimes recently spoke with Jin Nakayama, general manager for OV Unit of Planning Department under Casio Computer about Casio's development strategies for its digital cameras and...