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Tuesday 29 November 2005
An EDA volcano: Q&A with Magma Design Automation
It’s normal in the EDA industry, these days, to say that growth is flat. That doesn’t apply to Magma Design Automation, which started out in the late 1990s, under the...
Friday 25 November 2005
LEDs lighting the future: Q&A with Biing-jye Lee, president of Epistar
Much happened in 2005 for the Taiwan LED industry with companies going through consolidations,...
Friday 25 November 2005
PCMCIA: broad acceptance of ExpressCard likely in 2H 2007
Originally codenamed Newcard (introduced under this name in February 2003 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose), ExpressCard technology represents the new generation of hot-pluggable...
Friday 18 November 2005
Spearheading Wireless USB: Q&A with Thomas Chou, Realtek Semiconductor
While industry experts have always pointed out that the Intel-backed universal serial bus (USB) is less versatile than its I/O rival, IEEE1394, USB 2.0 is now delivering up to 480Mbps,...
Thursday 17 November 2005
An interview with H.C. Ho, president of ViewSonic International
Amid a boom in demand for LCD monitors and LCD TVs, vendors still face many challenges managing their inventory and grabbing market share. DigiTimes had a chance to talk with HC Ho,...
Friday 11 November 2005
Flexible foundry: Q&A with Rafi Nave, VP and CTO, Tower Semiconductor
Tower Semiconductor may be one of the smaller foundries, but it is now placing a fresh emphasis on flexibility in meeting the specialized needs of its customers. Over the past year,...
Friday 4 November 2005
New trends in PCBs: Q&A with David Wiens of Mentor Graphics
The downturn of late 2000 to 2002, coupled with high levels of capital investment, placed many PCB companies in a bind. Those that have survived have been the companies best able...
Friday 28 October 2005
The Silicon-on-Insulator question: Q&A with Christophe Maleville, Soitec
A recurring question in semiconductor company boardrooms is, “Are we keeping up with Moore’s Law?” At technical seminars, the question becomes, “Can Moore’s...
Friday 21 October 2005
Philips Polymer Vision: Mass production of rollable displays set for 2006
Early last month, Philips Polymer Vision, a business unit within Philips Technology Incubator, Royal Philips Electronics, revealed its Concept Readius rollable display at the Internationale...
Friday 21 October 2005
Bluetooth on the move: Q&A with CSR CEO John Hodgson
Despite initial skepticism from some quarters, Bluetooth has established a growing market presence and continues to assert its viability. One interesting development is the proposed...
Thursday 20 October 2005
Product quality builds Zyxel brand: Q&A with Zyxel chairman Shun-i Chu
Zyxel Communications, a Taiwan-based broadband-equipment specialist, is ranked as the largest networking equipment maker in Taiwan in terms of market value, a total of about NT$30...
Monday 17 October 2005
Configurable processors to go: Q&A with Derek Meyer of ARC
The configurable IP core is a relatively new phenomenon, but ARC International has been in the business for some seven years now. ARC’s customer base is now at over 100 companies,...
Wednesday 12 October 2005
PPT president posts rosy outlook for BGA substrate demand growth
Chu-ching Hu, president of a leading Taiwan-based substrate maker, Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT), recently sat down for an interview with DigiTimes to express his views...
Wednesday 12 October 2005
Q&A with Epson executive vice president Toshio Kimura
Japan-based Seiko Epson is a leading company in imagining technology, robotics, precision machinery and electronics. DigiTimes had chance to interview Toshio Kimura, executive vice...
Friday 7 October 2005
Q&A: Asustek chairman talks about business expansion
Jonney Shih, chairman and CEO of Asustek Computer, recently had a chance to talk to DigiTimes about recent actions in line with its business enhancement strategy. The motherboard...