CMO says no plans for consolidation

Dec 25, 01:05

With Hsu Wen-Lung, founder of the Chi Mei Group, recently commenting that the Taiwan government should take the lead and help consolidate the panel industry, Chi Mei Optoelectronics...

Economic recession lowers expectations for crucial system-level chips, says iSuppli

Dec 18, 10:48

Revenues from global shipments of core silicon ICs-application specific standard products (ASSPs), application specific ICs (ASICs) and programmable logic devices (PLDs)-is set to...

iSuppli estimates broad downturn for semiconductor market in 2009, downgrades forecast

Dec 18, 10:36

The deck appears to be stacked against the global semiconductor industry, with six separate market forces conspiring to cause revenues to decline by nearly a double-digit margin in...

PSC and ProMOS initiate paycuts and involuntary unpaid

Dec 12, 10:39

Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies have begun launching cost reduction measures that include salary reductions and involuntary unpaid days off, but...

Taiwan IC distributors say design houses delaying launch of new products amid economic concerns

Sep 17, 12:19

Although IC design houses usually introduce new products in the fourth quarter every year, semiconductor vendors will still be cleaning out inventory of old products in the fourth...

IC distributors see growing demand for smaller-sized LCD TVs

Aug 21, 16:54

While the world eyes the demand status for larger sized TVs, IC distributors are noting that demand for 32-inch and smaller-sized LCD TVs has rebounded, according to sources in the...

Compal and Mitac continue investment in Vietnam despite falling economy, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 13, 12:18

Despite the sharp drop of the Vietnam economy recently and exchange rate fluctuations, Taiwan-based notebook makers Compal Electronics and Mitac Technology have both said they will...