Last update: Wednesday 17 April 2013 [30 news items]
Globalpress Electronics Summit 2013: Mentor Graphics sees opportunities in FinFETS
Apr 17, 10:55
Mentor Graphics chairman and CEO Wally Rhines has indicated that Mentor's design for test (DFT) and physical verification tools will be what distinguishes the EDA company in the development...
Global EDA industry prospering: Q&A with Walden Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics
Dec 22, 11:23
The global EDA (electronic design automation) market has been growing at a rapid pace since the 2008 financial crisis, sustaining a growth rate higher than the industry's average...
Mentor Graphics addresses formal verification with Questa
Oct 26, 13:34
Mentor Graphics recently announced a new formal-based technologies in the Questa Verification Platform that provide mainstream users with the ability to more easily perform exhaustive...
Apache releases sign-off solution for sub-20nm designs
May 8, 16:49
Ansys subsidiary Apache Design recently introduced its RedHawk-3DX design tool to meet the power, performance and price demands of low-power mobile, high-performance computing, consumer...
Focus on power efficiency in IC design benefiting Apache
May 8, 16:39
With mobility and smart devices being the hottest trends in the IT industry, power consumption is driving the entire semiconductor food chain, from the manufacturer to the designer...
May 8, 11:18
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000 a year) will grow to include four billion people, meaning that 170 people are...
20nm process to take off in 2013, says Cadence executive
Apr 19, 15:15
The semiconductor industry will accelerate towards the adoption of 28nm process in 2012, and begin its transition to the next technology node in 2013, according to Chi-Ping Hsu, a...
Hua Hong NEC adopts SpringSoft tools for PDK development and chip verification
Jan 11, 14:31
EDA software developer SpringSoft has had its Laker and Verdi platforms adopted by China-based foundry Hua Hong NEC Electronics as part of its PDK (process design kit), and therefore...
Globalfoundries tapes out 20nm test chip
Aug 30, 16:40
Globalfoundries has announced that it successfully taped out a 20nm test chip using flows from EDA partners Cadence Design Systems, Magma Design Automation, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys...
EDA service provider SpringSoft posts EPS of NT$0.65 for 2Q11
Aug 5, 16:05
SpringSoft has announced consolidated revenue of NT$561.08 million (US$19.39 million), net income of NT$134.45 million, and EPS of NT$0.65 for the second quarter ended June 30, 201...
Winbond adopts SpringSoft Laker for mobile memory
Aug 25, 12:00
SpringSoft on August 24 announced Winbond Electronics has adopted its Laker layout tools and design flows for its mobile memory devices such as SDR, low power DDR and cellular RAM.
TSMC unveils new reference flows
Jun 10, 09:39
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on June 9 introduced two reference flows - Reference Flow 11.0 and Analog/Mixed Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0 - a day after announcing...
TSMC delivers interoperable EDA formats for advanced process technologies
Apr 8, 10:40
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has made available several unified and interoperable electronic design automation (EDA) technology files for its 65nm, 40nm and 28nm...
SpringSoft unveils automated custom digital IC place-and-route tools
Mar 16, 16:14
SpringSoft, a global supplier of specialized IC design software, today introduced two new products aimed at addressing the increasing challenge of designing custom chips that contain...
Sunplus partners with Synopsys
Sep 30, 11:34
Taiwan-based IC design house Sunplus Technology has announced Synopsys has become its primary EDA partner. Under the new multi-year agreement, Sunplus will consolidate on Synopsys'...
Mentor aims to take lead in Asia Pacific, says new regional head
Aug 26, 09:47
Mentor Graphics considers the Asia Pacific as the world's key foundry and IC design market, and is seeking to expand its customer and partner portfolio in the region, according to...
TSMC promoting OIP by combining EDA, IP
Newswatch - Aug 4, 16:16
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is making efforts to make its OIP (Open Innovation Platform) - a technology platform for integrated services from IC design to manufacturing...
Jul 24, 15:02
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has been working closely with customers, including FPGA specialist Xilinx, to volume produce 45/40nm products at its 300mm (12-inch) fabs,...
TSMC unveils reference flow for 28nm
Jul 22, 16:59
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has unveiled its Reference Flow 10.0 for the 28nm process technology, delivering innovations to enable system-in-package (SiP) des...
TSMC intros interoperable PDK, unified EDA formats for advanced processes
Jul 22, 11:47
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has launched an interoperable process design kit (iPDK) for use in 65nm analog/mixed-signal and RF designs. TSMC has also introduced...
EDA providers reshuffle management in Asia Pacific
Newswatch - Jul 13, 14:48
Another electronic design automation (EDA) provider is reshuffling its Asia-Pacific operations, following recent regional head changes at Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys, according...
TSMC adopts SpringSoft Laker for 65nm CMOS node
Jun 25, 10:30
SpringSoft has announced a multi-year technology agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to jointly develop and validate process design kits (PDKs) for chip...
SMIC to set up design service center in Shenzhen
Apr 24, 16:32
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has planned to set up a design service center in Shenzhen, where one of its 12-inch fabs is located, according...
Springsoft agrees to acquire Certess
Feb 24, 14:23
Springsoft, a global supplier of specialized IC design software, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Certess, an electronic design automation...
China IC design industry should strengthen R&D amid economic downturn, says Cadence executive
Jan 12, 15:59
China's IC design houses should strengthen their R&D in order to gain competitiveness within their home market against foreign rivals, when developed markets such as Europe and...
MEMS to bring in NT$50 billion, says president of Cadence Asia Lung Chu
Dec 24, 15:59
MEMS is expected to bring in sales worth NT$50 billion (US$1.5 billion) as long as MEMS components can be produced on a large scale, according to Lung Chu, president of Asia Pacific...
TSMC selects Berkeley Design Automation for analog and mixed-signal IP verification
Dec 17, 13:26
EDA software provider Berkeley Design Automation has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator...
SpringSoft signs EDA deal with Silicon Valley Technical Institute
Nov 11, 11:44
Taiwan-based software provider SpringSoft has announced that the Silicon Valley Technical Institute (SVTI) has chosen SpringSoft's Laker custom layout system for use in its technical...
Economic takes its spot next to technology: Talking techonomics with Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus
Sep 12, 10:25
For much of the history of the semiconductor industry, Moore's Law was the industry's driver. Though Moore's law remains a strong and vibrant driver today, it has been joined by economic...
Jul 16, 11:25
Facing emerging competitors from China, IC design companies in Taiwan constantly enhance their products and operation to keep the advantageous position in the IC design field, according...
Motorola's worldwide enterprise digital assistant (EDA) MC75
Motorola's MC75 combines a number of business capabilities in an easy-to-carry rugged device, according to the company, including 3.5G HSDPA and 3G CDMA-EVDO (Rev A) support to provide...
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Global EDA industry prospering: Q&A with Walden Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics
The global EDA (electronic design automation) market has been growing at a rapid pace since the 2008 financial crisis, sustaining a growth rate higher than the industry's average...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000 a year) will grow to include four billion people, meaning that 170 people are...
Economic takes its spot next to technology: Talking techonomics with Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus
For much of the history of the semiconductor industry, Moore's Law was the industry's driver. Though Moore's law remains a strong and vibrant driver today, it has been joined by economic...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
17-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8368.19 | -21.86 | -0.26% |
| TSE electronic | 316.17 | -0.60 | -0.19% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 119.56 | +0.49 | +0.41% |
| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.