Last update: Wednesday 22 August 2012 [17 news items]
JMicron uses TSMC 55nm process to make SATA 6G/s SSD controller ICs
Aug 22, 01:00
JMicron Technology will adopt Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 55nm process for the production of its JMF667 controller ICs for SATA 6G/s SSDs, becoming the first...
JMicron expects SSD controller sales to double
Jun 6, 15:23
With new orders flowing in and the company's planned process upgrade, memory controller IC supplier JMicron Technology expects sales of its products for solid-state drives (SSD) to...
USB 3.0 bridge controller makers vying for orders from HDD vendors
Jan 12, 01:40
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,...
Skymedi, JMicron report growth in October revenues
Nov 11, 01:20
NAND flash controller design houses Skymedi and JMicron Technology have both posted sequential sales growth in October, with the latter setting the highest monthly level for 2011.
Toshiba, Kingston place SSD controller orders with Taiwan makers
Nov 2, 16:18
Toshiba has placed controller orders for industrial solid-state drives (SSD) targeting the entry-level market segment with Phison Electronics and InnoDisk, according to industry so...
JMicron develops SATA 6Gbps controller IC for SSDs
Jul 26, 13:48
Taiwan-based JMicron Technology has successfully developed SATA 6Gbps controller ICs for use in solid state drives (SSD), and will begin small-volume shipments in the third quarter,...
JMicron lands USB 3.0 chip orders from Samsung
Jul 15, 10:50
JMicron Technology has grabbed orders for USB 3.0 hard drive (HDD) controllers from Samsung Electronics, with shipments slated for August, according to market sources.
Kingston to buy NT$96 million stake in JMicron
Feb 11, 02:10
JMicron Technology has confirmed it will draw investment from Kingston Technology. According to a resolution passed by JMicron's board of directors on February 10, Kingston will purchase...
Kingston reportedly to buy stake in SSD controller firm JMicron
Jan 24, 11:32
Memory module supplier Kingston Technology will likely subscribe to a private placement of JMicron Technology, which specializes in controller chips for solid-state drives (SSD),...
MicroSD card controller orders buoy Skymedi sales in November
Dec 13, 11:55
Unlike fellow flash device controller suppliers Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S) which experienced on-month sales drops, Skymedi has announced a 3.4% growth in November...
Memory IC design houses post sequential revenue gains for October
Nov 11, 10:39
Most memory controller IC designers have posted sequential gains in revenues for October buoyed by increasing demand for NAND flash products, according to industry sources and comp...
USB 3.0 controller maker JMicron to debut on Taiwan emerging securities market
Oct 27, 10:22
Shares of SATA interface and USB 3.0 device controller chipmaker JMicron Technology, an associate company of MediaTek, will debut on Taiwan's emerging securities market on October...
Shipments of USB 3.0 chips by Taiwan makers not to be significant in 2010, say sources
Aug 2, 16:43
Although more than 10 Taiwan-based IC design houses, including Genesys Logic, JMicron Technology, ASMedia Technology, VIA Labs, Prolific Technology, Alcor Micro, Etron Technology...
Host controller vendors eyeing USB 3.0 market in 2010
Mar 29, 15:29
USB controller design houses including ASMedia Technology, JMicron Technology and VIA Labs are all eyeing the growing USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 controller solution market in 2010. The...
Memory controller maker JMicron eyes 100 million in 2010 shipments
Jan 13, 16:29
JMicron Technology expects its overall controller IC shipments to surpass 100 million units in 2010, from around 70 million shipped in 2009. The memory controller IC specialist said...
JMicron shipping SATA controller chips for Asustek Eee PCs
Oct 30, 13:59
JMicron Technology has begun to ship SATA interface SSD controller chips for Asustek Computer's Eee PCs, according to market sources.
SSD in new Eee PC to support SATA interface
Aug 22, 16:10
Asustek Computer is said to be bringing a true solid-state disk (SSD) drive to its Eee PC lineup as the company will use an SSD that supports a serial ATA interface and SLC NAND,...
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 22:09
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 21:51
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:47
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:21
Patriot Memory has launched a new series of solid state drives (SSD) built using the JMicron JMF616 controller. The new Patriot Torqx TRB series features speeds of up to 260MB/s...
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Adata Technology has announced the release of its S596 Turbo-series solid-state drive (SSD), built using the JMicron JMF616 controller. The new Adata SSD is equipped with SATA2 and...
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Patriot Memory has announced the addition of the Zephyr series to its family of SSDs. Patriot said its new Zephyr series offers improved system responsiveness with quicker boot times...
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Corsair has announced the addition of two series - Reactor and Nova - to its solid state drive (SSD) family. The Reactor series, including 60GB and 120GB drive capacities, is built...
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- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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.