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Thursday 10 December 2020
Siltronic, GlobalWafers agree to merge
Siltronic announced December 9 it has entered a business combination agreement (BCA) with GlobalWafers, under which GlobalWafers will make a tender offer to Siltronic shareholders...
Friday 4 December 2020
Polytronics gearing up for EV-use IGBT thermal solutions
Taiwan's protection components and heat dissipation solutions provider Ploytronics is set to complete in first-half 2021 the acquisition of German chemical firm Henkel's thermal clad...
Friday 4 December 2020
Arisawa to wholly own Taiwan FCCL maker ThinFlex
FCCL supplier Thinflex will be wholly owned by Arisawa Manufacturing, now holding a 52% stake in the Taiwan-based maker, as the Japanese vendor is set to acquire the remaining 48%...
Friday 4 December 2020
USI completes acquisition of French EMS Asteelflash
Universal Scientific Industrial, an EMS subsidiary of ASE Technology, has successfully acquired 100% stake in Asteelflash Group from Financiere AFG (FAFG).
Friday 4 December 2020
Dynabook launches new notebooks
Dynabook Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sharp, has launched notebooks covering different market segments during the IT Month trade show in Taiwan.
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Walsin to acquire major Soshin stake
Passive components maker Walsin Technology has announced it will acquire shares in Japanese components vendor Soshin Electric aiming to broaden its product portfolios and expand sales...
Tuesday 1 December 2020
GlobalWafers to enhance manufacturing capability with Siltronic acquisition
Acquiring Siltronic will boost GlobalWafers' 12-inch silicon wafer capacity and enhance the Taiwan-based company's manufacturing capability with Siltronic's gallium nitride-on-silicon...
Thursday 26 November 2020
Addition of Toshiba fabs unlikely to relieve 8-inch fab capacity shortage
Toshiba is reportedly seeking to sell its 8-inch fabs in the first quarter of 2021, but the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages will still hardly be relieved even if the Japanese...
Friday 20 November 2020
Dialog intros SmartServer IoT partner ecosystem for edge solutions
Dialog Semiconductor has announced the launch of its SmartServer IoT partner program, which gives system integrators and OEM solutions providers access to the company's edge server...
Tuesday 17 November 2020
MediaTek to acquire assets related to PWM IC from Intel
MediaTek has announced on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology plans to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned...
Monday 16 November 2020
ASE reportedly joins Sony supply chain for automotive CIS
ASE Technology reportedly has become Sony's second backend partner for processing automotive CMOS imaging sensors (CIS), marking its return to the CIS packaging segment following...
Monday 16 November 2020
Winbond sees profit fall in 3Q20
Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits fell 53.3% sequentially and 44% on year to NT$331 million (US$11.6 million) in the third quarter...
Friday 6 November 2020
Second-tier foundries eyeing bigger share in 8-inch foundry market
With 8-inch wafer fabrication demand rising rapidly for chips including ultra-thin fingerprint sensors, power management ICs, MOSFET chips and display driver ICs, second-tier foundries...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Zhen Ding enters high-frequency rigid PCB line via acquiring BoardTek
Taiwan's PCB leader Zhen Ding Technology has completed its acquisition of local peer BoardTek Electronics as a wholly-owned subsidiary, which specializes in high-frequency rigid boards...
Tuesday 3 November 2020
UMC eyeing idle 8-inch fabs for acquisition
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is looking at aging and idle 8-inch wafer fabs for acquisitions, according to company co-president SC Chien.