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Thursday 6 June 2019
Cypress acquisition makes Infineon top automotive chip supplier, says IHS
Infineon's planned US$10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor will produce the world's largest automotive chip supplier, surpassing current market leader NXP and giving the...
Monday 3 June 2019
Infineon to acquire Cypress
Infineon Technologies and Cypress Semiconductor have announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Infineon will acquire Cypress for US$23.85 per share...
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Global chip market posts worst quarterly performance in 10 years, says IHS
The world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers all suffered year-over-year sales declines in the first quarter of 2019 as the global chip market posted its worst quarterly performance...
Monday 27 May 2019
PSI rules out China for new wafer processing fab site
Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...
Friday 17 May 2019
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 30 April 2019
MOSFET firm Excelliance MOS posts 1Q19 EPS of nearly NT$2
MOSFET chip specialist Excelliance MOS has reported net profits slipped 3.5% sequentially but surged 49% from a year earlier to NT$69.62 million (US$2.25 million) in the first quarter...
Thursday 25 April 2019
GlobalWafers leads 8-inch silicon wafer market in Europe
GlobalWafers' Novara plant in Italy dedicated to making 8-inch silicon wafers became the largest supplier of 8-inch silicon wafers in Europe in 2018, with a 24% market share, according...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
Friday 8 March 2019
IDMs revving up production of GaN, SiC devices for 5G applications
High-performance RF components and power devices made of third-generation compound semiconductor materials with wide band-gap, such as GaN and SiC, are expected to be increasingly...
Thursday 7 March 2019
VIS seeing robust orders for power semiconductors
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has seen demand for power semiconductors ramp up from mainly Infineon, which will be a driver of the foundry's revenue growth this year,...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
IDMs gearing up MOSFET production at 12-inch fabs
Infineon, now the world's largest supplier of MOSFET chips, is ramping up production of such chips at its new 12-inch plant, inspiring more IDMs to follow suit in 2019, a move that...
Thursday 21 February 2019
Infineon stepping up outsourcing to Taiwan makers
Infineon will be stepping up its outsourcing of commodity products to Taiwan-based foundries and backend houses, while keeping the production of its differentiated products that generate...
Tuesday 11 December 2018
CIS backend firm Kingpak sees order visibility through 1H19
CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service firm Kingpak Technology has seen its order visibility extend to the first half of 2019, and will see its capacity utilization rate rebound...
Tuesday 11 December 2018
PSI ventures RF wafer thinning service into China 5G equipment supply chain
Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Infineon CoolGaN solutions adopted for data center applications
Infineon Technologies has recently released its CoolGaN devices, which have attracted orders from Eltek, a Delta Electronics Group company, for datacenter and server applications,...