Viewing that IGBT components and modules are as crucial to hybrid and pure electric vehicles as CPUs to computers, Taiwan firms engaged in the power discrete devices segment are following...
Infineon Technologies has announced a plan to build a new factory for power semiconductors - a fully automated chip factory for manufacturing 300mm thin wafers.
Driven by strong growth in the memory market, worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled US$420.4 billion in 2017, a 21.6% increase from 2016 revenues of US$345.9 billion, according...
Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers plan to raise their prices 10-15% in the second quarter of 2018 to reflect tight supply, according to sources at IC backend houses.
The global market scale for automotive semiconductors is estimated to surpass US$40 billion in 2018 after surging 11% on year to US$35.7 billion in 2017 from US$32.2 billion, according...
Taiwan-based GEM Services, a backend house dedicated to MOSEFET chips and power modules, plans to expand monthly production capacity at its plant in Hefei, China by 30-50% to better...
Cree has acquired assets of Infineon Technologies' Radio Frequency (RF) Power Business for approximately EUR345 million (US$428.23 million). The transaction expands the Cree Wolfspeed...
Taiwan backend IC testing houses expect significant revenue increases in the first quarter of 2018, as they are busy fulfilling consumer MCU orders from their international IDM clients,...
Most Taiwan designers of MOSFET and niche-type DRAM chips are optimistic about better revenue performances in the first half of 2018 than a year earlier, as they are poised to benefit...
Second-tier wafer foundry houses including Episil Technologies, Mosel Vitelic and Hejian Technology are all optimistic about their revenue prospects for 2018 as they have enjoyed...
With the global PC market entering the traditional slow season and demand from China's automotive electronics market turning weak, medium- to high-power MOSFET chips have seen shipment...
With smart speakers emerging as new fashion devices at CES 2018 and global tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Alibaba rushing to release new products, the global market...
As the automotive-use chip sector is emerging as a new niche market with great development potential, Taiwan IC packaging and testing service providers are gearing up to scramble...
Taiwan power semiconductor packaging and testing specialist GEM Services is expected to see its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 hit a new quarterly high of NT$800 million...
With global shipments of electric cars seen to grow sharply in 2018, the supply of vital components, particularly high-voltage MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor)...
