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Monday 29 April 2013
Infineon, Globalfoundries team on 40nm embedded flash process
Infineon Technologies and Globalfoundries have announced a joint technology development and production agreement for 40nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology.
Thursday 21 March 2013
Nuvoton 2Q13 revenues to surge over 30% on quarter
Nuvoton Technology is expected to see its revenues soar over 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013 with an EPS of higher than NT$1 for the three-month period, powered by...
Monday 18 March 2013
LPC MCU intelligent industrial control support
Due to huge industrial ecology as well as hardware and software support, NXP has introduced the 100% focused 32-bit ARM architecture low power consumption (LPC) series MicroController...
Friday 8 February 2013
Nuvoton expects double-digit growth for 32-bit MCU shipments in 2013
Nuvoton Technology expects shipments of its ARM Cortex M-based 32-bit MCUs to continue to grow by a double-digit rate in 2013 after the MCU shipments were doubled in 2012, according...
Friday 25 January 2013
Holtek, Sonix look to strong sales in 1Q13
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology both expect their MCU shipments to remain strong in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to inventory replenishment by clients...
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Holtek sees profits down in 3Q12 but up in January-September period
Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$163 million (US$5.56 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 10% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...
Thursday 18 October 2012
Nuvoton ships over 20 million ARM Cortex M0 32-bit MCUs thus far in 2012
IC design house Nuvoton Technology has shipped over 20 million units of ARM Cortex M0-based 32-bit MCUs so far in 2012, doubling from 10 million units shipped in the entire year of...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Taiwan IC vendors look to short lead-time orders in September
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect short lead-time orders for PC related chips to start emerging in September as traditional peak season effects, which normally take place in the...
Friday 27 July 2012
Holtek nets NT$1.25 per share in 1H12
Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard MCU and consumer electronics IC solutions, saw its net profits grow 1.2% on year to NT$278 million (US$ 9.22 million) in...
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Nuvoton 2Q12 sales up over 35% on quarter
Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, saw its consolidated revenues climb 36.5% sequentially to NT$2.24 billion (US$74.73 million) in the second quarter...
Monday 2 July 2012
Renesas to sell or shut fabs, says report
Renesas Electronics is mulling plans to sell or shutter 10 of its 19 wafer fabs in Japan, and shift its focus to more microcontroller (MCU) manufacturing, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Ardentec seeking more outsourcing from US, Japan-based IDMs
Ardentec, a Taiwan-based provider of wafer and mixed-signal IC testing services, has been eager to obtain orders from US- and Japan-based IDM firms. The testing house is looking to...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Taiwan IC designers competing for 32-bit MCU market in China
IC design houses Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology, have recently strengthened their deployment in 32-bit MCUs in a bid to compete with international players...
Monday 28 May 2012
Renesas, TSMC extend tie-up
Renesas Electronics and TSMC on May 28 announced that they have signed an agreement to extend their microcontroller (MCU) technology collaboration to 40nm embedded flash (eFlash)...
Friday 23 December 2011
Semiconductor sales for smart meters to boom, says IHS
Because of their capability to save energy and to improve the efficiency of electrical grids, power utilities are expected to rapidly adopt smart electricity meters, causing global...