United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reached an agreement with Sanken Electric, under which the pure-play foundry will manufacture power semiconductor products for the Japan-based...
LCD driver-IC packaging and testing firm Chipbond Technology and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which specializes in chip probing and final test services, have signed a memorandum...
The next generation of Intel's power architecture, VR12, to be introduced in the third quarter of 2011 represents a watershed industry event, according to Boris Petrov, managing director...
The requirement for power-efficient and high performance solutions in Li-Ion/Poly battery-powered devices and equipment continues to open profitable growth opportunities for existing...
Following a decline of over 14% in 2009, the global market for power management and driver ICs is expected to grow by 20% to over US$12 billion in 2010, according to IMS Research...
The power discrete and module market is set to regain much of its previous years' losses, and will be worth U$13.7 billion in 2010, according to IMS Research. The figure represents...
The annual unit growth rate for portable devices is estimated at more than 12%, from about two billion in 2008 to over 3.4 billion devices in 2013. These devices have an increasing...
Intersil is a medium-sized Power IC company with a corporate commitment to reach US$1 billion in revenues by 2011. This commitment represents a 64% growth rate or 29% annually from...
The emergence of state-of-the-art BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) platform technologies is having a far reaching effect on the analog/mixed-signal IC landscape, the Petrov Group has commented...
The world market for power management and driver ICs is forecast to recover strongly in 2010, then average around 10% growth each year over the next five years after a projected decline...
Notebook component supplies, including optical drives, have recently started to return to normal and price increases should not be seen in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to...
Infineon Technologies remained the largest supplier to the global power semiconductor (discrete and module) market in 2008, for the sixth consecutive year and increased its share...
