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Thursday 30 April 2009
China market: MIPS licenses IP to Mavrix and Haier
MIPS Technologies has announced that Mavrix Technology, a fabless semiconductor company developing complete SoC solutions for the emerging mobile digital TV and portable multimedia...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
PSC expects Renesas-NEC merger to bring more cooperation for subsidiaries
Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), has said that he believes the merger of Renesas Technology and NEC Electronics will generate larger cooperation...
Friday 17 April 2009
SiS announces SiS168 motion-fluent co-processor for LCD TV
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has unveiled a new 120Hz/100Hz motion-fluent co-processor – SiS168 – to decrease motion-blur artifacts in LCD TVs, and which can also...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Netbooks and 3G handsets seen as growth driver for foundry sector in 3Q09
Orders from the netbook and 3G handset segments will help drive foundry growth for the third quarter of 2009, sources at semiconductor makers have commented. The sector already hit...
Wednesday 8 April 2009
IC design house Pixart 1Q09 revenues down 29%
CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging generated unaudited revenues of NT$725 million (US$21.4 million) in the first quarter of 2009, down 29.6% from the previous quarter. However, the...
Monday 6 April 2009
Southeast Asia MCU market set to grow steadily, says Frost & Sullivan
The popular perception that the microcontroller unit (MCU) that offers the fastest clock speed at the most advanced process node is the future of the Southeast Asian microcontroller...
Friday 27 March 2009
ALi to see up to 30% revenue growth in 2Q09 thanks to recovering STB demand
Market watchers expect IC designer ALi to see 17% revenue growth in March and 20-30% growth in the second quarter because demand for set-top boxes (STBs) in China has recovered, and...
Thursday 26 March 2009
CE makers adopt Intel platform for multimedia products
Intel's consumer electronics SoC – Intel Media Processor CE 3100 – has been adopted by several China-based makers for multimedia products, according to industry sources...
Friday 6 March 2009
ARM stepping up cooperation with Taiwan IC design houses
IP vendor ARM is stepping up its cooperation with Taiwan IC design service providers, including Global Unichip, Socle Technology and Faraday Technology, in order to get better access...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Is Intel tie-up with TSMC smoke and mirrors to offload low-end manufacturing? asks The Information Network
On March 2, Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced they had reached an agreement to collaborate on technology platform, IP infrastructure, and system-on-chip...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
TSMC expected to kick off Atom-core SoC production in 4Q09 at earliest
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to enter production of Atom-core system-on-chip (SoC) solutions in the fourth quarter of 2009 at the earliest, according...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Intel and TSMC to collaborate on Atom
Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on addressing technology platform, intellectual property...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Broadcom combo chip solution integrates Bluetooth, GPS and FM radios
Broadcom has extends its combo chip portfolio with an integrated GPS, Bluetooth and FM radio solution that delivers location based services (LBS) and multimedia in a single-chip de...
Monday 22 December 2008
Socle licenses USB 2.0 OTG IP cores from MIPS
Socle Technology, a Taiwan-based IC design service company in which Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has a major stake, has licensed USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) PHY (physical layer)...
Friday 21 November 2008
Socle's alliance with ARM to shake up SoC industry
ARM and Socle Technology, a subsidiary of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, have released details of their cooperation plans which will see Socle gain licenses...