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Thursday 7 July 2011
VIA sells S3 Graphics to HTC
Taiwan-based chipset maker VIA Technologies has announced it will sell its shareholdings in S3 Graphics to its affiliate company High Tech Computer (HTC) for US$300 million. The action...
Monday 4 July 2011
VIS reportedly offers to buy ProMOS 12-inch fab
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) affiliate specializing in analog/mixed-signal and logic ICs, has offered to acquire...
Thursday 30 June 2011
OmniVision to buy wafer-level lens manufacturing unit from JV
OmniVision Technologies has announced plans to buy the wafer-level lens production operations from VisEra Technologies, its joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Thursday 23 June 2011
TAOS joins forces with austriamicrosystems
June 16, 2011 (Plano, Texas) - Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc., (TAOS, http://www.taosinc.com/) announced today that it has entered...
Thursday 16 June 2011
Acer may fall out of the worldwide top-3 notebook ranking in 2Q11
As Acer is still working on resolving its notebook inventory issues and expects to suffer a sequential shipment drop of 10% in the second quarter, Lenovo, the fourth-largest global...
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Spreadtrum acquires stake in UMTS/HSPA modem chipset developer
Spreadtrum Communications, a major fabless semiconductor provider in China with technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, has announced that it acquired an approximately...
Friday 3 June 2011
Asustek taking cautious attitude toward Acer dumping 3 million notebooks in Europe
As Acer has announced it will provide channels with US$150 million in sales allowances to clear inventory, sources from the notebook industry believe such action will result in close...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Mosaid, Hynix enter into patent license and acquisition agreements
Mosaid Technologies has concluded a patent portfolio license agreement with Hynix Semiconductor of Korea, according to the Canada-based patent licensing and IP development company.
Thursday 12 May 2011
TI remains largest power IC supplier but competition is fierce, says IMS
Texas Instruments (TI) remained the largest supplier in the power management and driver IC market in 2010, a year in which most suppliers experienced an exploding market but struggled...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Acer rumored to acquire Insyde, but the firm says no plans to sell currently
In response to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci's comment that Acer lacks talent that can help to integrate software and hardware platforms for its smartphone and tablet PC products, Acer...
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Seagate to control 40% of HDD market with Samsung acquisition, says IHS iSuppli
Seagate Technology's recent buyout of Samsung Electronics' hard disk drive (HDD) business will considerably boost the newly merged entity's overall standing, with combined shipments...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Acquisition positions Silicon Image for wireless HD video leadership, says IHS iSuppli
With its planned acquisition of SiBeam, high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) chipmaker Silicon Image has positioned itself to take the lead in the burgeoning market for the...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Micron, Inotera deny acquisition rumors
Rumors have started to circulate again that Micron Technology is pursuing plans to acquire full ownership of Taiwan-based Inotera Memories. But both firms have denied the possibili...
Thursday 21 April 2011
InnoDisk mulls acquisition of server memory specialist
Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which develops and manufactures flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, is mulling plans to buy US-based Actica for up to NT$500...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Inventec chairman becomes a director of GIH
Inventec Group chairman Yeh Kuo-yi has become a director of a subsidiary of E-Ton Solar Tech, in an apparent move to reform the management of the solar-cell maker.
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research