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Friday 16 December 2011
Macronix serial flash adopted for Freescale automotive MCU
Macronix International has announced a collaboration with Freescale Semiconductor, and its Qorivva MPC5645S MCU, which provides a cost-effective and powerful platform for high-resolution...
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Freescale wins adoption of i.MX 6 MPU from FIC
First International Computer (FIC) has adopted Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX 6 series microprocessors for use in tablet PCs, Freescale revealed at a recent company event held in...
Monday 22 August 2011
eMemory, Maxchip work on consumer ICs built using 0.18-micron OTP process
Taiwan-based eMemory Technology, a provider of IP for logic embedded non-volatile memory (NVM), has announced that it is working with 8-inch foundry Maxchip Electronics to provide...
Friday 27 May 2011
Renesas announces new microcontrollers for LED lighting
Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of five 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/I1A family, that implement in...
Thursday 12 May 2011
ARM takes lead in MCU/eMPU architecture market in 2010
According to preliminary findings from Semicast's 32/64-bit Microcontrollers & Embedded Microprocessors study, ARM became the leading architecture for 32/64-bit MCUs/eMPUs in...
Thursday 31 March 2011
China MCU market to grow through 2015, says IHS iSuppli
China's microcontroller (MCU) market is expected to reach US$4.7 billion in revenues by 2015, up more than two-thirds from US$2.8 billion in 2010, according to IHS iSuppli.
Monday 27 September 2010
Grace moves 0.13-micron embedded flash process to volume production
Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing has kicked off volume production of its 0.13-micron embedded flash solution, according to the Shanghai-based pure-play foundry.
Monday 31 May 2010
Global chip sales up for fourth straight quarter in 1Q10, says iSuppli
Global semiconductor revenues grew to US$70.6 billion in the first quarter of 2010, up 2% from US$69.2 billion in the prior fourth quarter, according to iSuppli. The research firm's...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Holtek and Elan to see 20-30% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
Microcontroller unit (MCU) vendors Holtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to see their revenues grow over 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 due...
Thursday 29 April 2010
Second-tier IC design houses to see double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
With top-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics receiving the bulk of limited wafer supplies in the first quarter, results of smaller players...
Thursday 22 April 2010
IC design houses raise MCU prices on strong seasonal demand
IC design houses, including Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor, have raised their quotes for embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) by a range of 10-20% amid strong seasonal...
Friday 5 March 2010
Weltrend to see high revenues in 1Q10
Weltrend Semiconductor's revenues are expected to reach NT$200 million (US$6.26 million) in March 2010 and NT$590 million in the first quarter, driven by DTV microcontroller units...
Thursday 4 March 2010
MCU maker Holtek expects 10-20% revenues growth in 2010
Holtek Semiconductor's revenues are expected to grow 10-20% in 2010 driven by strong sales of microcontroller units (MCUs) in the China market, according to company president, Gordon...
Thursday 4 March 2010
8-bit MCU market intensifies
Competition for 8-bit MCU products is expected to intensify as Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a series of low-priced 16-bit MCUs into the segment, according to industry sources...
Thursday 4 March 2010
TI new MSP430 MCU Value Line gives 8-bit developers up to 10X performance and 10X battery life
DALLAS, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Committed to solving the growing performance and efficiency challenges of the 8-bit market, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN)...