Belgium-based Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) plans to set up a R&D center in Taiwan in 2010 with an aim to accelerate the development of the MEMS market in Taiwan,...
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) plans to consolidate a total of eight handset R&D units belonging to member companies within the Foxconn Group, including Foxconn Electronics,...
Inventec recently started up a new R&D center for server and industrial PC related products in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company expects its annual revenues from the server business...
Aiming to fend off increasing competition from rival vendors in the smartphone segment, Nokia has reportedly released RFI (request for information) requirements on ODM production...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) currently focuses its R&D on 28nm and 22nm processes and related key technologies as well as 18-inch wafers, according to company central...
EMS provider Jabil Circuit is reportedly following the steps of rival company Flextronics International of seeking to recruit R&D staff from handset ODMs in Taiwan to strengthen...
Samsung Electronics has employed Mong-Song Liang, who formerly served as senior director of the Logic Technology Platform Division at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on September 28 announced the appointment of Shang-Yi Chiang, a former TSMC vice president of R&D, as its senior VP of R&D...
MediaTek has announced that it has spent 744.95 million yuan (US$109.09 million) buying an office building in Beijing, China, with market observers speculating that it is a step the...
R&D expenses are estimated to equal 25% of KLA-Tencor's overall sales in 2009, with the expenditure mainly on the development of next-generation products for 3X/2Xnm and beyond...
The China government has proposed an amendment to its Renewable Energy Law, focusing on establishing a fund for R&D to connect renewable energy with electricity grids, as well...
Quanta Computer has filled its ODM production capacity for the second half of 2009 and is confident of maintaining its leading position among Taiwan's top-four notebook makers, according...
Quanta Computer has decided to extend its R&D cooperation with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Taiwan needs first-tier IC design houses, such as MediaTek, to take the lead in developing the MEMS industry and create another semiconductor revolution, said Tang Ho-Ming, president...
Flextronics has announced that it has launched a strategic facility in Banciao, Taiwan hosting dedicated design, R&D and supporting services for notebook computers. The new facility...
