For International Semiconductor Technology (IST), a major Taiwan supplier of packaging and testing services for driver ICs, it is time to diversify to other segments. IST president...

Having been in the semiconductor business for several decades, materials supplier Wahlee Industrial provides materials used in engineering plastics, compound materials, printed circuit...

With Aviza Technology recently announcing a development program with Taiwan-based Mosel Vitelic for developing advanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) materials for next-generation...

Earlier this year, Terry Tsao was appointed president of SEMI Southeast Asia. Tsao is responsible for the association's programs, products and services in Singapore and Taiwan, as...

With more than 7,000 of its semiconductor manufacturing systems shipped worldwide, SUSS MicroTec is not discouraged by the recent trimming of growth forecasts for the semiconductor...

When looking to divine the direction of the semiconductor industry, it makes sense to turn to SEMI, the global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials...

The success story of Broadcom is not unfamiliar to those in the IT industry. Started in 1991, the 16-year-old fabless company has acquired over 30 companies throughout its history...

The management changes of AU Optronics (AUO) came into effect on September 1 with HB Chen, former president of AUO, taking over as vice chairman/CEO and LJ (Lai-Juh) Chen, former...

With a vision of the potential of the mobile TV market, Sangwoo Han, CTO of South Korea-based Future Communications IC (FCI), a subsidiary of Silicon Motion Technology, recently visited...

While leading in the global ODM/OEM LCD monitor market, TPV Technology is now eyeing the brand business as well. According to the Discloser Data Center (DDC), TPV's AOC-branded monitor...

Though the semiconductor industry is subject to cyclical ups and downs, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing finds it necessary to be well prepared, regardless of the near-term market...

The success story of Broadcom is not unfamiliar to those in the IT industry. Started in 1991, the 16-year-old fabless company has acquired over 30 companies throughout its history...

Silterra is relatively small in terms of business scale in comparison to well-known big names in the pure-play foundry business. But the Malaysia-based foundry has drawn attention...

While seeing its stock price appreciate by three times over the past year on strong penetration in the handset solution market, Asia plays a vital role for Infineon Technologies,...

Solid state drives (SSD)s are poised to be a mainstream solid state memory technology with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenues of 71% from 2006 to 2011 as estimated by...