The global chip market broke above $300 billion in 2013 to record a value of $305.58 billion in 2013, an increase of 4.8 percent compared with 2012, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, referencing data compiled by the World ...
Following a 2.5 percent decline in 2012, the global semiconductor market has regained its footing in 2013 with revenue set to expand by nearly 5 percent because of the strong performance of the memory sector. Global semiconductor sales in ...
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John Roberts, co-founder & chief technical officer of GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless provider of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has won the ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless provider of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has appointed US engineering consultancy Vqdot as an Applications ...
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After years of oversupply, the supply and demand for solar devices is returning to a state of balance. Because of this, IMS Research is reiterating its forecast that global capital spending by producers of photovoltaic (PV) modules, cells, ...
Spending on microwave RF power semiconductors has been kick-started by the availability of new gallium nitride (GaN) devices for 4-18GHz, says market intelligence firm ABI Research in its new report 'Microwave RF Power Semiconductors' (part ...
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The market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications relished a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared, according to the latest Industrial ...
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At ? 100.0 million, sales revenues for the second quarter of 2013 were exactly the same as for the first quarter. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, this represents a decline of 9.4 percent. Year to date, sales revenues in ...
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Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1. The top 20 worldwide semiconductor ...
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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter 2013 when compared to first quarter 2013 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer ...
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SEMICON Taiwan is set to open in September amidst an improving global and regional outlook for 2013 and 2014 that sees Taiwan remaining the largest and strongest market for semiconductor manufacturing. SEMICON Taiwan 2013, to be held ...
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At the SEMICON West 2013 event in San Francisco (9-11 July), Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) has announced that it has expanded its global manufacturing ...
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Dialog, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced that it has acquired iWatt, a leading provider of digital power management integrated circuits (ICs), for a cash payment of ...
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Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
Semiconductor Equipment Market outlook improves, while remains soft in short term. The global semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is expected to drop by 5.5% during 2013 to $35.8bn, while the capital spending is also expected ...
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