LCD driver IC design specialists including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Sitronix Technology, Fitipower Integrated Technology, Raydium Semiconductor and FocalTech Systems have internally revised downward their business ...
Tags: LCD driver, IC Industry
More advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes and more production capacity for special processes are likely to emerge in China during the country's 13th five-year economic plan period which ranges from 2015-2020 thanks to equity ...
Tags: semiconductor, Integrated Circuit
Taiwanese semiconductor company United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has introduced UMC Auto technology platform for the IC companies involved in designing chips for automotive applications. The new platform consists of a range of ...
Tags: semiconductor, UMC Auto technology
China's government policies for supporting the local IC design industry have put less emphasis on intervention measures such as offering tax breaks, providing direct financial support, and making purchases of domestic products, while ...
Tags: IC Design, IC Industry
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA claims to have shattered the on-resistance barrier of traditional 1200V MOSFET technology by introducing the first commercially available silicon carbide (SiC) 1200V MOSFET with an RDS(ON) of 25mΩ in an ...
Tags: Cree SiC MOSFET, Electrical, Electronics
The LED lighting market in China is expected to double in size from 9.6 percent to 18 percent of all lighting used in the next four years, according to a recent growth forecast from Lux Research. This growth will be spurred by falling ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Market
IC Insights’ new 250-page Mid-Year Update to the 2013 McClean Report, which is slated to be released by the end of July, describes why a very clear distinction should be made between the IC market (i.e., consumption) in China and IC ...
Tags: IC Companies, IC Production
Fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK and specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The top 25 IC design companies in China grew an average of 30%, reports DigiTimes, with State Microelectronics leading the way on 170% growth. Galaxycore and Spreadtrum came next with growth in the 60s of per cent, followed by China's ...
Tags: IC design, State Microelectronics, China
Fabless IC suppliers grew by 6% in 2012, 10% better than the 4% decline registered by the IDMs and 8% better than the 2% decline shown by the total IC market last year. Except for 2010, fabless company IC sales growth has outpaced IDM IC ...
Tags: Fabless IC, IC, IDM IC sales, memory market
Phase-cut dimmable driver IC handles power factor correction and constant-current output with a single stage delivering 5% regulation across the LED load. Power Integrations used the Munich Electronica trade fair as a stage to announce ...
Tags: LED Driver IC, LED Driver
Taipei,Oct.18,2012--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)has set up complete manufacturing eco system for Apple's application-specific IC(ASIC)contracts,in which Intel Corp.is also reportedly interested,according to Taiwan's industry ...
Tags: TSMC, Apple, ASIC order, chips
Qualcomm is thinking of buying 10%of the No.2 foundry UMC in order to try and secure advanced IC fabrication,according to industry rumours. Qualcomm has been the most proactive in seeking alternative sources among those customers of ...
Tags: Qualcomm, UMC, fabrication
Marvell's lighting-control platform matches LED driver and ZigBee wireless ICs for network control of various light sources, and the CES demonstration will include a wireless gateway and control software running on a wireless tablet PC. The ...
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