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Mitsubishi Electric to Double Satellite Component Production Capacity (2016.08.04)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has started constructing a facility that will double the satellite-component production capacity of its Kamakura Works, Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan.
The factory is Mitsubishi Electric’s core production and testing site for solar array panels, structural panels and other satellite components |
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IC Insights Reports Samsung, TSMC, and Intel to Have Huge Spending in 2H16 (2016.08.04)
IC Insights forecasts that semiconductor industry capital spending will increase by only 3% this year after declining by 2% in 2015. However, driven by the top three spenders—Samsung, TSMC, and Intel—capital spending in 2016 is expected to be heavily skewed toward the second half of this year |
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Industry’s First High-Speed Multi-Channel PLC Input Isolators (2016.08.04)
Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s first high-speed, multi-channel digital isolators designed to meet the demands of programmable logic controller (PLC) applications.
The new Si838x PLC field input isolator family offers an unmatched combination of high-speed channels (up to 2 Mbps), exceptional channel integration (up to eight channels per device), bipolar input flexibility, high noise immunity and 2 |
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TSMC Increases Capital investments of US$3790M to Expand Advanced Technology Capacity (2016.08.03)
HSINCHU, Taiwan – TSMC announced yesterday that the company will increase its capital investments of approximately US$3,790.4 million to expand advanced technology capacity and 2016 Q4 R&D capital expenditures.
TSMC yesterday held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which approved capital appropriations of approximately US$3,790 |
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TSMC’s Q3 Revenue to Hit a New High By Shipping Its InFO Product (2016.08.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan – According to Taiwan's Economic Daily News, TSMC's 16 nm processors for Apple will be shipped in this quarter and its Integrated Fan Out (InFO) business began to generate revenue, third-quarter revenues of TSMC expected to reach a new high |
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HOLTEK New HT45F4830 Digital Servo Flash MCU (2016.08.01)
Holtek’s new digital servo MCU, the HT45F4830, which is specifically designed for use in the brushed DC motor digital servo application area. Including an internal LDO and an H-Bridge driver, the HT45F4830 can provide full servo circuitry only requiring the addition of a few passive components thus greatly reducing required PCB area and component costs, and making it well suited for digital servo products below 9g |
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MagnaChip to Host Annual Foundry Technology Symposium in Hsinchu, Taiwan (2016.07.19)
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced today it will host its annual Foundry Technology Symposium at Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan, on September 27th, 2016 |
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TSMC Denies Establishing R&D Center in China (2016.07.12)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) on June 10 issued a statement claiming that their Nanjing12-inch manufacturing and design service center is an extension of TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform (OIP) and that they will not establish a research and development center in Mainland China |
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Imec and ARM Collaborate on 7nm Technology and Beyond (2016.07.11)
imec has signed a strategic partnership with ARM. ARM’s involvement with imec’s INSITE program will focus on addressing the impacts of circuit design and system-level architecture on power, performance, area and cost of nanotechnology chip process nodes from 7nm and beyond |
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Groundbreaking of TSMC’s Nanjing 12-inch Fab Will Lift IC industry of China (2016.07.08)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), yesterday held the groundbreaking ceremony of its first 12-inch wafer fab in Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu Province. The new fab is projected to be completed in 2018 and to enter mass production of 16-nm process in second half of 2018 |
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Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry to See 5.5% Growth in 2016 (2016.06.30)
According to MIC, Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Taiwanese semiconductor industry will still manage to grow over 5% in 2016.
"Though global semiconductor market value is anticipated to decline 3.2% year-on-year in 2016 to US$329 |
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Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2016 Supply Chain Top 25 (2016.06.01)
Gartner, Inc. has released the findings from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices.
For the first time, Unilever topped the ranking, followed by McDonald's, Amazon, Intel and a newcomer to the top five, H&M |
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Taiwan IC Revenue Totaled US$17.1B, 3.4% Declines On-quarter (2016.05.13)
According to WSTS, Q1 2016 worldwide semiconductor revenue reached US$78.3 billion, a year-to-year decline of 5.8% and down 5.5% on-quarter. Sales quantity reached 193.7 billion ICs, a 1.1% increase on-year and down 0.6% on-quarter |
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Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Spending to Decline 2% in 2016, Gartner Says (2016.05.09)
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to decline 2 percent in 2016, to $62.8 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. This is up from the estimated 4.7 percent decline in Gartner's previous quarterly forecast.
"While the first quarter 2016 forecast has improved from a projected decline of 4 |
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Apple Drove Entire Foundry Sales Increase at TSMC in 2015 (2016.04.27)
According to IC Insights’ report that without Apple, TSMC’s 2015 foundry sales would have dropped by 2% as compared to a 6% increase.
IC Insights report that TSMC, by far, was the leader with $26.4 billion in sales last year |
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2016 International Symposium on VLSI to Be Held in Hsinchu, Taiwan (2016.04.18)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The 2016 International Symposium on VLSI will be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan starting on April 25. This year's participants will examine and discuss the state of development and trends associated with IoT (Internet of Things), 5G, More than Moore's Law, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) |
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Number of 300mm IC Wafer Fabs Expected to Reach 100 in 2016 (2016.04.15)
IC Insights reported that in 2008, 300mm wafers took over as the industry’s primary wafer size in terms of total surface area used. Furthermore, the number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in operation continues to grow and is expected to reach 100 this year |
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Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Expected to Decline 0.6% in 2016 (2016.04.13)
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $333 billion in 2016, a decrease of 0.6 percent from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. This is following a decline of 2.3 percent in 2015 due to weakened demand for key electronic equipment, elevated inventory levels and the continuing impact of the strong dollar in some regions |
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Semiconductor Use in India Growing to USD55 Billion in 2020 (2016.04.08)
According to Semi, the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) market is expected to grow from USD31.6 billion in 2015 to USD400 billion by 2020, and consumption of semiconductors is expected to increase to approximately USD55 billion in 2020 |
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Chinese IC companies Account for Just 3% of Total IC Sales in 2015 (2016.04.06)
According to IC Insights’ latest report that U.S. companies held a 54% share of the total worldwide IC market in 2015, which includes sales from IDMs and fabless IC companies. The total does not include foundry sales. South Korean companies captured a 20% share of total IC sales and Japanese companies placed third with only an 8% share |
