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Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast $38 Billion in 2016 (2015.12.16) |
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SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decrease 0.6 percent to $37.3 billion in 2015, according to the SEMI Year-end Forecast, released today at the annual SEMICON Japan exposition... |
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ASE Offers to Purchase Rest of SPIL Shares (2015.12.15) |
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Taiwan — Mergers and acquisitions take place again. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) on Monday proposed acquiring the remaining 75 percent of rival Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) for US$4 billion in cash, as a countermeasure to SPIL’s planned sale of stock to China’s Tsinghua Unigroup... |
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HSPB Confirms Apple Has Set Up a Display Lab in Taiwan (2015.12.15) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hsinchu Science Park Bureau(HSPB), the competent authorities of the Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park, confirmed that Apple has set up a display research lab in Taoyuan Longtan, Taiwan, this year, and they are processing the development of new display technologies... |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Build Elevator Factory in South Korea (2015.12.15) |
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will build a new factory for Mitsubishi Elevator Korea Co., Ltd. in the Songdo area of the Incheon Free Economic Zone in South Korea.
Relocating KMEC’s development and manufacturing bases to the new facility will strengthen Mitsubishi Electric’s capability to respond to global needs for high-speed elevators, including by expanding annual production capacity 2... |
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Acer Introduces Its Predator Gaming Series in Malaysia (2015.12.15) |
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Acer today unveiled its Predator gaming series in Malaysia with the introduction of eight new models. The company announced its gaming strategy at a global press conference in New York in April, followed by an official launch of this industry-leading portfolio of gaming devices in IFA Berlin in September... |
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Global Mobile Roaming Revenues to fall by an Average of 7% (2015.12.15) |
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Operator-billed mobile roaming revenues are expected to experience a marked decline in 2017 as new EU regulations come into force, according to a new study from Juniper Research.
The annual revenues – worth an estimated $52 billion in 2017 – will fall by 7% globally, but by 28% in Europe with operators obliged to phase out any premiums currently for international calls, text and data while roaming within the EU... |
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ASE Decides to Acquire 100% shares of SPIL (2015.12.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - ASE tonight held a major information briefing in Taiwan, announced that the company decided to acquire 100% shares of SPIL of NTD$55 per share.
ASE said that its board decided to propose to the SPIL’s Board of Directors to sign the terms of the acquisition, to acquire 100% stake in SPIL under a cash consideration... |
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HTC Vive World Tour Heading to its Homeland Tomorrow (2015.12.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — After touring in the US and Europe successfully, the HTC Vive world tour is finally coming to its homeland — Taiwan on December 15 to January 3 at booth R407 in the Syntrend Creative Park. The company’s North Asia President Jack Tong boasted of the devive’s 360-Degree Solution, remarking that it’s “One-step ahead of other VR device competitors... |
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HTC Vive, A New Experience to WOW (2015.12.14) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Let’s imagine standing on the bridge of a starship rocketing across the galaxy, or strolling through the streets of ancient Rome, or shrinking down to subatomic size and watching molecules collide. HTC Vive, a new experience to WOW... |
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Micron to License 1x and 1y DRAM Technologies to Nanya Technology (2015.12.14) |
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Micron Technology today announced it has entered into a memorandum of understanding to grant Nanya Technology, a Taiwanese DRAM provider, an option to license Micron 1x and 1y DRAM technologies. This new license agreement is in addition to Micron's existing license agreement for 20 nanometer (nm) technology with Nanya... |
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Inotera Announces to Become a Subsidiary of Micron (2015.12.14) |
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TAOYUAN, Taiwan – Inotera's Board of Directors today announced its resolution that Inotera will proceed with a share swap transaction with Micron Semiconductor Taiwan Co. Ltd. (“MST”). After the closing of the transaction, Inotera will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MST and will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange... |
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Alibaba Group Acquires South China Morning Post (2015.12.14) |
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Alibaba Group Holding Limited announced yesterday that it has entered into a definite agreement to acquire the South China Morning Post (SCMP) and other media assets of SCMP Group Limited.
The agreement combines the heritage and editorial excellence of the SCMP with Alibaba’s digital expertise to provide comprehensive and insightful news and analysis of the big stories in Hong Kong and China... |
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Global PV Demand to Reach 59GW in 2016, TredForec Reports (2015.12.14) |
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According to the latest Gold Member Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, installed capacity worldwide for 2015 is estimated at 53GW, amounting to a 20% year-on-year growth. Next year’s total installed capacity is expected to reach 59GW, up 11% in annual growth... |
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HUD Should be Able Meet the Different Driving Scenario (2015.12.11) |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A 7 inches and a 4.5 inches high efficiency HUD unit developed individually for different application scenario have been combined together with different light path length to the windshield, so that the virtual images from these two units float at different distance in front of the windshield... |
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