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Published: Mar 05,2018
ASE and TDK Establish Joint Venture to Provide Wearable Chip Package Solutions
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ASE yesterday announced together with TDK the joint establishment of ASE Embedded Electronics Incorporated, and in the future they will utilize TDK-authorized SESUB technology in the production of IC embedded substrates and provide mobile and wearable device products for the semiconductor industry...
TDK to Acquire Chirp Microsystems, Aiming for Leadership in Ultrasonic Sensing Solutions
TDK Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with Chirp Microsystems, Inc., a pioneer in high-performance ultrasonic sensing, in which Chirp becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of TDK. TDK expects to close the acquisition within the coming days...
92 IC Wafer Fabs Closed or Repurposed From 2009-2017
Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity (i.e., ≤200mm wafers) in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers. The spree of merger and acquisition activity and the migration to producing IC devices using sub-20nm process technology has also led suppliers to eliminate inefficient wafer fabs...
Foxconn Returns to the First Place of TV OEM
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to a survey conducted by Chinese market research institute Sigmaintell, in January 2018, the thirteen largest global television OEM manufacturers shipped out 8.02 million units, which was a yearly increase of 68...
Flexible AMOLED Market More Than Tripled to $12 Billion in 2017, IHS Markit Says
Shipment revenue of flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays more than tripled in 2017, accounting for 54.6 percent of total AMOLED panel shipment revenue, according to business information provider IHS Markit...
Intel Introduces ‘Intel AI: In Production’ Program with AAEON
Intel unveiled “Intel AI: In Production,” a new program that makes it easier for developers to bring their artificial intelligence prototypes to market. Since its introduction last July, the Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick (NCS) has gained a developer base in the tens of thousands...