Prices in China’s PV Market Rebounded in Late September, TrendForce Says
PV product manufacturers in Taiwan and China saw orders returning in the second half of September, while prices of polysilicon, wafers and PV cells started to rally after reaching their lows, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce...
MediaTek to Increase the Number of Employees in India to 1500
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek is going to increase its number of employees in India to 1,500 in the next three years, which is a growth of 200%, and the local financial investment will also expand simultaneously...
iST Invests BTL to Enter Compulsory Certification Market in China
iST, a Taiwanese electronics verification test service provider, announced today that through signing the share subscription agreement with BTL Inc., iST will spend NTD$ 180 million to obtain 21.05% stock right of BTL at NTD$ 45 per share...
MediaTek Debuts Smartphone Design Training Program to Support ‘Make in India’ Initiative
HSINCHU, Taiwan – MediaTek today announced a Smartphone Design-Training program to foster and develop talent for India’s fast-growing handset industry. The training program, created in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India, Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan, will propel the ‘Make in India’ initiative...
Wafer Size to Dominated by 300mm and to Continue Increasing Through 2020
According to IC Insights’ Global Wafer Capacity 2016-2020 report that worldwide capacity by wafer size was dominated by 300mm wafers in 2015 and is forecast to continue increasing through 2020, the ambitious goals to put 450mm wafers to use have been scaled back due to enormous financial and technology hurdles...
Worldwide Device Shipments to Decline for Second Year in a Row
Gartner, Inc. said worldwide combined shipments for devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to decline 3 percent in 2016. This will mark the second consecutive year of decline. The global devices market fell by 0...