Automotive Electronics System Demand Fails to Boost Automotive IC Market in 2015
With discussion increasingly focused on autonomous vehicles and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, demand is rising for electronic systems to support new, intelligent cars. Meanwhile, older, existing technology on high-end vehicles continues to migrate down to mid-range and low-end cars and technology-based aftermarket products are gaining momentum...
JHL Biotech Opens Innovative Biosimilars Manufacturing Facility in China
JHL Biotech (JHL), a biopharmaceutical company, opened the world’s first KUBio biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility with single-use bioprocessing technology at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Wuhan, China today. JHL will use the KUBio manufacturing solution delivered by GE Healthcare to manufacture biosimilars and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for late–stage clinical trials and commercial supply...
MagnaChip, YMC Expand Cost-Effective 0.18um MTP Manufacturing Processes
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation announced today that it has expanded its line of cost effective 0.18 micron multiple-time programmable intellectual property (MTP-IP) devices. Jointly developed with Yield Microelectronics Corporation (YMC) of Taiwan to address the increasing MTP-IP demand for microcontroller (MCU) and touch IC applications, it also enables cost-effective IC designs and high performance non-volatile memory solutions...
Avalue To Demonstrate Its Latest Retail Solution at C-Star
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Avalue Technology announced that the company will demonstrate its latest retail solution at China’s biggest retail event, C-Star, taking place in Shanghai, 18-20 May, 2016. Avalue will present solutions for self-service kiosks, checkout ePOS system, mobile POS, digital signage, and rugged tablet for warehouse as well as full IP65 stainless steel panel pc for backend supply chain...
Lenovo Became Top Notebook Brand in Q1, TrendForce Says
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Worldwide notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2016 arrived at 35.62 million units, according to the global market research firm TrendForce. The first quarter was the traditional off season for the notebook market and retailers still needed time to clear out their existing inventories...
Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Spending to Decline 2% in 2016, Gartner Says
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...