
ROHM Establishes a New Production Facility for Discrete Semiconductors in Malaysia
ROHM have announced plans to build a new facility at its manufacturing subsidiary in Malaysia, ROHM-WAKO ELECTRONICS SDN.BHD (RWEM), to meet the need for increased production capability for discrete semiconductors, such as diodes...

Prices of Multi-Si Products to Go Flat Due to Major Changes in PV Demand after Chinese New Year
In China, more PV power plants are switching to mono-Si products. This factor and the impending end of the country’s installation rush have caused prices of multi-Si products (e.g. wafers, cells and modules) to level after the Chinese New Year holidays, said Corrine Lin, assistant research manager for EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce...

imec and iMinds to Merge and Create High-Tech Research Center Driving the Digital Economy
imec, and digital research and incubation center, iMinds, today announced that its respective board of directors have approved the intention to merge the research centers. Using the imec name, the combined entities will create a world-class, high-tech research center for the digital economy...

Winjit to Showcase Its IOT GDM Capabilities at MWC 2016
Winjit announced that the company would be demonstrating their advance IOT Gateway at the prestigious Mobile World Congress which opens on 22nd February at Barcelona. Mr. Abhijit Junagade, Co-Founder, Winjit Technologies said “We are extremely excited, as the Winjit team travels to Barcelona this week to participate in the Mobile World Congress...

Chinese Vendors Continue to Put Pressure on Established Smartphone Manufacturers
Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner, said, Chinese smartphone players will continue to gain share throughout 2016. They are well positioned to capitalize on demand for midrange to lower-end smartphones in emerging markets as they aggressively expand outside China...

Taiwan IC Revenue Reaches US$ 71B in 2015, 2.8% increase
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to the TSIA survey that Q4 2015 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$563.2 billion(US$17.7B), down 1.9% on-quarter and 4.6% decrease on-year...