
SEMI Posts N.A. Semiconductor Equipment Industry B/B Ratio of 0.96 in November
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.24 billion in orders worldwide in November 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.96, according to the November EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI...

TDK to Acquire Micronas to Further Grow the Magnetic Sensor Business
TDK Corporation and Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG jointly announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which TDK will launch an all cash public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Micronas for CHF 7...

Apple And China UnionPay t Announce a Partnership to Bring Apple Pay to China
Apple and China UnionPay today announced a partnership to bring Apple Pay, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, to China. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to easily add their bank cards to Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad, providing added convenience and security to everyday shopping...

TV Panel Shipments Decreases Slightly of 0.8% in November, TrendForce Reports
The latest large-size LCD panel shipment report by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, says a total of 22.74 million LCD TV panels were shipped in November, representing just a 0.8% decrease compared with prior month and a 2.2% increase year on year...

Designing In-House CPU Becomes Main Strategies of Smartphone Vendors
According to TrendForce smartphone analyst Avril Wu, more and more smartphone vendors are investing in the development and production of their own application processors (AP). Designing processor chips in house has become one of the main strategies that vendors adopt to maintain their market shares and margins during this period...

Acer, ASUS, Delta and ITRI to Speak on ICT Innovation at CES 2016
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will make its debut at CES 2016 in Las Vegas hand with Taiwanese brands Acer, ASUS, Delta and ITRI, Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, will speak on the region’s innovation at a January 7 press conference at LVCC, South Hall Connector, S227 A...