ASE Becomes First OSAT to Receive ISO 15408-EAL6 Certification
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) today announced that 6 of its production facilities in Nantze, Kaohsiung; K4, K7, K8, K10, K11 and K12, have received the ISO 15408-EAL6 certification, becoming the first outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services company to achieve this significant recognition...
Korea Ranks NO.1 in ITU’s Global IDI While Taiwan Lost Its Position for Some Reason
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ITU’s Measuring the Information Society Report, released today. According to the report that South Korea once again won first place, while Japan ranked the eleventh, China ranked Eighty-two. But unexpectedly, Taiwan had not been included, which made this report becomes meaningless...
3D Printer Provider XYZprinting Establishes Thailand Branch
TAIPEI, Taiwan - XYZprinting has established branch companies in Mainland China, Japan, The United States, and Europe and on November 26 established its first Southeast Asian base in Thailand. The company plans to increase the permeation rate of 3D printing technology and services and promote sales of 3D printing products in Thailand...
TDK, Renesas Electronics Sign Agreement on Transfer of Tsuruoka Factory
TDK Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation, and Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics, today announced that they signed a basic agreement on November 27, 2015 under which Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing's Tsuruoka Factory will be transferred to TDK...
Shipments of Large-Size LCD Panels to Drop in 2016 But Total Area Expand by 8%
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, estimates that the shipments of large-size LCD panels (sized 7 inches and above) for the entire 2015 will reach 794 million units in its latest report. This figure represents a 4.1% year-on-year drop and a first-ever annual shipment decline for the LCD panel industry...
NXP Announces Final Regulatory Approval and Closing Date for Merger with Freescale
NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced it has received final regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of China to complete its merger with Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. The Company has now received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger with Freescale, and the sale of its RF Power business to Jianguang Asset Management Co...