
ARM Opens Asia’s First CPU Design Center in Hsinchu
TAIPEI, Taiwan - ARM yesterday held an opening ceremony to mark its expanding operations and Asia’s first CPU design center. This design center will focus on Cortex-M core next-generation embedded applications, including all types of IoT chips, smart medical treatment, Industry 4...

Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology to Purchase Viking Tech’s 40% of its Shares
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The rising “Red Supply Chain” has posed another threat to Taiwan industry. Viking Tech Co., a supplier of resistors and inductors, announced on September 22 it had received a notice of tender offer from Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Holding Co...

UMC Mass Produces Industry's First 0.11um eFlash Process Touch IC
HSINCHU, Taiwan – United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today announced that it has entered high volume production for touch IC applications manufactured on UMC's 0.11um eFlash process. The specialized technology, first introduced by UMC in late 2012 as the foundry industry's first, true 12-volt aluminum back-end-of-line (BEoL) process, is developed for next generation touch controller IC and IoT applications...

Chinese LED Package Companies Generate a Wave of Acquisitions
The scale of China’s LED package market is projected to expand 16% year on year to 61.4 billion RMB in 2015, according to the latest Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of Chinese LED package market on the whole has slowed...

Xyzprinting Tops Global 3D Printers Sales of 22% Market Shares
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to Canalys, a technology market analyst firm, the worldwide sales volume of 3D printers reaches 88,000 units, an increase of 52% compared with the same period last year. Among them, Xyzprinting gained 22% of global market shares to make it to be the dominating company...

ASE Successfully Acquires 36.83% Shares of SPIL
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A drama-like acquisition between ASE and SPIL is going to end. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) announced today that it has acquired the total number of issued shares of 36.83% of SPIL, exceeding the predetermined maximum acquisition goal which is 25% of total...