
N-Type Solar Cell Technologies Are Expected to Enter Mass Production in 2018, Says TrendForce
EnergyTrend, a division TrendForce, has recently published a new report Market of Advanced PV Technology. According to the report, requirements outlined in China’s Top Runner Program (3rd phase) will drive solar PV companies to improve efficiency in order to win the biddings on projects...

Winbond: DRAM and Flash to Remain Stable in 2018
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Winbond on last Friday, February 2 at a legal briefing session explained that supply and demand will remain stable for DRAM and Flash in 2018 and that there will be a trend towards health and upward movement in both markets...

Mobile System on Chip Designs, Embedded Processing Lift MPU Market
The recently released 2018 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report shows that the fastest growing types of microprocessors in the last five years have been mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for tablets and data-handling cellphones and MPUs used in embedded-processing applications...

ASE and Cadence Deliver First System-in-Package EDA Solution
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. and Cadence Design Systems today announced they have collaborated to release a System-in-Package (SiP) EDA solution that addresses the challenges of designing and verifying Fan-Out Chip-on-Substrate (FOCoS) multi-die packages...

NDRC and Samsung Are Said to Be Signing MOU, which Could Moderate DRAM Price Rises, Says TrendForce
The climbing prices of DRAM over the past six quarters have added the cost pressures of Chinese smartphone brands. As the result, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has expressed concerns to Samsung at the end of 2017...

NI and Shanghai University Collaborate on a 5G Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Testbed for V2X
NI today announced plans to collaborate with Shanghai University on a testbed focused on 5G ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) for V2X applications. Vehicular networks, especially for autonomous driving applications, must offer ultra-reliability while requiring very low latency...