iST, Changan and Unicore Jointly Announce First AEC-Q100 Compliant Car Navigation Chip
iST (Integrated Service Technology, Inc.), together with China’s dominating car manufacturer, Changan Automobile (Changan) and Unicore Communication (Unicore), a navigation chip supplier, announce today the BDS (BeiDou Navigation Satellite System) based car navigation chip UC220, is now certified compliant with the reliability quality specification of Automotive Electronics Council (AEC)...
Intel Xeon Processors to Be Available in Notebook This Fall
Intel said that Intel is bringing the Intel Xeon processors to notebook PCs in a perfect balance between power and mobility this fall. Intel noted that Intel Xeon processor E3-1500M v5 product family, based on architecture code-named Skylake, brings high precision computing horsepower to a notebook and supports key features like error-correcting code memory for enhanced reliability while running critical workstation applications...
SMIC Announces 28nm Process Technology Has Been Adopted Into Smartphones.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's largest semiconductor foundry, today announced its 28nm process technology that is used for manufacturing Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processors, has been successfully adopted into mainstream smartphones...
Wearables Urge Samsung to Expand Its OLED Capacity
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Samsung Display is planning to invest US$3 billion to increase its AMOLED production capacity in Vietnam. This will expand the influence of the rapidly growing wearable device and flexible display markets. Samsung Display last year invested US$1 billion to set up an OLED panel module factory in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, which began operations in the first quarter of this year...
Faraday Announces President Change and Income Falls 6.5%
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Faraday Technology Co., a fabless ASIC and silicon IP provider on August 6 said net income last quarter dropped by 6.5 percent quarter-on-quarter and 13 percent year-on-year to NT$179 million, or NT$0.43 per share, as clients’ inventory adjustments dragged down its gross margin, which fell to 44...
Precision Silicon to Merge Episil Semiconductor
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Precision Silicon Group, a major supplier of silicon epitaxial used in semiconductor chips and solar cells, on August 6 said its board approved a merger with Episil Semiconductor Wafer Inc. through a share swap...