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On a different scale TSMC ranked as world's largest semiconductor company
Exclusive semiconductor-industry specific market researcher IC Insights has ranked pure-play semiconductor foundry TSMC as world's largest supplier of IC chips in 2nd Q of 2013, based on different set of parameters. IC insights has provided latest foundry market analysis data. Below is the release
5 min readIHS: Industrial semiconductor market register 1% growth in first Q 2013
Industrial semiconductor market is recovering slowly. IHS estimates the global industrial electronics chip revenue in the first quarter of 2013 has reached US$7.71 billion, up by 1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, it was down by 3% sequentially. The figure
5 min readFLIR Systems acquires Tessera's micro-optics assets
Tessera Technologies has announced that FLIR Systems has acquired a significant portion of the assets of Tessera's Micro-Optics business based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Total consideration paid by FLIR was approximately $15 million. "This transaction is one of the substantive structural cha
2 min readApple's choice of chips is major factor influencing global chip biz
Apple, a company known for its high level of innovation in electronics design and manufacturing is playing key role in semiconductor chip market. Some of its smart semiconductor choices/options causing significant impact on the overall chip market. Apple is the world's largest fabless chip design co
5 min readTaiwan's semiconductor packaging industry to benefit from 2.5/3D technologies
SEMI says design tools, manufacturing, packaging and testing solutions for 2.5D-IC process are available this year, and the most important issue is how to improve its throughput to enable 2.5D-IC mass production in 2014. Taiwan is said to benefit from the growth of three-dimensional semiconducto
4 min readEmerson to sell 51% stake in embedded and power biz
Emerson has decided to sell 51 percent stake in its embedded computing and power business to Platinum Equity. Emerson to receive approximately $300 million in cash and will retain a 49 percent noncontrolling interest in the business, which will operate as an independent company. “After extens
2 min readSilicon wafer shipments rise by 12.3% in Q2 2013
SEMI has reported the worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter 2013 when compared to first quarter 2013 area shipments. SEMI said the total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,390 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 12.3 percent increase from
2 min readCarlo Ferro returns to ST as CFO
STMicroelectronics has announced that Carlo Ferro, President & CEO of ST-Ericsson, will resume his position of Chief Financial Officer of ST while taking on additional responsibilities. In addition to the CFO role, Ferro will be responsible for legal, central operation planning, procurement, IT a
2 min readEricsson and ST complete the splitting process
Ericsson and STMicroelectronics have announced the closing of the transaction for the split up of ST-Ericsson. Ericsson has taken over the business related to LTE multimode thin modems which includes 2G, 3G and 4G interoperability. A total of approximately 1800 employees are going to be part of
2 min readSemiconductor industry back on growth path, IDC estimates 6.9% for 2013
Semiconductor industry is regaining growth, most of the leading semiconductor companies have reported a good quarterly growth in second quarter of year 2013. The growth is not limited to any one segment. The growth is overall; discrete analog, memory, processor and application-specific chips all ar
6 min readResearchers try out terahertz electrical switch using magnetite material
Today's widely used and popular nanoscale switch, the silicon MOSFET transistor, what we find in Ultra integrated VLSI chips can switch at speeds of 10s gigahertz, speed can be pushed further by using high electron mobility compound semiconductor material. But the researchers U.S. Department of Ene
6 min readEuropractice IC to expand its services into MEMS and photonic technologies
imec has announced European commission to continue funding the Europractice IC services for another three years under the FP7 program. imec's partners in this program are STFC and Fraunhofer IIS. "The EU’s continued support of the Europractice IC services speaks to the value of our efforts to he
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