M&A agreements reach $55.3 billion in 2016
2016 is a sequel to the M&A mania of 2015, ringing $55.3 billion in M&A agreement value in 3 quarters.
Apple motivates interest in fan-out packaging
2016 is a turning point for the fan-out market since Apple and TSMC changed the game, possibly creating a trend…
Buyouts re-order analog rankings
What will the analog rankings look like when 2016 is over?
Medical imaging chip unit volume to reach 73m
However, year-over-year global revenue growth from semiconductors used in medical imaging is flat, due to optical component price erosion.
TSMC pure-play foundry market share drops in 2016
Tower Semiconductor and SMIC will benefit the most from a 9% jump in the size of the pure-play foundry market…
APAC semiconductor companies drive global EDA market growth
Global EDA market is expected to grow at 8.25% CAGR in the 2016-2020 period.
AMD breaks into top 20 chip vendor ranking
The top-20 ranking of semiconductor companies by sales in 1H16 shows that MediaTek and AMD both had good second quarters…
On Semi sells automotive products unit to Littelfuse
Littelfuse also plans to invest approximately $30 million in its semiconductor fabrication locations to enhance its production capabilities.
Renesas mulls $3 billion bid for rival Intersil
Renesas Electronics is considering whether to buy Intersil Corp., a US vendor of analogue, mixed-signal and power semiconductors.
Hua Hong MCU chip shipment shatters 1-billion ceiling
Hua Hong Semiconductor delivers customised Flash IP/EEPROM IP featuring read speed of up to 60MHz and low power with standby…