ASIA

MP3 players set to exceed sales of 100 million units by 2012

Thursday 27 November 2008

Increasing disposable incomes and consumer preference for innovative and high-tech products continues to aid fast-paced growth in the digital consumer electronics market.

Asia Pacific’s semiconductor market revenue to grow, Gartner

Thursday 04 September 2008

Asia Pacific semiconductor sector revenue is forecast to reach almost US$160 billion in 2008, a 6.4 per cent increase from 2007 revenue of US$150 billion, according to the latest projections by Gartner, Inc.

Nordic Semiconductor moves HQ to Asia

Wednesday 30 July 2008

Nordic Semiconductor has announced its intention to set-up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, Philippines.

Fuji Xerox reduced CO2 emission in 2007

Wednesday 02 July 2008

As the accomplishment of its Integrated Recycling Systems in Japan and Asia-Pacific region, Fuji Xerox has announced that it slashed the amount of new resources by 3,860 tons and reduced 25,000t-CO2 emissions in 2007.

New semiconductor HQ

Tuesday 22 April 2008

Osram has opened the new Asia regional headquarters of its subsidiary, Osram Opto Semiconductors.

SoC distribution deal

Tuesday 22 April 2008

Nu Horizons Electronics has signed an agreement to distribute Zilog’s full portfolio of 8-, 16-, and 32-bit "system-on-a-chip" (SoC) solutions within the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Arrow targets Asia-Pac

Tuesday 04 March 2008

Arrow Electronics Inc said it will purchase the components distribution business of Achieva Ltd, a value-added distributor in Asia Pacific. The acquisition serves two purposes, according to William E. Mitchell, CEO of the Melville, NY-based distributor: to increase Arrow’s presence in the

Programmable logic solutions lab

Thursday 07 February 2008

Avnet Electronics Marketing together with Xilinx, Inc. are investing in Singapore education by providing hands-on experience for engineering students at Singapore's Republic Polytechnic via a specially designed training lab.

European and Asian distribution

Thursday 02 August 2007

Seoul Semiconductor Works with Avnet, the World Largest Electronics Distributor; Extends Global Reach of its LED technology

Asia-Pacific IC suppliers to hold 32% market share by 2011

Thursday 19 July 2007

According to market research firm IC Insights tracking the worldwide integrated circuit (IC) industry, American IC suppliers currently are responsible for about half of the worldwide market's IC sales—but Asia-Pacific companies are quickly closing in with year after year of increasingly