The device had 13 semiconductor chips, some of which Ms.
Kuo says that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Apple's chip manufacturer, stands to benefit enormously from Apple's plans.
By 2040, the world's computers may need more electricity than our global energy production can deliver, according to a report released by the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Semiconductor Research Corporation in 2015.
A Chinese group has jumped into the bidding war for Fairchild Semiconductor.
He was running a manufacturing line for National Semiconductor, and he had the advantage of being a manager who fully understood engineering.
A college dropout, he had worked for Fairchild and National Semiconductor before starting his own PR and advertising firm.
a straight-shooting former marketing manager at National Semiconductor who had founded Sequoia Capital, ,, a pioneering venture capital firm.
The most important technology for the region's growth was, of course, the semiconductor.
Cfius last week rejected a $580m deal for Massachusetts-based semiconductor testing company Xcerra by a Chinese state-backed fund.
The UK's Dialog Semiconductor and IQE, which sell chips and parts to Apple for its smartphone, headed lower as trading opened.
The semiconductor content per car is forecast to double from $350 to $700 by 2020 — equivalent to adding more than two iPhones, with about $150 in chip content apiece, in the average car over the next four years, or roughly one-half of an iPhone every year.
Kumamoto city, close to the epicentre, has a large semiconductor industry, while manufacturers such as Sony and Honda also have factories in the region.
Chips made by Intel, now the world's largest semiconductor company by revenue, are used in Apple computers and servers in the data centres behind some of the world's most popular apps.
26 China's appetite for US assets was stifled on Tuesday after Fairchild Semiconductor turned down a $2.
Fairchild Semiconductor, a US chipmaker, turned down a cash-rich offer from a Chinese rival as it feared that the deal might be rebuffed by US regulators over national security concerns.
As many of its competitors in the chip industry form partnerships in China, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said on Monday that it was taking a different route: setting up a new manufacturing plant without help from a local partner.
In 2004, when he was head of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business, Mr Hwang was invited by the late Steve Jobs to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino.
Profits also improved at the semiconductor division, which remained the company's biggest earnings contributor for a third consecutive quarter.
Charlie Spork, the President of National Semiconductor, once said to me, "It's bad when good employees quit and leave, but it's worse when they quit and stay.