ILSAN-SEOGU, South Korea -- Taiwan chip startup NeoEnergy Microelectronics Inc. has emerged and will shortly ship its first products--a line of mixed-signal devices. Fabless NeoEnergy has also signed up its first foundry partner: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) NeoEnergy (Hsinchu) is one of the few analog/mixed-signal chip makers in Taiwan. Richtek Technology Corp. is one of the major analog IC makers in Taiwan. Still, Taiwan is far behind in analog and mixed-signal, as compared to the United States, said Jackson Hu, chairman and chief executive of NeoEnergy, during a presentation at last week's Analog Semiconductor Leaders' Forum 2009...
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