The senators filed a legislative amendment last week that would stop contracts, loans and other funds from going to the Institute of Microelectronics until the FBI gets "full access" to the probe's findings.
With the leading market share in the touch IC controllers used in Windows 8 notebooks, Elan Microelectronics is ideally positioned to benefit from the rising popularity of Windows 8.
Hana Microelectronics has moved successfully from being a motherboard producer to doing a variety of high-end component manufacturing, from watch movements to electronics for telephones.
In Edinburgh, Wolfson Microelectronics, designing tiny audio devices for smart phones, sought to calm anticipation of big orders from at least one of the five manufacturers with which it's in development talks.