it to its Shanghai facilities, a move that will affect about 40 jobs. The supplier of discrete and analog semiconductors said it expects a related restructuring charge of about US$1.3 million to US$1.7 million in the second quarter.
Diodes, which has about 2,268 employees, said it expects to save about US$1 million a year from the transition, likely to be completed by July 31.
Product design, R&D and some other divisions will continue to operate in the Hsinchu Science Park facility in Taiwan, the company said in a statement.
The Westlake Village, California-based company, which acquired Taiwanese fabless analog chip maker Anachip Corp. in January 2006, has its Asian operations in Taiwan and Shanghai.
Its chips are used in a wide array of consumer devices such as digital audio players, notebook computers and mobile handsets.
