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Wednesday 15 March 2023
Inventory correction at major Taiwan IC designers coming to an end
Taiwan's major fabless chipmakers including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, and Realtek Semiconductor have seen their revenues show signs of recovery, indicating their inventory...
Tuesday 14 March 2023
Cooling fan maker Power Logic sees demand for graphics cards pick up
Power Logic, a maker of cooling fans for graphics cards, has seen customers' inventory adjustments come to an end with demand recently picking up, according to the Taiwan-based com...
Tuesday 14 March 2023
LED sensor providers Tyntek, TASC conservative about 1H23
LED chip and sensor suppliers Tyntek and Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor (TASC) are conservative about their prospects for the first half of 2023 due to sluggish demand from the consumer...
Friday 3 March 2023
Semiconductor market in decline despite record 2022
The semiconductor market ascended to an all-time high in 2022, with total revenue reaching US$595.7 billion, just surpassing the previous year's record revenue of US$592.8 billion...
Tuesday 21 February 2023
MCU firm Nuvoton puts focus on R&D, sales in non-China markets
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology will continue to focus on R&D while expanding sales in non-Chinese markets, according to the Taiwan-based company.
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Chipmakers land short lead-time orders for Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions
Chipmakers such as MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor have recently received short lead-time orders for Wi-Fi 6/6E chip solutions, with order visibility remaining relatively clear...
Tuesday 14 February 2023
SMIC utilization rate hit by consumer electronics dependency
SMIC's 2022 fourth-quarter earnings call has revealed warning signs with drops in both gross margin and capacity utilization. The utilization of its wafer fabs has dropped below 80%...
Tuesday 14 February 2023
IC distributors upbeat about demand for automotive, industrial and server apps
Automobile, industrial control, and server industries have drawn market interest with the decline in demand for PCs and consumer electronics. According to sources at Taiwan-based...
Friday 10 February 2023
SMIC expects 10-12% revenue drop in 1Q23
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 10-12% sequentially in the first quarter of 2023, with gross margin...
Wednesday 8 February 2023
Taiwan MCU vendors post revenue drops in January
Taiwan-based MCU vendors generally saw their January sales decline sequentially or annually, and are wary of the near-term demand outlook as they will remain in the stage of inventory...
Friday 3 February 2023
WPG sees customer inventories return to normal by 2Q23
Inventories at downstream system makers are expected to return to healthy levels in the second quarter of 2023, but those at upstream components suppliers will take more time to digest...
Wednesday 1 February 2023
MCU price war lingers in 1H23 as makers continue inventory depletion
A price war between Taiwanese and Chinese suppliers of MCUs for consumer applications will persist in the first half of 2023 as they remain under pressure to trim inventories amid...
Tuesday 31 January 2023
Generations of semiconductor talent give Taiwan an edge as global competition intensifies
The regionalization of semiconductor production has become a clear trend, which may even result in many 'semiconductor powers' rising simultaneously around the world. However, Taiwan...
Tuesday 31 January 2023
China CIS suppliers stepping up deployment in automotive sector
In the face of still-sluggish demand for consumer electronics, China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) manufacturers are turning their attention to the automotive sector, according to...
Tuesday 24 January 2023
Passive component makers deepening deployments in sensor segment
Taiwan's passive components makers including Yageo and Thinking Electronic Industrial are tapping deeper into the segment of sensors to explore huge business potentials for automotive,...