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Monday 24 April 2023
Atomera founder talks about how its patented MST technology benefits chipmakers
Atomera was founded in 2001 by Robert Mears with a vision to develop a platform of materials technologies for use across multiple industries. In response to the slowdown in the advancement...
Friday 21 April 2023
Recovery momentum for IC design houses hard to come by in 2H23
With TSMC revising its outlook for 2023 and voicing greater caution about inventory adjustments at its fabless customers, the prospect for Taiwan-based IC design houses to see a pick-up...
Friday 21 April 2023
TSMC cuts revenue outlook for 2023
TSMC has revised its revenue outlook for this year to a low- to mid-single-digit percentage decrease from the previously projected small gain.
Friday 14 April 2023
Global smartphone AP shipments, 2023

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Thursday 13 April 2023
Handset sales remain sluggish in China
Despite a recent surge in short-lead-time orders for LCD Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) is supporting inventory replenishment needs, overall sales in the consumer electronics,...
Tuesday 11 April 2023
Taiwan IC design firms threatened by China's attempt to build its own IC standards
China is looking to develop its own IC standard specs, which Taiwan-based IC design firms perceive as a challenge.
Friday 31 March 2023
Chinese fabless chip design sector remains small despite increasing R&D efforts
In the annual China IC Leadership Summit held on March 30, Wei Shaojun, a leading Chinese semiconductor scholar from Tsinghua University's School of Integrated Circuits, shared his...
Friday 24 March 2023
Taiwan foundries see surge in orders transferred from China
The US' escalation of the chip war with China has prompted more companies to shift their orders to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries. However, contract prices provided by TSMC and...
Monday 20 March 2023
Taiwan IC design houses turn cautious in dealing with Chinese customers
The structural conflict between the US and China seems to be increasingly free of gray areas, and Taiwan's IC design sector, which has been least affected by the semiconductor trade...
Tuesday 14 March 2023
IC verification labs see demand pick up for system vendors' self-developed chips
The efforts of system device vendors to develop new chips in-house have been stalled since the third quarter of 2022, but they have recently resumed their "acceleration track," according...
Monday 6 March 2023
Top 3 memory vendors account for three-fourths of leading-edge wafer capacity
According to Knometa Research, Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, and SK Hynix held 76% of the leading-edge capacity at the end of 2022, with the majority of it going toward...
Thursday 23 February 2023
Inventory correction for notebooks nears end, says Elan
Notebook customers of Elan Microelectronics are making progress with inventory corrections, which are nearing completion, according to the fabless chipmaker.
Wednesday 22 February 2023
Faraday expects slight revenue growth in 1Q23
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects to post slight revenue growth sequentially in the first quarter of 2023 despite seasonal fa...
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.
Monday 20 February 2023
Holtek cautious about sales prospects for 2023
Based on its current inventory of five to six months, MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor is cautious about its business prospects for 2023.
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Summary of Tech Supply Chain News!
Taiwan IPC makers pushing integrated services to boost profits and to see revenues grow in 2024, says DIGITIMES Research
Global smartphone shipments hit 2023 peak in 4Q23, but decelerate in 1Q24 due to seasonality, says DIGITIMES Research
Meet the analyst: Operating system in AI era will be king, says DIGITIMES Research