1794 news items tagged price
China MOSFET suppliers to raise prices again
Thursday 25 February 2021China-based power MOSFET and other power device suppliers have already raised their quotes by 10-15% recently amid tight foundry capacity, and will make another upward price adjustments,...
Packaging quotes for MCU and other consumer ICs set to rise
Thursday 18 February 2021Packaging specialists, such as Greatek Electronics, plan to raise their quotes for MCU and other consumer IC products in the second quarter to reflect their tight capacities, according...
DDI backend houses to further raise quotes later in 1Q21
Tuesday 2 February 2021Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies plan to enforce a second wave of price hikes in late February or early March to...
Taiwan MCU firms poised to hike prices
Tuesday 2 February 2021Taiwan-based MCU specialists, including Holtek Semiconductor, are expected to initiate price increases to reflect rising manufacturing costs, according to industry sources.
SK Hynix posts sequential revenue and profit drops in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW966 billion (US$0.87 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW7.97 trillion for the fourth quarter of 2020, representing sequential decreases...
Ralec to raise quotes for chip resistors
Tuesday 26 January 2021Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics specializing in chip resistors, plans to hike quotes offered to its distributors in the Greater China region by 15%, according to the Taiwan-based...
GlobalWafers raises bid to acquire Siltronic
Monday 25 January 2021GlobalWafers has announced that the price for its tender offer to all Siltronic shareholders has been increased to EUR145 (US$176.53) per share.
LED chipmakers, downstream vendors raising prices
Wednesday 20 January 2021LED chipmakers in Taiwan and China have seen their delivery lead times extend, and have raised quotes for some of their products particularly non-blue light LED chips, which in turn...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Samsung considers lowering NAND flash prices as early as 1Q21, sources say
Thursday 14 January 2021Samsung Electronics may initiate price cuts on its NAND flash chips as early as the end of the first quarter of 2021, which may trigger a price war among major NAND flash chipmakers,...
Major China MOSFET supplier raises prices
Wednesday 13 January 2021China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) has notified its clients based mainly in China about price hikes for all its power semiconductor products, including MOSFET and IGBT components,...
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21
Wednesday 13 January 2021DRAM contract market prices have risen 5-10% in the first quarter of 2021, and will continue their rally in the second quarter, according to sources at memory module makers.
Notebook ODMs mull price hikes
Tuesday 12 January 2021Notebook ODMs are considering hiking their quotes to reflect rising costs of components, transportation and other expenses, according to market sources.
Chipmakers see downstream clients continue stockpiling
Friday 8 January 2021Chip suppliers including fabless chipmakers and IC distributors continue to see their downstream clients stockpiling, while encountering tight capacity at upstream foundries, according...
Novatek to lead new wave of price hikes for DDI, TDDI chips
Thursday 7 January 2021Taiwan's leading display driver IC (DDI) vendor Novatek Microelectronics is expected to take the lead to raise its quotes soon to reflect increased foundry costs, which may send its...
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
Tuesday 5 January 2021China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
SMIC reportedly gets US license for mature manufacturing process
Monday 4 January 2021China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according...
Team Group to put increased focus on gaming, industrial in 2021
Tuesday 29 December 2020Team Group will put increased focus on the gaming and industrial control segments in 2021, when market conditions will be also favorable to the memory module maker, according to the...
Rising foundry quotes to push up costs of Taiwan IC design houses
Monday 28 December 2020With Taiwan-based foundries set to raise their quotes, Taiwan-based IC design houses have come under growing pressure to raise their chip prices next year, according to industry so...
Taiwan IC testers ask clients to procure own process components
Thursday 24 December 2020Taiwan-based IC testing houses have asked their fabless and IDM clients to shoulder some of the components costs needed to process their orders, a measure tantamount to raising prices,...
Polysilicon market to see dynamic growth, says Bernreuter Research
Wednesday 23 December 2020After three years of nearly stagnant demand, the polysilicon industry is entering a new phase of dynamic growth. As photovoltaic power plants have become the cheapest source of energy,...
NAND flash controller suppliers mull price hike
Wednesday 16 December 2020NAND flash device controller suppliers including Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology have stopped offering quotes for new orders, and are mulling a 10-15% price hike...
No cutback in customer orders, says TSMC chairman
Wednesday 16 December 2020TSMC chairman Mark Liu has dismissed recent speculation that claimed a cutback in 5nm chip orders from Apple would drag down the foundry's 5nm process capacity utilization to 80%...
Taiwan MOSFET chipmakers to hike prices by 10-15% in 1Q21
Tuesday 15 December 2020Taiwan-based MOSFET chips suppliers are poised to raise their quotes by 10-15% in first-quarter 2021 at the latest to reflect tight supply and increased manufacturing costs, according...
Walsin to raise LTCC prices by 30%
Wednesday 9 December 2020Walsin Technology has notified channel distributors about a 30% price hike for LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) components for use mainly in 4G and 5G smartphones rolled out...