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Thursday 24 November 2022
Component suppliers remain conservative about demand for Android smartphones
Sales of Android smartphones including the latest flagship ones have been a disappointment with demand unlikely to pick up until the middle of 2023, according to sources at suppliers...
Thursday 17 November 2022
Amkor, SPIL share orders for new Qualcomm smartphone SoC
Qualcomm has contracted both Amkor Technology and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) to provide backend services for its just-unveiled flagship smartphone SoC, according to industry...
Thursday 10 November 2022
MediaTek poised to ramp up flagship market share with Dimensity 9200 SoCs
MediaTek is set to aggressively ramp up its share of the flagship smartphone AP market with its newly launched Dimensity 9200 SoC, despite overall handset market demand remaining...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Mobile IC backend specialists brace for weak 4Q22
Backend houses specializing in smartphone application processors (AP) are bracing for a disappointing fourth-quarter 2022 and probably first-quarter 2023, as inventory correction...
Monday 31 October 2022
Handset market faces worst headwinds in a decade, says MediaTek CEO
The mobile phone market has always had its ups and downs, but the current sharp decline in demand is probably a major headwind that has been never seen over the past decade, with...
Monday 31 October 2022
Win Semi expects over 10% revenue drop in 4Q22
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors, which saw its revenue drop 26% sequentially in the third quarter of 2022, expects to post another sequential revenue decline of 11-13% in the fourth...
Friday 21 October 2022
Inventory correction for Android phones nears end
Inventory correction for Android smartphones may come to an end later in the fourth quarter, but the market outlook for 2023 remains vague, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC...
Thursday 20 October 2022
China chipmakers enter volume production of 5G RF chip solutions
Chinese IC design houses are entering commercial production of 5G RF filters, power amplifiers (PA) and related modules, marking a step forward in boosting the self-sufficiency for...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Taiwan 6-inch foundries brace for weak 2H22
Taiwan-based 6-inch foundries are bracing for a particularly weak second half of this year, due to the falling demand for handset power amplifiers (PA) and other related chip solutions,...
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Handset CIS destocking slow
Lackluster handset sales have led to excess inventories of related CMOS image sensors (CIS), also dragging down wafer reconstitution (RW) demand, according to industry sources.
Thursday 22 September 2022
IC design houses continue to see Android phone customers scale back orders
IC design houses continue to see their Android smartphone customers scale back orders in the third quarter and are uncertain about the demand outlook for the fourth quarter, according...
Thursday 8 September 2022
Samsung Exynos APs gaining penetration in lower-end smartphones
Samsung Electronics has seen its Exynos mobile SoCs gain significant ground in the lower-end smartphone segment after losing application momentum in its high-end flagship handsets.
Tuesday 6 September 2022
Dixon obtained sub-license rights for Google smart TVs in India
As India actively encourages "Make in India" and a "Self-Reliant India", Dixon Technologies, one of India's major EMS providers, said it had obtained sub-license rights relating to...
Thursday 1 September 2022
InP epi-wafer demand promising for niche-market applications
InP-based epitaxial wafer demand will be promising for niche-market applications, particularly optical communication uses bolstered by continuous construction of large-size datacenters...
Wednesday 24 August 2022
Handset sales in Taiwan rise in July
Handset sales in Taiwan increased 11.8% sequentially to 416,000 units in July, driven by robust sales of Android-based models, according to sources at local retail channels.