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Thursday 15 June 2023
High-end handset AP demand unlikely to pick up until 2024
High-end handset application processor (AP) demand is unlikely to pick up until next year, and it will return to a normal growth track in 2024-2025, according to sources at backend...
Thursday 8 June 2023
Rising Demand, chiplet and 3DIC trends offer bright outlook for CHPT
In a media debrief following the shareholder meeting, Huang Shui-Ke, president of Chunghwa Precision Test (CHPT), outlined the company's struggle in the previous year. The first quarter...
Friday 12 May 2023
Taiwan probe card suppliers see stable demand from Chinese GPU developers
Taiwan-based probe card providers continue to see stable orders from Chinese GPU developers although demand from first-tier smartphone application processor suppliers has become volatile,...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
TSMC overseas foundry quotes to be 10-30% higher than in Taiwan
TSMC has begun to formulate pricing strategies for its new overseas wafer fabs. Quotes for advanced chips to be fabricated by its plant in Arizona are estimated to be 20-30% higher...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Samsung mobile AP shipments buck trend increasing 15% in 1Q23
Samsung Electronics saw shipments increase 15% on year in the first quarter of 2023, benefitting from good midrange mobile application processor (AP) sales performance.
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Samsung soliciting Chinese GPU talent; Exynos 2400 will determine the victor
Recently, Samsung Electronics has been rumored to be actively recruiting system semiconductor R&D talent from China for products like GPUs. This is to help turn around its Exynos...
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Mobile phone AP supply chain expects recovery in 3Q23
Semiconductor backend packaging and testing and mobile phone power amplifier (PA) companies agree that visibility for large-scale orders is still unclear going into the second quarter...
Thursday 6 April 2023
Samsung to bring AMD Radeon graphics to future mobile platforms
Samsung Electronics has signed a multi-year agreement extension with AMD to bring multiple generations of high-performance, ultra-low-power AMD Radeon graphics solutions to an expanded...
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Oppo set to mass produce own handset AP with 4nm process in 3Q23
Oppo is gearing up for volume production of its in-house developed smartphone application processor in the third quarter of 2023, reportedly to be carried out at TSMC with 4nm process...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Upcoming Samsung Exynos AP to rival MediaTek counterpart
Samsung Electronics will soon introduce its Exynos 2300 application processor, competing with MediaTek's counterpart chips for upper-midrange and midrange smartphones, according to...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
MediaTek introduces 4nm smartphone chip
MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
First 3nm smartphone chips to be available in 2H23
Smartphones powered by 3nm application processors (AP) are unlikely to hit market shelves until the second half of 2023, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 23 August 2022
Mobile AP vendors under pressure to cut prices
Qualcomm and MediaTek are under increasing pressure to cut their mobile application processor prices amid reports that Android smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, are...
Friday 12 August 2022
Uncertainty remains about iPhone demand between 4Q22 and 1Q23
Chipmakers have kicked off shipments for the upcoming iPhones slated for launch in September, but uncertainty remains whether the shipments will continue to see strong momentum between...
Tuesday 19 July 2022
Competition in 3nm smartphone AP market to take place in 2H23
Competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek in the 3nm smartphone application processor (AP) market is poised to take place in the second half of 2023, according to market sources....