China's top-2 foundries SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor have shown mixed views on whether to raise foundry quotes to offset cost increases, while a new wave of price hikes seems to...
China's top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has estimated the Shanghai lockdown could reduce its production by 5% in the second quarter, while another...
TFT-LCD panel maker Innolux expects second-quarter 2022 shipments of large-size panels to increase 7-9% sequentially and those of small- to medium-size panels to rise 17-19% sequentially,...
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, specializing in touchscreen controllers for PC applications, expects its newly developed large-size TDDI chips for notebooks to start contributing...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) saw its gross margin climb to a record high of 30.8% in 2021, when its wafer ASPs rose 13.1% to CNY4,763 (US$749.9) from CNY4,210...
A price war between major 5G handset AP suppliers MediaTek and Qualcomm is likely to kick off in the second quarter of the year, while China-based smartphone vendors are slowing down...
Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog ICs in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, according to IC Ins...
Pure-play wafer foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) each saw revenue grow by a slight 1.6% sequentially in February, while revenue...
Taiwan-based RichWave Technology, which specializes in Wi-Fi FEM (front-end module) solutions, has seen delivery lead times for Wi-Fi core chips from vendors shorten to 26-36 weeks...
Worldwide microprocessor sales grew 14% to a record-high US$102.9 billion in 2021, after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID-induced lockdowns drove up demand for PCs, large-screen smartphones...
Taiwan-based microcontroller companies including Nuvoton Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor intend to put increased focus on high-ASP (average selling price) products while reducing...
DRAM maker Nanya Technology expects its chip ASPs to drop at a slower-than-expected pace in the first quarter of 2022, and to register flat performance or a slight increase in the...
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits surged 91.1% on year to a record high of NT$55.78 billion (US$2.01 billion) in 2021, with EPS reaching NT$4...
The ongoing lockdown of the Chinese city of Xi'an in response to a spike in Covid cases will little affect manufacturing operations at plants there operated by Powertech Technology...
NAND flash ASPs are expected to undergo a 10-15% sequential decline in the first quarter of 2022, after an up to 5% decrease in the prior quarter, as the market shifts to oversupply,...
