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Tuesday 19 November 2024
Multinationals moving to Vietnam to establish IC backend operations
Amid escalating US-China tensions, multinational companies are increasingly shifting their semiconductor testing and packaging operations to Vietnam, supported by local companies...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Mitsui Mining & Smelting raises copper foil prices, impacting South Korean semiconductor supply chain
Mitsui Mining & Smelting (Mitsui) recently announced an increase in copper foil prices, raising concern within the South Korean industry. Given that copper foil is a core material...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Micron adopts pragmatic China strategy amid US tech restrictions
Micron Technology is taking a more pragmatic approach to its operations in China, aligning its strategy with Chinese government expectations while navigating US technology restrictions...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
UK compound semiconductor provider IQE considers sale of Taiwan subsidary
UK-based epitaxial wafer and substrate provider IQE has reported that the overall market recovery is weaker than anticipated. As a result, the company expects its revenue for 2024...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Fierce price war in the PMIC sector begins to ease as inventory stabilizes
Fierce price competition in the power management IC (PMIC) industry, led by companies like Texas Instruments (TI), shows signs of abating. With limited room for further price cuts...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Tech giants navigate Trump's return: stand up or stay silent?
Trump's return to the presidency has drawn significant attention, with his potential appointments already creating waves across the global tech industry. The impact has extended to...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Adhesive maker Nan Pao eyes revenue growth in 2024, 2025
Nan Pao Resins Chemical Group, a Taiwan-based hot melt adhesives manufacturer, has been targeting record-high revenues in 2024 and is aiming for high single-digit revenue growth in...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
GPTC sees wet process equipment orders soar on advanced packaging boom in 2025
Driven by rising demand for chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) and other advanced packaging equipment, Taiwan-based semiconductor automation and wet process equipment maker Grand...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
AMD distributor Weikeng eyes 2025 AI boom
Peripheral IC distributor Weikeng Industrial has seen robust growth in 2024 driven by strong AI demand, which is expected to continue into 2025 as prospects for AI servers and PCs...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Nichidenbo expects AI servers to drive growth in 2025, as PC, consumer product shipments remain stable
Passive component distributor Nichidenbo held its earnings call on November 18, during which company president and spokesman Yao-kuo Yu forecasted steady growth in the PC and consumer...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Samsung holds tool-in ceremony for new R&D campus, scheduled to start operation in 2025
According to a press release, on November 18, Samsung Electronics held a tool-in ceremony for its new semiconductor research and development complex (NRD-K) at its Giheung campus,...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
AMD's layoffs: trimming resources or deeper cuts?
Despite recording over US$1 billion in profits during the third quarter of 2023 and thriving in the AI market with double-digit growth, AMD recently announced a 4% workforce reduction,...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Japanese chip equipment makers see mixed outlook amid AI boom, China slowdown
Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including Tokyo Electron and Kokusai Electric, have raised profit forecasts driven by surging AI demand. However, China's cooling semiconductor...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Chinese SSD brands on the rise: YMTC Zhitai tops Samsung in e-commerce sales
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC), a prominent Chinese memory manufacturer, has achieved a milestone with its Zhitai brand, overtaking Samsung Electronics in solid-state drive...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
China's DDR4 price war disrupts global DRAM market
China's DRAM manufacturers are intensifying market competition through aggressive DDR4 production expansion. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) leads this push, while Fujian Jinhua...