CMOS image sensor backend specialist Xintec has expressed caution about its sales performance this year, citing the ongoing pandemic, labor shortages, and supply-side challenges,...
Automotive CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging capacity at Taiwan-based OSATs such as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec remains fully loaded, and they can easily carry out...
With the Japan government stepping up their support for the local IC manufacturing sector, several new wafer fabs, including a joint venture (JV) between TSMC and Sony, will be constructed...
VCM (voice coil motor), used to drive camera lens modules, is expected to see demand for smartphone applications stay flat in 2022, with the prospect that suppliers will focus more...
DDR3 and other specialty DRAM prices are expected to stop falling and begin to rise as early as between the end of the first quarter and the second quarter, according to industry...
TSMC, Kioxia and Micron Technology are reportedly expected to receive government subsidies in Japan to support their new fabs or expansion projects locally in Japan.
Taiwan's epi-wafer supplier Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI) has started taking orders for its high-performance GaN-based HEMT products, which are expected to serve as...
As Qualcomm is actively expanding its presence in the GaAs-based handset PA segment, its partners in Taiwan including foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor...
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has unveiled more details about its new 12-inch fab project In Shenzhen, such as the fab's initial focus on the manufacture...
Memory and logic IC backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its revenue performance to stay on the growth track in the fourth quarter of 2021 after posting record sales results...
Pure-play foundries will remain encouraged to raise their quotes in 2022, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC).
AIOTO Tech has announced the launch of the AIOTO GO, a wireless AI security camera with 4G LTE capabilities and a 2-month standby battery life designed to protect outdoor spaces....
Backend firms have received engineering samples of next-generation smartphone APs from vendors such as Qualcomm and MediaTek, and expect a particularly strong first-quarter 2022 for...
Taiwan's makers of RF and PA devices hope MediaTek can lead the local supply chain to meet competition from Qualcomm in tapping the mmWave 5G market, according to industry sources...
GlobalFoundries (GF) has announced the foundry is continuing its partnership with Qualcomm, expanding their RF collaboration on 5G multi-Gigabit speed RF front-end products.