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Monday 14 February 2022
Novatek expects flat revenue growth in 1Q22
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$35.8 billion (US$1.28 billion) and NT$36.8 billion for the first quarter of 2022, compared with the...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2021

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Tuesday 8 February 2022
Faraday monthly revenue tops NT$1 billion
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider partnering mainly with United Microelectronics (UMC), saw its monthly revenue exceed NT$1 billion (US$35.9...
Friday 14 January 2022
TSMC seeing customers queue for 28nm fab capacity
TSMC has seen its fabless customers queue up for its available 28nm fab capacities, which was not within its expectations several years ago, according to the world's largest pure-play...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Global NOR flash supply to remain tight in 2022
NOR flash bit demand will continue to rise in 2022 while growth on the supply side remains limited, with tight supply of the memory to continue this year, according to industry sou...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
MediaTek on track to see revenue top US$20 billion in 2022
MediaTek, which saw its revenue climb 53.2% on year to a record high of NT$493.415 billion (US$17.81 billion) in 2021, is on track to see its revenue top US$20 billion this year,...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers see limited impact from power outage at Hua Hong fabs
A recent power outage at Hua Hong Semiconductor's wafer fabs located at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai has so far had a limited impact on Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers' deliveries,...
Monday 10 January 2022
Taiwan foundries may freeze quotes in 2Q22
Taiwan pure-play foundries are likely to freeze their quotes in the second quarter of 2022, as their fabless and IDM clients find it increasingly difficult to pass rising costs onto...
Wednesday 22 December 2021
Seventeen semiconductor companies to see 2021 revenue top US$10 billion
IC Insights has forecast that 17 companies will have worldwide semiconductor (IC and OSD - optoelectronics, sensor, and discrete) sales of more than US$10.0 billion in 2021.
Tuesday 21 December 2021
MCU firm Nyquest strikes 4-year deal for sufficient foundry capacity
MCU specialist Nyquest Technology has struck an agreement with Nuvoton Technology for sufficient foundry capacity over the next four years, according to the fabless chipmaker.
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Etron with in-house developed KOOLDRAM enters car industry supply chain
Etron Technology's in-house developed KOOLDRAM products are being adopted by car vendors, a milestone for its entry into the automotive sector, according to the Taiwan-based niche-market...
Wednesday 8 December 2021
Samsung eyeing orders from TSMC customers
Samsung Electronics is eyeing orders from TSMC's major customers, such as AMD, as fabless vendors intend to diversify their foundry sources, according to industry sources.
Friday 3 December 2021
Qualcomm to diversify foundry sources for flagship SoCs
Unsatisfactory manufacturing yield rates for Samsung's 4nm process technology are prompting Qualcomm to diversify its foundry sources for high-end Snapdragon SoCs, industry sources...
Monday 29 November 2021
DDR3 chip prices to regain momentum in 1Q22
Niche-market DDR3 memory prices are poised to stop falling and begin to rise as early as the first quarter of 2022 and will be rising through 2023, according to industry sources.
Friday 26 November 2021
US puts China quantum computing companies on trade blacklist
The US Department of Commerce has imposed trade sanctions on a total of 27 foreign companies with 12 of them based in China, 13 in Pakistan, one in Japan and one in Singapore. These...