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Tuesday 5 December 2023
PC market growth unlikely to top 10% in 2024, say IC design houses
The global PC market's growth in 2024 may not be as rapid as many terminal device manufacturers anticipate - a 10% increase, according to sources at IC design houses.
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Vietnam's semiconductor industry: 10–15 years until maturity; key opportunities for the country
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has officially announced the country's industrial development will primarily be focused on the semiconductor industry. He hopes to cultivate...
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Taiwan to begin subsidizing IC innovation in January
Taiwan is set to launch a 10-year subsidy scheme for the domestic chipmaking industry in January, with a total funding of NT$300 billion (US$9.28 billion).
Monday 4 December 2023
Taiwan-based IC design houses concerned about long-term impact of investment expansion in China
Despite the cyclical downturn in the semiconductor industry, semiconductor companies in China are scaling up their investments and nurturing each other amid a full-blown indigenization...
Thursday 30 November 2023
Anticipating demand recovery in 2024, IC companies employ diverse strategies
Although the general economy still shows no signs of recovery, semiconductor industry experts expect at least some renewed demand in the market for 2024. With chip inventories returning...
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Uncertainties ring: will the IC design industry return to normalcy in 2024?
The prolonged chaos in semiconductor inventory management seems to be nearing its end, with only a few applications affected by the situation. Most industry players reckon that this...
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Pace of recovery to vary for different semiconductor sectors and firms
The semiconductor industry is expected to rebound in 2024, but the pace of recovery will vary from sector to sector and company to company, according to industry sources.
Monday 27 November 2023
IC design houses grapple with unrelenting price-reduction pressures from customers and high raw material costs
While positive about their revenue performance returning to a growth track with high expectations for an economic upswing in 2024, most IC design houses in Taiwan continue to face...
Monday 27 November 2023
Challenges remain as system integrators self-developed chips against established IC design houses
As the AI era arrives, cloud service providers (CSP) have increasingly recognized the importance of high-performance computing (HPC) chips, and system integrators, hardware manufacturers,...
Thursday 23 November 2023
Taiwan memory IC design houses gearing up for edge AI boom
Taiwan-based memory IC design houses including Etron Technology and AP Memory have stepped up their deployment in the edge AI market segment, which is expected to grow through 2025...
Thursday 23 November 2023
IC suppliers see support from new handset models in 4Q23
Chinese brand vendors releasing new handset models are providing support for related peripheral IC suppliers' sales in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses expect lower foundry prices in 1Q24
Pure-play foundries such as United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) may lower their quotations...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses see disappointing end-market demand in China
China's Double 11 online shopping festival has failed to generate end-market demand, with only a few brands like Xiaomi reporting decent sales, indicating that China's consumer market...
Monday 13 November 2023
Smartphone and PC market rebound only transient? IC designers say consumer demand momentum may not fully recover until 2H24
The landscape of the IC design industry presents a mixed picture regarding the recent upturn in the mobile phone and PC markets. While some IC design companies have delivered promising...
Monday 6 November 2023
Taiwan's IC design houses under growing pressure as generative AI rewrites the game
Generative AI is making its way into edge devices: though there remain bottlenecks to overcome in terms of software and hardware, the overall trend is very significant. PC and mobile...