Taiwan IC design houses should work harder to catch up with leading international players in terms of specifications formulation and solutions design capabilities, and they must also...
The efforts of system device vendors to develop new chips in-house have been stalled since the third quarter of 2022, but they have recently resumed their "acceleration track," according...
A wave of USB interface upgrades, as well as a potential PC replenishment later this year, will drive demand for USB device chips in 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Huawei continues to strengthen its IC design operations, including subsidiary HiSilicon, still playing an important role in China's homegrown IC design development.
Cost pressure on IC design houses will last into the second half of 2023 as Taiwanese wafer fabs are showing little intention of lowering their manufacturing service quotes.
Fitipower Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group specializing in display driver ICs (DDI), has seen customer orders, particularly those from the TV sector, gradually...
Taiwan-based IC design houses, such as Realtek Semiconductor, Novatek Microelectronics and Yusun Electronics, have entered the supply chain of BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle...
Memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) has reported operating losses widened to NT$755 million (US$24.8 million) in the fourth quarter of 2022 from NT$33.6...
Main IC design houses under the ecosystem of Samsung Electronics are actively recruiting new talent despite the recent layoff wave at the tech sector, riding on the rise of ChatGPT...
Many major fabless chipmakers including Novatek Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Aspeed Technology and Nvidia have seen earlier than expected orders from clients, which, in...
Despite a recent surge in short-lead-time orders from customers, IC design houses have different outlooks on demand, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Wafer foundries, except TSMC, reportedly are actively moving to offer price discounts for fabless clients willing to place more wafer starts for some specific processes, aiming to...
IC design houses have seen their China-based clients becoming enthusiastic about the resurgence of consumption brought on by China's Labor Day holiday in May and the country's 618...