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...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have mixed views about the impacts of China's economic recovery on their operations this year.

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...

Notebook-related IC design houses have seen short lead-time orders emerge recently, which may indicate positive signs for end-market demand momentum.

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...

The IC design industry has recently released a clearer market outlook forecast. The consensus is that after the valley of 1Q23, demand will see a slight recovery in the second quarter...

Taiwan, with its mature IC design ecosystem, is looking to collaborate closely with Europe by training IC design talent locally, according to Taiwan's National Science and Technology...

Taiwan IC design houses will see their profit performance hit the bottom in the first quarter of the year, and they are poised to step up preparations for new high-end offerings to...