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Monday 20 March 2023
Taiwan IC design houses turn cautious in dealing with Chinese customers
The structural conflict between the US and China seems to be increasingly free of gray areas, and Taiwan's IC design sector, which has been least affected by the semiconductor trade...
Monday 20 March 2023
IC Design White Paper (3): Contributions from Taiwan's IC design sector to Taiwan
Taiwan is an important hub of the global information and communication technology (ICT) industry. The development of the ICT supply chain is supported by Taiwan's complete semiconductor...
Friday 17 March 2023
IC Design White Paper (2): Global market share and competitive advantages of Taiwan's IC design sector
In 2022, the overall revenue of the global IC design industry reached US$215.4 billion. Among them, the US IC design sector is the largest in scale, with a 63% market share and revenue...
Friday 17 March 2023
Macroblock cuts into China EV supply chain
Macroblock, an LED driver IC design house, has cut into the supply chain of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) OEM market with its offering of miniLED backlight driver ICs, according...
Thursday 16 March 2023
IC Design White Paper (1): Navigating policy options for strengthening Taiwan's IC design industry
The estimated revenue of Taiwan's IC design industry in 2022 totalled at a commanding US$40 billion. The sector has proven itself to be eminently high-yielding with an enviable average...
Wednesday 15 March 2023
Inventory correction at major Taiwan IC designers coming to an end
Taiwan's major fabless chipmakers including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, and Realtek Semiconductor have seen their revenues show signs of recovery, indicating their inventory...
Tuesday 14 March 2023
Taiwan IC designers urged to sharpen specs formulation, solutions design capabilities
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...
Tuesday 14 March 2023
IC verification labs see demand pick up for system vendors' self-developed chips
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...
Friday 10 March 2023
USB chip demand promising
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.
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Huawei quietly growing IC design capability
Huawei continues to strengthen its IC design operations, including subsidiary HiSilicon, still playing an important role in China's homegrown IC design development.
Tuesday 7 March 2023
IC design houses under pressure from high fab costs
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.
Monday 6 March 2023
DDI firm Fitipower sees operations hit bottom in 1Q23
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...
Friday 3 March 2023
Taiwan chipmakers to see orders from China NEV industry surge in 2023
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...
Friday 3 March 2023
Taiwan chipmakers mixed about China economic recovery
Taiwan-based IC design houses have mixed views about the impacts of China's economic recovery on their operations this year.
Friday 24 February 2023
ESMT sees operating loss widen in 4Q22
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...