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Wednesday 4 January 2023
Taiwan chipmakers eye high-end IC opportunities
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers have enhanced their efforts to develop high-end chips such as mobile application processors (AP), OLED display driver ICs (DDI), ASICs, wireless communication...
Wednesday 4 January 2023
IC designers expect business downturn to hit bottom in 1Q23
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect the current industry downturn to hit bottom in the first quarter of 2023, and a substantial recovery is not to come until the year's second hal...
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Qualcomm, MediaTek unlikely to launch 3nm mobile SoCs in 2023
MediaTek and Qualcomm will have to think more about whether to follow in the footsteps of Apple to have their mobile SoCs fabricated by TSMC using 3nm process technology in 2023,...
Friday 30 December 2022
Network, server chip demand dented by capex cuts at CSPs, telecom operators
Major US cloud service providers (CSP) are moving to postpone or adjust their datacenter expansion projects, while enterprises and telecom operators also continue capex cuts, clouding...
Friday 30 December 2022
Lee-Feng Chien, former Google Taiwan director, on why IC design sector breeds successful entrepreneurs
Former managing director of Google Taiwan Lee-Feng Chien described 2022 as a year when AI development took a great leap forward. Having counseled many startups, Chien also observed...
Thursday 29 December 2022
IC design houses still under pressure from high foundry quotes
For the past 1-2 months, IC design houses have been discussing with foundries about the prices and order scales of 2023, but despite weak end-user demand, most IC design houses have...
Thursday 29 December 2022
Taiwan IC design houses actively cooperate to develop AI-based image-related solutions
Taiwan-based IC design houses have been cooperating to develop AI-based IC solutions related to image processing, according to industry sources, in order to address the large demand...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
How do smaller IC design houses plan for rebound in 2H23?
Facing the semiconductor demand downturn, no IC design house is spared, regardless of scale. Unlike major industry leaders with massive amounts of resources and price negotiation...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
IC design houses cautious about Android smartphone shipments in 2023
With Samsung Electronics likely to adjust downward its smartphone sales goal for 2023, Oppo, Vivo and other China-based brand vendors are also expected to see their Android smartphone...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Synopsys looks to Vietnam as a source of IC design talents
Global EDA leader Synopsys is eyeing Vietnam as a potential powerhouse of global IC design industry. In August 2022, Synopsys signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vietnam's...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan's big three IC design houses see challenges in 2023
Mediatek, Novatek, and Realtek, Taiwan's three major IC design houses, all remain conservative in their 2023 outlook, since the overall visibility is not clear. What is clear is that...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
China chipmaker breaks ground for 12-inch MEMS fab line
Zen Semiconductor (Zensemi) recently broke ground for its new 12-inch fabrication line for MEMS sensors, and other specialty sensors and chips, according to industry sources in Chi...
Friday 23 December 2022
Taiwan IC design houses refrain from initiating layoffs, bonus suspension
International semiconductor players are enforcing layoffs and other drastic control measures amid lingering market headwinds, but Taiwan's IC design houses are taking a wait-and-see...
Thursday 22 December 2022
IC-design houses see brisk order visibility for automotive chips
Taiwan-based IC-design houses continue to see clear order visibility for automotive chips although prospects for other chips for mass-market applications remain dull.
Tuesday 20 December 2022
US fabless chipmakers outperform Asian peers as consumer IT market weakens
In a recent TrendForce ranking of global top ten IC design houses, one can see that semiconductor sectoral performances vary greatly, even though the industry in general is going...
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