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Tuesday 28 March 2023
Major Taiwan IC design houses vary strategies amid slowdown
Major Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics, Parade Technologies, and Global Mixed-mode Technology...
Monday 27 March 2023
IC Design White Paper - Taiwan's IC design builds new armada
Taiwan's IC design sector is facing more and more internal and external challenges. Furthering the existing advantages as the second-largest IC design base in the world, and maintaining...
Monday 27 March 2023
Arm to change license fee charging formula, heaping pressure on chipmakers
British silicon IP provider Arm reportedly has notified its major customers about a sharp adjustment in its future licensing fee collection mechanism starting 2024, when the fee will...
Monday 27 March 2023
IC Design White Paper - Improving Taiwan's IC design talent policies
Talent is the most important competitive condition in the IC design sector. Due to the talent shortage, the government has already promoted many measures, including STEM-related talent...
Monday 27 March 2023
IC Design White Paper - Discussing strengths and weaknesses of Taiwan's IC design sector
The strengths of Taiwan's IC design sector include excellent and dedicated STEM talent, a complete semiconductor industry ecosystem from upstream to downstream, and a well-developed...
Friday 24 March 2023
IC design may serve as key for Malaysia to further enhance local semiconductor competitiveness, says DIGITIMES Research
With the US-China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic driving companies to diversify their production lines to different parts of the world to avoid risks after 2020, Malaysia has...
Friday 24 March 2023
IC design houses see short lead time orders for mass-market devices
IC design houses have experienced a surge in short lead time IC orders for mass-market devices, including TVs, IT products, and handsets, according to industry sources.
Thursday 23 March 2023
Foreign firms competing for Taiwanese IC design talent
While many international semiconductor firms have recently initiated massive layoffs or workforce adjustments amid the correction in global macroeconomic conditions, talent hunting...
Thursday 23 March 2023
IC Design White Paper (5): China's semiconductor strategy and development trends
China has had a long history of supporting its semiconductor development with industrial policies. The "Outline for advancing the national IC industry" announced in 2014 upgraded...
Wednesday 22 March 2023
Taiwan IC design houses eyeing edge AI biz opportunities
A surge in demand for edge AI devices is generating opportunities for Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Tuesday 21 March 2023
IC design houses seek price discounts from foundries
IC design houses continue to seek price reductions from wafer foundries and are hesitant to accept any price increases, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 21 March 2023
IC Design White Paper (4): China has become the largest source of chip design talents
When analyzing the supply and demand of global semiconductor design talents in 2021, one finds US-based companies to be the main source of chip design demand. US-based companies accounted...
Tuesday 21 March 2023
IC design houses still under price pressure
IC design houses expect their business to hit bottom in the first quarter but the outlook for the rest of the year remains uncertain despite seeing price pressure ease slightly, according...
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...