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Thursday 4 August 2022
Parade 3Q22 sales to fall as clients continue inventory correction
High-speed transmission chip specialist Parade Technologies has newly projected a notable sequential fall for third-quarter 2022 revenues as clients will remain keen on adjusting...
Thursday 4 August 2022
DDI suppliers brace for further price cuts
China-based display driver IC suppliers continue to cut their chip prices, putting pressure on fellow Taiwan-based peers to drop their prices further, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Taiwan foundries intend to hold prices flat
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries intend to hold prices flat in the second half of 2022, despite cutbacks in orders for display driver ICs and other chips for use in consumer electronics...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
IC design houses brace for longer inventory digestion times
Taiwan-based IC design houses are aware of the longer time it may take to digest inventory, and may have to recognize losses arising from inventory corrections at the end of 2022.
Thursday 28 July 2022
Taiwan IC design houses facing notable profit falls in 2H22
Most IC design houses in Taiwan are expected to see their profitability weaken notably in the second half of the year as they can hardly pass part of foundry cost increases onto downstream...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
India's fabless startup develops 5G broadcast chip
Saankhya Labs, an Indian fabless semiconductor company, has developed a chip using 5G broadcast technology, allowing mobile devices to receive video signals from traditional broadcast...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
Second-, third-tier foundries drop prices
With demand for consumer MCUs and other mass-market chips falling, second- and third-tier foundries have started cutting their prices, according to sources at IC design houses.
Friday 22 July 2022
China IC Design Series (8): China LED driver ICs booming
China-based power management IC (PMIC) makers are keen on developing LED driver ICs optimizing mature technology. Chinese LCD driver IC suppliers have caught up with international...
Thursday 21 July 2022
China IC Design Series (7): China makers gearing up for PMICs
The application of power management ICs (PMIC) and power semiconductor components has expanded substantially in recent years due in part to the increasing demand from the consumer...
Wednesday 20 July 2022
Are output figures of Chinese semiconductor industry misleading?
DIGITIMES Research recently conducted a survey of China's IC design industry. According to the data collected, China's total semiconductor imports in 2021 reached US$432.5 billion,...
Wednesday 20 July 2022
China IC designers score points in developing homegrown CPUs
China has witnessed rapid development of homegrown CPU chips in recent years, gradually stretching from single product development to ecosystem deployments looking to break the dominance...
Wednesday 20 July 2022
China IC Design Series (6): China-based companies emerge in burgeoning MEMS market
Many Chinese MEMS sensor companies, such as MEMSIC Semiconductor and Senodia Technologies, are making a big push into the internet of things (IoT).
Tuesday 19 July 2022
China IC Design Series (5): Goermicro, MEMSensing rank top among China-based MEMS manufacturers
The start of the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 triggered a rush in the thermal imaging and infrared (IR) temperature measurement industries, resulting in the emergence of many IR...
Thursday 14 July 2022
China IC Design Series (3): The rise of Chinese CMOS image sensor industry
The debut of the world's first dual-camera handset in 2011 kicked off a competition between handset vendors of adding more cameras on mobile phones, pressing brand vendors including...
Thursday 14 July 2022
IC design houses see high-end notebook demand disappoint in 2H22
IC design houses are bracing for disappointing high-end notebook demand, including commercial and gaming models, in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.