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Wednesday 23 February 2022
Taiwan IC foundries to see combined market share top 70%
TSMC and its fellow Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to see their combined global market share top 70%, when their additional fab capacities come online, according to...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
IC design houses positive about demand for notebooks in 2022
Notebook upgrades will be stimulating demand for high-end ICs in 2022 despite the overall less-significant notebook shipment growth anticipated for this year, according to sources...
Monday 21 February 2022
Wafer foundry capacity expansion plan in China, 2022

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Friday 18 February 2022
Elan, Chimei Motor to jointly explore ADAS market opportunities
Touchscreen control IC specialist Elan Microelectronics has announced plans to invest in Chimei Motor Electronics, looking to jointly explore lucrative business opportunities for...
Monday 14 February 2022
Novatek expects flat revenue growth in 1Q22
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$35.8 billion (US$1.28 billion) and NT$36.8 billion for the first quarter of 2022, compared with the...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Faraday monthly revenue tops NT$1 billion
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider partnering mainly with United Microelectronics (UMC), saw its monthly revenue exceed NT$1 billion (US$35.9...
Friday 4 February 2022
IC designers optimistic about shipment prospects for 2022
Demand for IC design services will continue to outweigh the supply (at least in the first half of 2022), while shipment prospects for the second half of the year will become clearer...
Friday 28 January 2022
IC design houses with strong backing gain sufficient foundry support
Taiwan's IC design houses with strong backgrounds have all managed to obtain sufficient foundry support, which will drive further their sales growth in 2022 after helping them score...
Friday 21 January 2022
Asustek, Pegatron subsidiaries boost consolidated results
Asustek Computer and Pegatron have both seen their subsidiaries contribute considerably to their total revenues in 2021 and are optimistic about further revenue and profit gains driven...
Friday 21 January 2022
OmniVision enhances CIS in car, security applications
China's IC design industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and has gained a significant position in some segments such as CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips. Its leading CIS...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about smartphone orders in 1Q22
Unspecified Taiwan-based IC design houses have reiterated their optimism about orders for smartphones in the first quarter of 2022, in response to speculation indicating brand smartphone...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
MediaTek continues hiring spree
MediaTek plans to hire over 2,000 new employees, mostly engineers, in 2022 according to the Taiwan-based IC design house.
Thursday 13 January 2022
ESMT sees bullish NOR flash prices
NOR flash contract prices are poised to stay flat sequentially in the first quarter of 2022 and will rise through the third quarter, according to MC Chang, president for memory IC...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Industry watch: The benchmarks and opportunities of the IC design industry
Founded in 1997, MediaTek originated from the UMC Group which was founded in the 1980s. The management team has witnessed the wonderful era "from micrometer to sub-microns" in Taiwan...
Friday 7 January 2022
Notebook peripheral IC specialists report strong sales for 2021
Notebook IC design specialists particularly those engaged in peripheral chips including touchscreen controllers and high-speed interface chips have reported impressive sales results...