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Monday 14 August 2023
Taiwan's MCU firm adapts: prioritizing high gross margin product amidst challenging second-half outlook
Taiwan-based microcontroller (MCU) manufacturer, Padauk Technology, has acknowledged sluggish demand for consumer electronics terminals and reduced consumer drive in the Chinese market...
Thursday 3 August 2023
China foundries enhancing mature node manufacturing capability for automotive chips
Chinese foundries including CanSemi Technology, GTA Semiconductor, and Nexchip Semiconductor have stepped up enhancing their mature-node manufacturing capability for automotive ICs,...
Wednesday 2 August 2023
Holtek expects gross margin to hit year's low in 4Q23
Microcontroller unit (MCU) specialist Holtek Semiconductor expects its gross margin to slip below 45% in the third quarter and hit its lowest level for 2023 in the fourth quarter.
Wednesday 2 August 2023
Wirebonding packaging demand stays weak
Conventional wirebonding packaging demand remains sluggish, and OSATs are extremely cautious regarding the demand outlook for this year, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 26 July 2023
What is Chinese automotive chipmakers' winning strategy?
The growing importance of the automotive sector to the semiconductor industry, together with last year's chip shortage crisis and China's self-sufficiency drive, has prompted more...
Tuesday 25 July 2023
Inventec launches MCU to tap edge AI opportunities
Inventec Corp. announced the launch of its Minima series of MCU products to seize new opportunities brought forth by AI computing. It is targeting automotive chip customers by positioning...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Semiconductor suppliers turn to 2Q24 for PC and handset recovery
Seeing demand for handsets and PCs likely to remain sluggish for the second half of 2023, many semiconductor suppliers are now eyeing a recovery in the second quarter of 2024, according...
Friday 14 July 2023
Taiwan MCU firms yet to see demand pick up
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers have yet to see an increase in end-market demand, which was not spurred by China's 618 shopping festival, according to industry sources.
Monday 10 July 2023
Taiwan MCU manufacturers increase 32-bit product proportions
Since the beginning of 2023, the microcontroller (MCU) industry has continued to face low demand in the consumer electronics market, while companies in China have launched price wars...
Monday 3 July 2023
MCU market demand unlikely to bottom out until 4Q23
The MCU (microcontroller unit) industry is entering the traditional peak season but can hardly resume its regular on-season market momentum this year, as downstream customers of mainstream...
Tuesday 20 June 2023
Gaming, medical, and multimedia offer strong MCU momentum, states Sonix
MCU supplier Sonix held a shareholders meeting on June 16. During the meeting, the company stated that in contrast to the weak consumer electronics market situation, gaming MCUs,...
Friday 9 June 2023
Taiwan MCU suppliers post slight revenue growth in May
MCU specialists such as Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, and Generalplus Technology all experienced modest sequential revenue growth in May, despite the fact that demand...
Tuesday 6 June 2023
TSMC identifies two challenges with German plan
TSMC has revealed the latest progress of its German fab plan at its shareholder meeting held today.
Friday 2 June 2023
Taiwanese MCU makers gear up for AI applications
In line with the mega trend of intelligence and edge AI applications, Taiwan's MCU makers are focusing on the development of MCUs integrated with AI to explore the AI MCU business...
Thursday 1 June 2023
Renesas head of automotive solutions visits Taiwan for 2nd time
Takeshi Kataoka, SVP and GM of Renesas Electronics' automotive solutions is in Taiwan for the second time this year and will deliver a remark at a Computex 2023 forum on Friday (June...