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Friday 30 August 2019
GigaDevice develops RISC-V MCU
China-based GigaDevice Semiconductor has unveiled what the company claims is the world's first 32-bit general-purpose MCU based on RISC-V architecture, with the product samples and...
Friday 23 August 2019
8-inch fab utilization rates may not rebound until 2020
Eight-inch fab utilization rates continue to fall on weak demand for automotive and consumer ICs and are unlikely to rebound until the first half of 2020, according to industry sou...
Thursday 15 August 2019
MCU market to regain growth after 2019 slump, says IC Insights
After reaching record-high sales in the last two years, the microcontroller (MCU) market slid lower in the first half of 2019 because of overall weakness in electronic systems, a...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
MCU maker Holtek sees most Q319 orders entail short lead time
MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor has seen mostly short-lead time orders in the third quarter amid impacts of the US-China trade war, and expects to post a slight revenue decrease...
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Nuvoton posts profit surge in 2Q19
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology saw its net profit surge nearly 500% sequentially to NT$183 million (US$5.9 million) in the second quarter, with EPS reaching NT$0.88.
Thursday 16 May 2019
Microcontroller market growth drops to nearly zero in 2019, says IHS
Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...
Thursday 2 May 2019
Holtek to see MCU shipments driven by robust demand for Bluetooth headsets
Microcontroller unit specialist Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its 32-bit MCU shipments for wireless Bluetooth headsets surge and likely hit the five million mark in 2019,...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Eight-inch fab utilization rates picking up
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by a pull-in of orders for IoT and automotive electronics applications, according to sources at...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Taiwan semiconductor firms see rising orders for TWS earbuds
Taiwan-based IC designers, MCU suppliers and back-end packaging and testing service providers are all optimistic about the business opportunity brought by true wireless stereo (TWS)...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Nuvoton puts 2019 focus on industrial applications
Microcontroller unit specialist Nuvoton is focusing on high-performance 32-bit MCUs, which will account for two thirds of its new products this year, according to the company.
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Ardentec to expand test services for automotive chips
Taiwan-based IC test solutions provider Ardentec has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders for automotive MCUs, and is vying for new orders for testing Internet of Vehicles (IoV) communication...
Monday 18 February 2019
MCU firm Holtek expects robust sales growth in India
Microcontroller unit specialist Holtek Semiconductor expects to see sales generated from the India market to grow robustly in 2019.
Monday 11 February 2019
China IC production to grow 15% through 2023, says IC Insights
China-based IC production is forecast to exhibit a strong 2018-2023 CAGR of 15%, according to IC Insights. Considering that China-based IC production was only US$23.8 billion in 2018,...
Friday 1 February 2019
Nuvoton net profits hit 8-year high in 2018
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology saw its net profits edge up 3% on year to an 8-year high of NT$711 million (US$23.12 million) in 2018. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$3.42...
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