With Apple reportedly designing its new 30W GaN charger with a new form factor, Taiwan-based MCU and power MOSFET suppliers are gearing up for a consumer GaN charger demand boom,...
After surging 36% in 2021, semiconductor industry capital spending is forecast to jump 24% in 2022 to a new all-time high of US$190.4 billion, according to IC Insights.
Automotive MCU prices are expected to rise by another 15-20% in the second quarter of 2022 due to supply-side constraints, according to sources at related IC distributors.
From 2010 to 2020, Tesla set the standard for success in the electric vehicle market, but now US-based luxury battery electric vehicle (BEV) maker Lucid Motors and electric pickup...
Taiwan-based MCU vendors, including Nuvoton Technology, Megawin Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, and Nyquest Technology, are poised to see their shipments for industrial applications...
Taiwan-based chipmakers, led by foundry TSMC and silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers, are gearing up to tap into the market for gallium nitride (GaN), silicon carbide (SiC) and other...
Taiwan-based foundries and IC design houses are looking to expand their presence in the automotive electronics sector, where chip demand is set to grow robustly, according to industry...
STMicroelectronics (ST) recently released its third-quarter financial results. Revenue in 3Q reached US$3.19 billion with a net income of US$474 million. Despite being slightly lower...
Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly those engaged in consumer ICs, have come under increasing pressure to maintain their quotes for 2022 as customers are more reluctant to...
Automotive IDMs have notified their clients about 10-20% price hikes for their chips starting 2022 as they continue to face mounting costs for raw materials, according to industry...
Fueled by pent-up demand for automotive electronics caused by semiconductor supply chain disruptions, worldwide installed capacity for power and compound semiconductor fabs is projected...
China-based OSAT Tongfu Microelectronics plans to raise up to CNY5.5 billion (US$854 million) to fund its upcoming capacity expansions for a variety of segments, according to industry...
STMicroelectronics and Xilinx have both notified their clients about price increases for their chip solutions starting the fourth quarter of 2021, which is expected to fuel a new...
IDMs including TI, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Microchip have all stepped up their deployments in the market for power devices using GaN, SiC and other third-generation semiconductor...
China auto and semiconductor makers are stepping up the development and production of their homegrown SiC chips and modules for EV applications, according to industry sources.
