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Thursday 25 May 2023
New Apple-Broadcom deal gets three interpretations from RF supply chain in Taiwan
The signing of a long-term contract between Apple and Broadcom to develop 5G radio frequency (RF) components could easily drive outsiders to associate it with the "coopetition" relationships...
Monday 8 May 2023
Silicon Island Chronicles series interview: Win Semi chairman says the era of AIoT has arrived
Apart from its TSMC-led silicon-based semiconductor ecosystem, Taiwan also plays a crucial role in the development of compound semiconductors, including the second-generation semiconductors...
Friday 28 April 2023
Win Semi sees low utilization rates in 1Q23, but expects sales growth in 2Q23
Win Semiconductors has reported that its utilization rates dropped to about 20% in the first quarter of 2023 as a result of inventory correction in the handset supply chain and seasonal...
Thursday 20 April 2023
Qualcomm seeking lower III-V semiconductor foundry quotes
Qualcomm intends to increase orders for III-V semiconductor foundries capable of providing much lower quotes, according to industry sources.
Thursday 13 April 2023
III-V semiconductor suppliers & IC inspection labs poised to embrace LEO satellite business
With its importance significantly highlighted during the Russia-Ukraine war, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications will usher in enormous business opportunities for III-V...
Monday 20 March 2023
Taiwan partners to beef up backend support for Qualcomm new chips in 2H23
As Qualcomm is set to place wafer starts with TSMC for new handset APs, RF chips, networking chips, and even PC CPUs to be launched in the second half of 2023, its backend supply...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
GaAs foundry Win Semi posts decreased February revenue
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors has reported revenue for February 2023 of NT$858 million (US$28 million), down 52.1% on year and about 1% sequentially.
Friday 10 February 2023
Win Semi conservative about 1Q23 operations
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors is conservative about its operations in the first quarter of 2023, citing ongoing weak demand and the traditional low season.
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Excess 4G handset chip inventories hit foundries
Excess 4G handset chip inventories, including application processors and power amplifiers (PA), are dragging down fab utilization rates at related foundries, according to industry...
Friday 6 January 2023
GaAs foundries post revenue drops in 2022
Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), as well as epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), all saw their 2022 revenues register double-digit...
Wednesday 4 January 2023
Huawei gets rid of crisis mode after years of US sanctions, says rotating chair
Huawei's top management recently said the company in 2022 already successfully pulled itself out of crisis mode after weathering years of trade sanctions from the US, sparking market...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
Taiwan III-V IC suppliers see different market prospects for 2023
Taiwan's compound semiconductor foundry houses and epi-wafer suppliers show different views about when market demand will rebound in 2023, after seeing their shipments of handset-use...
Tuesday 20 December 2022
GaAs wafer foundries conservative about 1H23 sales
Taiwanese GaAs wafer foundries will likely see their utilization rates stay flat before the end of second-quarter 2023 as no sights indicate that demand for power amplifiers (PAs)...
Tuesday 6 December 2022
Compound semiconductor demand for CE devices unlikely to pick up until mid-2023
Compound semiconductor demand for consumer electronics is unlikely to pick up until the middle of next year, while demand for automotive, industrial, military and other niche-market...
Friday 18 November 2022
Taiwan chipmakers eyeing metalens opportunities
Taiwan-based III-V semiconductor and optical sensor companies are all gearing up for a boom in demand for metalens-based VR and AR devices from Meta, Sony and other vendors, according...