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Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Global smartphone shipments dip 8.8% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 13 January 2021Global smartphone shipments suffered an annual 8.8% decline to 1.24 billion units in 2020, as the rampage of the coronavirus pandemic crippled handset demand and shipments, Digitimes...
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal by 2025, says IC Insights
Thursday 7 January 2021IC Insights has forecast that China-produced ICs will represent only 19.4% of the country's IC market in 2025, a fraction of the country's "Made in China 2025" goal of 70%.
Fabless company share of IC sales to set new record at 32.9% in 2020, says IC Insights
Tuesday 29 December 2020With a 22% jump expected in fabless company IC sales this year, led by a forecast US$2.8 billion sales increase by AMD, as compared to only a 6% IC sales increase forecast for the...
Notebook, mobo and graphics card makers to embrace bright prospects for 1H21
Tuesday 29 December 2020Taiwan-based makers of notebooks, motherboards and graphics cards are expected to see a strong first-half 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive demand for these devices...
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2020
Tuesday 22 December 2020The global top-5 brands' combined notebook shipments in November 2020 remained robust, reaching the second highest-ever monthly level, thanks to strong sales in Europe and North America...
Global server market revenue up 2.2% on year 3Q20, says IDC
Friday 11 December 2020Vendor revenue in the global server market grew 2.2% on year to US$22.6 billion in third-quarter 2020, during which worldwide server shipments declined 0.2% annually to nearly 3.1...
Foundry capex to account for 34% of total semi capex in 2020, says IC Insights
Friday 11 December 2020Following spending of US$106.1 billion in 2018 and US$102.5 billion in 2019, worldwide semiconductor capex is expected to grow 6% to US$108.1 billion this year, according to IC Ins...
DRAM to remain largest IC segment in 2020, says IC Insights
Monday 7 December 2020DRAM will generate the greatest sales revenue among all IC product categories in 2020, while NAND flash will outperform other sectors in terms of revenue growth, according to IC In...
Sharp CEO worries about lopsided supply chain
Tuesday 1 December 2020The prolonging coronavirus pandemic has triggered drastic changes in the global economy, and the resultant impacts are troublesome to most industries, including the flat panel industry,...
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – October 2020
Friday 27 November 2020The global top-5 notebook brands together shipped over 17 million notebooks in October, a new monthly record for 2020, as the consumer segments in Europe and North America have both...
Top-15 semiconductor suppliers to see combined revenue increase 13% in 2020, says IC Insights
Tuesday 24 November 2020The world's top-15 semiconductor companies are forecast to see their combined sales increase 13% in 2020, slightly more than twice the expected total worldwide semiconductor industry...
Wafer capacity by feature size shows strongest growth at sub-10nm
Wednesday 18 November 2020IC capacity for leading-edge (sub-10nm) processes is expected to grow and become the largest portion of monthly installed capacity across the industry beginning in 2024, according...
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Friday 6 November 2020Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
SEMI expects 300mm fab spending to boom through 2023
Wednesday 4 November 2020SEMI has forecast that 300mm fab investments will grow by 13% in 2020 to eclipse the previous record high set in 2018 and log another banner year for the semiconductor industry in...
Global silicon wafer shipments slip in 3Q20, says SEMI
Wednesday 4 November 2020Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments contracted 0.5% to 3.135 billion square inches in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter, but registered a 6.9% increase from...
Global 3Q20 semiconductor sales increase, says SIA
Tuesday 3 November 2020Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled US$113.6 billion during the third quarter of 2020, an increase of about 11% over the previous quarter and 5.8% more than the third quarter...
MediaTek expects up to 8% revenue drop in 4Q20
Monday 2 November 2020MediaTek expects to post revenues of between NT$89.5 billion (US$3.13 billion) and NT$97.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing flat growth or an up to 8% decrease...
Global smartphone shipments improve in 3Q20
Wednesday 28 October 2020Global smartphone shipments fell by slightly over 6% on year in the third quarter of 2020, improving significantly from the previous two quarters as demand for smartphones outside...
Notebook shipments hit record high in 3Q20, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 27 October 2020Worldwide notebook shipments climbed 8.6% sequentially to reach a record in the third quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research.
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Wednesday 14 October 2020Notebook shipments are expected to grow over 20% on year in 2020 thanks to demand from stay-at-home activities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Memory spot prices to rally through end-October, says Adata chairman
Monday 12 October 2020Memory spot prices have been rising with the rally set to continue until at least the end of October 2020, according to Simon Chen, chairman for memory module house Adata technolog...
Global tablet shipments to fall 10.5% in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 7 October 2020Global tablet shipments are expected to slip every year in the next five years (2021-2025) after registering flat growth in 2020, with demand to mainly come from the education and...
Worldwide smart home device forecast remains resilient despite pandemic, says IDC
Wednesday 30 September 2020The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 4.1% on year in 2020 with shipments totaling more than 854 million units, according to the IDC.
Worldwide RPA software revenues to reach nearly US$2 billion in 2021, says Gartner
Wednesday 23 September 2020Global robotic process automation (RPA) software revenues are projected to reach US$1.89 billion in 2021, an increase of 19.5% from 2020, according to Gartner. Despite economic pressures...