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Friday 26 February 2021
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – January 2021
After hitting a new high in monthly shipments last month, the global top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments slip more than 10% sequentially in January due to seasonality...
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Semiconductor equipment billings hit record high in January 2021
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment topped US$3 billion in January 2021, according to SEMI.
Tuesday 23 February 2021
IDMs may evaluate more outsourcing
IDM vendors may consider outsourcing more of their production starting 2022, with Taiwan-based contract chipmakers being among the beneficiaries, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 23 February 2021
O-RAN applications gaining momentum worldwide
The application of Open RAN (O-RAN) networks is gaining popularity worldwide, offering plenty of opportunities for Taiwan-based makers to tap into the niche market by optimizing their...
Monday 22 February 2021
DRAM and flash memory supply to stay tight in 2H21, says Winbond
A rally in DRAM and flash memory prices will boost Winbond Electronics' memory business revenue in March and April, according to Pei-Ming Chen, president for the specialty DRAM and...
Monday 22 February 2021
China remains largest IC market
China became the largest IC market in the world in 2005 and has continued to grow in size since then. In 2020, China's IC market increased to US$143.4 billion, a 9% gain from US$131.3...
Thursday 18 February 2021
Global 5G smartphone shipments to approach 550 million units in 2021
Worldwide 5G smartphone shipments are expected to grow drastically to nearly 550 million units in 2021, and supply chain players will benefit as a result, according to market sourc...
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
Friday 5 February 2021
Global tablet shipments to fall 31% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide tablet shipments climbed to a 13-quarter high of 51.56 million units in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research. However, shipments will fall 31% sequentially...
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Global 2020 silicon revenue remains stable with wafer shipments edging up, say SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 5% in 2020, when revenue remained unchanged from 2019 at US$11.17 billion, according to SEMI.
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Imagination and PaddlePaddle announce collaboration to grow AI ecosystem
In a collaboration between Imagination Technologies and PaddlePaddle, Imagination's IMGDNN API has been integrated into Paddle-Lite, growing the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem...
Thursday 28 January 2021
Chromebook shipments to climb nearly 30% in 2021
Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to grow 13.1% to 227 million units in 2021, with shipments of Chromebook devices to post the highest on-year growth of nearly 30%, according...
Friday 15 January 2021
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Following 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...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Global smartphone shipments dip 8.8% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Global 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...
Thursday 7 January 2021
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal by 2025, says IC Insights
IC 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%.