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Tuesday 28 December 2021
IC supply priority shifting to non-consumer products for 2022
ICs for consumer products are expected to see worse shortages than other applications in 2022 as many IC design houses have prioritized supply capacity for non-consumer chip offerings...
Wednesday 22 December 2021
High-end test interfaces badly needed for Wi-Fi 6E/7 chipsets
As Wi-Fi technology standards continue to advance from Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6/6E to Wi-Fi 7, high-frequency and mixed-frequency chips testing interfaces are badly needed to help chipmakers...
Wednesday 22 December 2021
High-end IC testing demand to stay robust in 2022
Testing demand for HPC chips, mobile application processors, wireless connectivity chips, and other high-end logic chips will stay strong in 2022, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Monday 20 December 2021
Leading Taiwan IC designers to thrive in 2022
Leading Taiwan-based IC design companies MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor have come under frequent speculation that their business will weaken, but related...
Monday 13 December 2021
Foundry capacity to stay tight in 2022 as global IC shortage lingers
Foundry capacity supply will remain tight in 2022 as global IC shortage has yet to ease and IC designers continue to seek more capacity support, although demand for certain chips...
Thursday 9 December 2021
Realtek poised to generate record revenue in 2021
Networking IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor is expected to see its annual revenue exceed NT$100 billion (US$3.61 billion) for the first time in 2021, according to market sources...
Monday 29 November 2021
IC distributors see order visibility for Wi-Fi SoCs through 1H22
Distributors of niche-type ICs such as networking chips are poised to benefit from quote hikes for Wi-Fi 5 SoCs that see an increasingly severe shortage, with their order visibility...
Monday 29 November 2021
Chipmakers to rev up production of Wi-Fi 6/6E SoCs in 2022
Wi-Fi SoCs in diverse specs are all in short supply, and chipmakers are stepping up production and shipments of Wi-Fi 6/6E chipsets amid tight foundry capacity supply looking to gain...
Friday 26 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses brace for profit erosion
Taiwan-based IC design houses particularly second-tier players are poised to see their profits eroded by rising foundry costs in 2022, as their customers are increasingly reluctant...
Thursday 25 November 2021
Audio IC shortage easing
Notebook-use audio IC shortages are easing, with the supply shortfall expected to narrow next year, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 24 November 2021
TV IC demand to pick up as early as 1Q22
TV-related IC demand is expected to pick up as early as the first quarter of 2022 following a slowdown in TV market sales seen since the third quarter of 2021, according to sources...
Friday 19 November 2021
Second-tier Ethernet IC vendors see shipments rise for IIoT applications
As demand for Ethernet ICs continues to grow robustly on proliferating IoT applications, Taiwan's second-tier networking chips vendors including Asix Electronics under MediaTek and...
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see gross margins come under downward pressure
With pure-play foundries initiating another price hikes to reflect their continued tight fab capacities, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are finding it increasingly difficult to...
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Networking IC suppliers raising prices
Networking IC suppliers including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor have raised their Wi-Fi chip prices by 20% or more, prompting device assemblers and makers to also raise their...
Monday 1 November 2021
Realtek to sustain robust shipments of networking chips through 1H22
Taiwan-based networking chip supplier Realtek Semiconductor expects its shipment growth momentum to persist into the first half of 2022 after posting impressive revenue and profit...