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Tuesday 29 March 2022
IC design houses conservative about shipments for handsets
Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their shipments for handsets in the second quarter of 2022, and are uncertain about their sales prospects for the third quarter, despite...
Monday 28 March 2022
STMicro to raise chip prices in 2Q22, other IDMs expected to follow suit
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific has notified its distributors about price increases for all its product lines in the second quarter of 2022, which may encourage other automotive and...
Friday 25 March 2022
MediaTek sees macro factors challenging in 2022
Unfavorable macro factors including geopolitical tensions will be challenging MediaTek in 2022, but the company remains confident about its growth prospects under solid support from...
Thursday 24 March 2022
China OSAT growing advanced packaging capability
Having hired R&D talent from Huawei's HiSilicon, China's leading OSAT Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET) has been developing its flip-chip(FC) packaging, 2.5D IC,...
Monday 21 March 2022
Etron upbeat about niche-market DRAM outlook
IC design house Etron Technology has expressed optimism about the niche-market DRAM segment in 2022, with the supply-demand dynamics staying favorable to the Taiwan-based company.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Flexibility the key to continued growth for IC design houses
Taiwan-based IC design houses experienced high revenue and profits in 2021, but entering into 2022, many companies clearly felt growth easing. Customers restarted set off-season stock...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
China chip industry resilient, Intel rival to emerge in 3-5 years?
With China completing its 2022 National Party Congress on March 11, some information released during and before the event raised a few eyebrows.
Friday 11 March 2022
IC design houses expect lower-than-expected shipments in 1H22
Taiwan-based IC design houses have quietly revised downward their shipment targets for the first half of 2022, due mainly to disappointing smartphone sales, according to industry...
Friday 11 March 2022
Taiwan IC design houses focus more on automotive electronics
Taiwan-based IC design houses including display driver IC (DDI) companies, network IC specialist, and suppliers of sensors, audio chips and MEMS microphones have all put increased...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
TSMC plans price hike for 8-inch foundry services
TSMC plans a 10-20% price hike for its 8-inch foundry services, with the new prices to be effective starting the third quarter of 2022, according to sources at IC design houses.
Tuesday 8 March 2022
IC design houses seeking long-term contracts with notebook clients
Taiwan-based IC design houses are striving to reach long-term supply agreements with their notebook customers to support the order commitments required by their foundry partners,...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
UMC negotiates higher quotes for new contract with Samsung
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has managed to negotiate higher quotes for a new, long-term agreement (LTA) it struck with Samsung Electronics, according to sources...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
Chinese phonemakers hope to hike sales with multiple 5G models
China-based smartphone brands are expected to flood non-Chinese handset markets with entry-level to mid-range 5G models in 2022 in hopes to improve their sales amid weakening smartphone...
Thursday 3 March 2022
IC design houses competing for available 28nm process capacity
Despite growing concerns about oversupply, Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to vie for the available 28nm process capacity at foundries to fill orders through next year, according...
Thursday 3 March 2022
Chip shipments for consumer devices back to seasonal pattern in 1Q22
With pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy gradually subsiding, IC designers are seeing their shipments for consumer electronics return to traditional sales pattern in the first quarter...