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...
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...
MediaTek has unveiled its new Pentonic smart TV SoC family with the introduction of the 2000 series, which will power next generation flagship 8K TVs. The new SoC series is the world's...
The semiconductor market is forecast to increase 23% this year, fueled by changing habits caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic rebound from it, according to...
MediaTek has already struck deals for capacity support over the next one or more years with pure-play foundries, looking to maintain its leading position in the 5G smartphone processor...
The output value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry is forecast to exceed NT$4 trillion (US$144 billion) in 2021, after topping NT$3 trillion in 2020, according to Nicky Lu, chairman...
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...
With DRAM memory prices starting to fall in the fourth quarter of 2021, Taiwan-based chipmakers and module houses are poised to see their gross margins decline during the quarter,...
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, will continue striving for more available capacities at foundries to support...
Pure-play foundries will remain encouraged to raise their quotes in 2022, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC).
Holtek Semiconductor has no plans to raise its MCU and other consumer IC prices despite foundry costs continuing to rise, as Chinese peers are striving to win more orders for small...
The supply of specialty DRAM and NOR flash memory chips will still fall short of demand in 2022, due to supply-side constraints, according to industry sources.
High-tech supply chains are encountering the availabilities of different chips that are in varying degrees. Chips such as display driver ICs (DDI) are no longer in tight supply, prompting...
