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Thursday 1 August 2024
AI drives record licensing revenue for Arm; 2025 guidance remains unchanged amid end-market uncertainties
Fueled by rising AI-driven demand for energy-efficient chips, Arm reported a 70% increase in its license revenue. Although royalty revenue from smartphones grew by 50%, the results...
Thursday 1 August 2024
SiC chip prices to fall in China over next 2 years
SiC chip prices in China are expected to fall by as much as 30% in the next two years, according to industry sources.
Thursday 1 August 2024
MediaTek enjoys robust 4G SoC sales in emerging markets
MediaTek's 4G smartphone SoC sales in emerging markets will continue to be the primary driver of its overall mobile phone chip shipments in the third quarter of 2024, while 5G SoC...
Thursday 1 August 2024
UMC expects sales growth in 3Q24 along with increased fab utilization
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a mid-single-digit sequential increase in wafer shipments with about flat growth in ASPs in the third quarter of 2024,...
Thursday 1 August 2024
Unimicron reports quarterly growth as LEO satellite demand boosts HDI revenue
Unimicron, Taiwan's leading ABF carrier board manufacturer, is experiencing a gradual recovery in the semiconductor industry as consumer electronics and PC/NB products return to their...
Thursday 1 August 2024
Major Taiwan pure-play foundries achieve impressive sales and profits
Taiwan's top-3 pure-play foundries -- TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC), and Vanguard Semiconductor International (VIS) – are outperforming their global competitors, achieving...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Intel to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs, fund rebound
Intel Corp. plans to eliminate thousands of jobs to reduce costs and fund an ambitious effort to rebound from an earnings slump and market share losses.
Wednesday 31 July 2024
MCU firm Holtek sees flat revenue, margin in 3Q24
Recognizing the persisting headwinds in the current MCU market conditions, Holtek Semiconductor expects flat sequential revenue and gross margin growth in the third quarter of 2024...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
ACM launches Ultra C vac-p flux cleaning tool for chiplets, breaking into FOPLP market
ACM Research has introduced its Ultra C vac-p flux cleaning equipment, specifically designed for fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP). This new tool employs vacuum technology to...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Faraday expects 10% revenue growth in 3Q24
Faraday Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of fabless ASIC services and silicon IP, anticipates a sequential increase in revenue of approximately 10% in the third quarter of 2024...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Yageo sees AI drive passive component demand
Yageo believes AI will fuel passive component demand, with operations improving further in the third quarter of 2024.
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Orbray outlines 2029 IPO plan buoyed by diamond substrate opportunities
Japan-based Orbray plans to go public by 2029, aiming to raise up to JPY 10 billion. The company intends to strengthen production at its Akita factories and targets JPY 40 billion...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Macronix expects NOR flash sales to return to growth in 2H24
Chipmaker Macronix International expects its NOR flash sales to return to a growth track in the second half of 2024, with a recovery in prices.
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Biden administration responds to packaging and testing industry as Amkor receives subsidies from CHIPS Act
The Biden Administration has announced that the CHIPS and Science Act will subsidize US$400 million to help Amkor, the largest semiconductor packaging and testing company in the US,...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Micron starts shipping 9th-gen TLC NAND in SSDs
Micron Technology has announced that it is shipping ninth-generation (G9) TLC NAND in SSDs, making it the first in the industry to achieve this milestone.