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Thursday 7 April 2022
China analog foundry startup gains support from Big Fund
Hangzhou Fullsemi Semiconductor, an IDM foundry specializing in analog chips, has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund...
Thursday 7 April 2022
IC prices under increasing downward pressure
IC design houses are under increasing pressure to adjust downward their quotes amid the rising war-induced political and economic risks that are eroding terminal market demand, according...
Wednesday 6 April 2022
China 5G infrastructure establishment slowing down
China's mobile telecom carriers have slowed down establishment of 5G infrastructure due to COVID impacts and shortage of ICs for fiber-optic communication equipment, leading to weak...
Friday 1 April 2022
Global smartphone application processor market grows 23% in 2021 revenue
The global smartphone application processor (AP) market grew 23% to US$30.8 billion in 2021, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm maintained its smartphone AP leadership with...
Thursday 31 March 2022
Memory and storage demand for datacenters promising, says Micron
Memory and storage demand for datacenters will be rising over the next decade, with the segment's growth poised to outperform the broader memory and storage market's increase, according...
Thursday 31 March 2022
MOSFET packager GEM guardedly optimistic about 2022
Taiwan-based GEM Services, dedicated to packaging MOSFET and other semiconductor power devices, is guardedly optimistic about its business prospects for 2022 as its new plant in China's...
Wednesday 30 March 2022
5G PA foundry capacity utilization falls on sluggish China demand
Handset-use power amplifier (PA) inventory adjustments at Chinese vendors will last into the second quarter of the year with demand showing no signs of recovery, driving down GaAs-based...
Wednesday 30 March 2022
MediaTek, Qualcomm likely to cut quotes for 5G SoCs in 2Q22
A price war between major 5G handset AP suppliers MediaTek and Qualcomm is likely to kick off in the second quarter of the year, while China-based smartphone vendors are slowing down...
Tuesday 29 March 2022
DRAM, NAND flash spot prices start falling in March
Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory have fallen at a rapid pace since the middle of March, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Pegatron silent about lockdown impact on iPhone production
Pegatron has declined to comment on the impact of the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown on its iPhone production plant in Pudong, Shanghai. But industry observers said the plant...
Monday 28 March 2022
Analog IC sales to rise 12% in 2022, says IC Insights
Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog ICs in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, according to IC Ins...
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,...
Thursday 24 March 2022
MediaTek to continue mobile SoC shipments for Samsung midrange handsets
MediaTek will continue to penetrate its 4G and 5G handset APs into Samsung Electronics midrange smartphone models in 2022, allowing its backend partners in Taiwan to benefit and indirectly...
Thursday 24 March 2022
5G to revolutionize user experience, says Pegatron chair
5G technology provides innovative opportunities for Taiwan's ICT suppliers and is triggering smart applications in various sectors, Pegatron chairman TH Tung has said.