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Wednesday 28 June 2023
TV sales value increases during China's 618 shopping festival
Online TV sales during China's 618 shopping festival increased in value but decreased in volume, according to data compiled by AVC Revo.
Wednesday 28 June 2023
MaxLinear acquisition of Silicon Motion nears completion
MaxLinear's acquisition of Silicon Motion is nearing completion, with approval from the relevant Chinese authorities likely to happen soon, according to market sources.
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Baidu claims its Ernie Bot now beats ChatGPT on key measures
Baidu Inc.'s ChatGPT-style service has outperformed OpenAI's seminal product on several measures, China's search leader said on Tuesday.
Tuesday 27 June 2023
China invested US$290.8 billion in semiconductor projects between 2021-2022
Chinese semiconductor industry research firm JW Consulting recently released a report covering 742 investment projects in 25 Chinese provinces and regions implemented 2021-2022, and...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Samsung's investment in Japan: advantages and disadvantages
Following the G7 Summit held May 19–21 in Hiroshima, the geopolitical war surrounding semiconductors is heating up in Northeast Asia. In response to the increasing intensity...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Will Infineon enter SiC crystal growth segment?
Infineon is reportedly considering expanding SiC device production in the US. The industry wonders if the company will start growing SiC crystals by itself. Sources said Infineon,...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Chinese EDA players push for mixed-signal chip design simulation breakthrough
China-based EDA leader Empyrean Technology and Shanghai UniVista Industrial Software Group have jointly announced their collaboration to build a digital-analog mixed design and simulation...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Foxconn launches new business group in China to focus on AI, EVs and robots
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) has launched a new business group in Zhengzhou, China, where one of its main iPhone assembly plants is located, according to a recent report by...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
PHEV is rising to drive battery demand in China
China, the world's largest battery producer, has seen changes in demand. Energy storage is taking up more battery usage while EVs, especially plug-in hybrid EVs, also require increasing...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Handset repair market growing in China, say DDI firms
Despite the overall sluggishness of China's handset market, the market for mobile phone repairs is thriving, which is driving demand for display driver ICs (DDI), according to industry...
Monday 26 June 2023
China smartphone shipments back to double-digit growth in May
China's smartphone shipments jumped 22.6% in May, accelerating sharply from previous months in a positive sign for the country's struggling mobile device industry.
Monday 26 June 2023
Ford and SK On joint venture poised to receive US$9.2 billion loan to build battery plants
The US Department of Energy announced on June 22 that it plans to loan US$9.2 billion to BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between Ford and South Korea-based SK On. The loan...
Monday 26 June 2023
Will sodium-ion battery launch stabilize lithium carbonate prices?
China-based automakers such as Chery and Jiangling Motors (JMC) have started to use sodium-ion batteries in their EVs. The adoption has raised the question of whether it would cool...
Monday 26 June 2023
Distributive utilizes idle computing power to trim cloud costs
Demand for computing power will continue to grow as AI and other technologies evolve. Canadian startup Distributive has developed a new distributed computing technology that uses...
Monday 26 June 2023
European Chips Act yet to entice Samsung
Upon implementation of the European Chips Act, TSMC and Intel are enticed to make substantial investments in Europe, whereas Samsung Electronics maintains a wait-and-see attitude...