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Friday 1 November 2019
Samsung reportedly to step up capacity expansion pace
Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...
Friday 1 November 2019
Huawei defies sanctions to achieve record shipments in 3Q19, says IHS
While Samsung retained the top rank in the world's smartphone market, second-ranked Huawei was the standout performer during the third quarter of 2019 with shipments surging by 14.8...
Friday 1 November 2019
Global MEMS and sensors fab capacity to grow 25% through 2023, SEMI reports
Total worldwide installed capacity for MEMS and sensors fabs is forecast to grow 25% to 4.7 million 200mm equivalent wafers per month from 2018 to 2023, driven by explosive demand...
Wednesday 30 October 2019
China PV installations hit 4-year low in January-September
New PV installation capacity totaled 15.99GWp in China during January-September 2019, the lowest level for the 9-month period since 2016, according to the National Energy Administration...
Wednesday 30 October 2019
China handset market undergoes structural changes
The rising penetration rate of handsets, slow market demand and looming commercial operations of 5G networks has ushered in a structural change in China's handset market where sales...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
IC design rises as largest segment in China semiconductor industry
China's semiconductor industry has experienced a more reasonable structural adjustment with IC design replacing packaging and testing as the largest segment in terms of revenue contribution...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
MCU firm Holtek sees orders pick up
Holtek Semiconductor has seen orders start picking up from several IC distributors following China's October 1 National Day holiday, with order visibility extended through the first...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
Digi-Key to sponsor seven Microchip Masters events in China, India, Korea and Taiwan
Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, has announced it will sponsor seven upcoming Microchip Masters events in November and December as the Gold Sponsor...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
China Internet user base over 854 million in June
The number of Internet users in China increased to an estimated 854.49 million at the end of June 2019, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
China DRAM rise looming, may reshape global market in 5-10 years
The global DRAM market, now over 90% controlled by three major players Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron, is likely to experience a structural shakeup in the next 5-10 years,...
Monday 28 October 2019
Lite-On Semi shareholders OK acquisition by Diodes
Shareholders of Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog semiconductor devices, have approved an acquisition proposal made by US-based Diodes.
Monday 28 October 2019
China Big Fund to spend over CNY200 billion in 2nd-phase support for local chipmakers
China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (Big Fund) on October 22 set up a new fund of CNY204.15 billion (US$28.9 billion), marking the start of its second-phase...
Friday 25 October 2019
Arm pledges technology support to Chinese companies
Arm will keep licensing its processor IP and rendering service support to its partners in China, having made strict scrutiny of legal issues involved, according to Allen Wu, executive...
Thursday 24 October 2019
China IC backend firms poised for strong 2020
China's top-3 IC backend houses Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), Tianshui Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics (TFME) have seen sales pick up in the second...
Wednesday 23 October 2019
SSD prices continue fall in China
SSD prices have been falling in China, with prices for 128GB SSDs having dropped over 10% in the last two months, according to sources at memory module makers.