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Wednesday 24 January 2024
China's import of South Korean semiconductor materials skyrockets in 2023
To counter the ban imposed by the US to slow down its development of advanced semiconductors while ensuring its dominance in general-purpose semiconductors, China is aggressively...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Huawei unveils Kirin 9000W, but what's the difference with the 7nm Kirin 9000S?
The flagship Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2-inch tablet computer, recently released in countries such as Malaysia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia, is equipped with an 8-core Kirin 9000W processor...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Porotech and PSMC team up to produce 200mm GaN-on-Si microLEDs
Poro Technologies (Porotech) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) have formed a partnership to develop and manufacture 200mm GaN-on-Silicon MicroLEDs for display applic...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
TV makers stockpiling panels, other components ahead of panel production cuts
Panel manufacturers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait plan to reduce production significantly during the Lunar New Year, encouraging a price rebound. This scheme has prompted white-box...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
OpenAI's wishlist: billions, freedom from Nvidia, in-house AI chip production
OpenAI is exploring potential self-development and production.
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Taiwan export orders fell 16% in 2023
Taiwan's total export orders for the year 2023 witnessed a substantial contraction.
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Infineon and GF extend long-term agreement with focus on automotive microcontrollers
Infineon Technologies AG and GlobalFoundries (GF) announced a new multi-year agreement on the supply of Infineon's AURIX™ TC3x 40 nanometer automotive microcontrollers as well...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Rapidus to focus on specialized AI chips and not compete with TSMC
Rapidus, a Japanese company building a semiconductor factory in Chitose City, Hokkaido, Japan, said the construction progress is going smoothly despite the tight schedule. The company...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Japan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers thrive with increased demand in China and generative AI
Major Japan-based semiconductor equipment saw their market capitalization more than double in 2023, with other suppliers reporting nearly doubling of their market valuations, highlighting...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Taiwanese PCB supply chain sees growth opportunity in LEO satellites
The craze for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites began in early 2022 with the start of the Ukraine-Russia war. Recently, driven by international satellite operators, an international...
Monday 22 January 2024
Nvidia's Jensen Huang embarks on first China visit in 5 years
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was spotted again in a night market in Taipei before the annual party of its Taipei subsidiary. Media reports revealed that Huang had already visited Beijing,...
Monday 22 January 2024
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to enter glass substrate market
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has announced plans to develop semiconductor packaging glass substrates.
Monday 22 January 2024
Integrated PMICs to become mainstream power solution for AI servers, says Infineon
The rapid emergence of AI servers is spurring a significant rise in demand for AI processors and propelling peripheral chips, specifically power management ICs (PMICs), into the spotlight...
Monday 22 January 2024
China-based semiconductor equipment suppliers expected to continue surging growth in 2024
Amid the semiconductor cycle that is nearing or has reached its bottom, the rising demands for AI and EVs, and indigenization in packaging and testing, semiconductor equipment suppliers...
Monday 22 January 2024
Marvell Tech sees India as R&D center for advanced CMOS and other chips
Signaling its future growth trajectory, Marvell Technology has confirmed that the company is working on data infrastructure products enabled by technology platforms on 5, 3, and 2nm...