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Monday 15 January 2024
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan Defense Ministry mismatched missile warning causes alarm
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of January 8-12:
Monday 15 January 2024
Listen up: South Korean startup Exarion raises bar for high-tech audio
The South Korean IC design startup Exarion is actively developing sound tracing technology.
Monday 15 January 2024
India roundup: Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in competition to woo inward electronics and semiconductor investments
Guajrat and Tamil Nadu, the two front-runners of the development of India's semiconductor ecosystem, held respective events, and won investments from semiconductors.
Monday 15 January 2024
Taiwan's President-Elect promises to support semiconductor industry
At the international press conference held at the Democratic Progressive Party's headquarters after the general election results were announced, President-Elect Lai Ching-te, a.k.a...
Friday 12 January 2024
China's Semiconductor Industry leans in, amps up for tighter 2024 restrictions
The year 2023 was the semiconductor industry's long winter, with declining demand throughout the year.
Friday 12 January 2024
Taiwan Space Agency showcases patents for optical remote sensing satellites
Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) showcased its latest satellite technology patents on January 11th, marking its first event in 2024. Originally founded in 1991 as the National Space Program...
Friday 12 January 2024
CIS price hikes reflect Samsung's new strategy
Looking back to 2023, the DS division of Samsung's semiconductor business suffered an overall poor performance in the memory industry, and eventually implemented production cuts to...
Friday 12 January 2024
RISC-V ecosystem speeds ahead despite US concerns
Despite reports about the U.S. government discouraging its semiconductor industry from developing applications using the RISC-V open standard instruction set architecture (ISA,) companies...
Friday 12 January 2024
Qualcomm expands presence of smart cockpit SoCs in Chinese EV supply chain
Qualcomm is expanding its dominant position in the smart cockpit SoC market, with its latest fourth-generation Snapdragon 8295 chip already being used in several Chinese electric...
Friday 12 January 2024
WPG's 4Q23 revenue smashes company guidance
IC distributor WPG reported revenue slid 2.1% sequentially but increased 3.9% year on year to NT$183.38 billion (US$5.91 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2023. The results came above...
Friday 12 January 2024
AI and ecosystems ubiquitous at CES 2024, says MediaTek's David Ku
Despite the slow recovery in the consumer electronics market, the electronics industry continues to see rising demand in developing the Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) standard with Taiwan-based...
Friday 12 January 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments slowing down to begin 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments have already passed through the seasonal peak and are slowing down, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Friday 12 January 2024
Chinese pure-play foundry market to increase 9% in 2024
China's pure-play IC foundry industry is expected to resume growth in 2024, with utilization rates of 90% for 8-inch foundries and 78% for 12-inch foundries, according to ICWise,...
Friday 12 January 2024
Taiwan factory construction supply chain eyes bigger presence in global semiconductor industry
As TSMC expands its fabs internationally, others in Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain are also working together to extend their presence to other countries, seeking to support the...
Thursday 11 January 2024
MediaTek posts increased December revenue
Mega sales of MediaTek handset SoC Dimensity 9300 see the IC design company's revenue peak in December 2023.