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Monday 24 April 2023
IC design houses say visibility for 2H23 still unclear
Order visibility for the traditional peak season in the second half of this year is still unclear going into the second quarter, according to a number of IC design houses.
Monday 24 April 2023
Chinese automaker reportedly lowers chip requirements
Cut-throat competition in China's car market reportedly is prompting a major Chinese automaker to lower the requirements for car-use chips in a bid to reduce production costs, according...
Monday 24 April 2023
Automotive market disrupted by three major environmental factors; low-end chips pressured but high-end CIS holds strong
Although automotive chips are relatively stable in the semiconductor supply chain, the uncertainty of the overall economic environment has already impacted the purchasing power of...
Monday 24 April 2023
Wi-Fi chip prices under downward pressure in the short term
Demand for Ethernet chips and Wi-Fi chips are picking up on rush replenishment orders for PC and other consumer applications, but whether the recovery momentum can last into the second...
Monday 24 April 2023
Different chip segments vary in inventory depletion speed
Inventory depletion paces vary with different supply chains, with panel, notebook, motherboards and graphic card sectors taking the lead to bottom out while memory and handset IC...
Monday 24 April 2023
Realtek expects Wi-Fi 6 to become mainstream for Wi-Fi products in 2023
Realtek Semiconductor expects the penetration rates of Wi-Fi 6 in PCs to rise to 70% and routers to 60% in 2023, each up 10pp from a year ago, while products supporting Wi-Fi 7 are...
Monday 24 April 2023
UMC honorary vice chair sheds light on the development history of Taiwan as silicon island
Following half a century of development, Taiwan now has the world's most complete semiconductor industry clusters and professional division of labor, and ranks first globally in the...
Monday 24 April 2023
Marvell demos 3nm data infrastructure silicon
Marvell Technology has demonstrated high-speed, ultra-high bandwidth silicon interconnects manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 3-nanometer (3nm)...
Monday 24 April 2023
Taiwan IC designers to gain ground in AI chips with low power and latency, says Skymizer CEO
AI chips are not only used in large cloud computing but also increasingly applied to terminal consumer products, providing great business opportunities for Taiwan IC design houses...
Monday 24 April 2023
Atomera founder talks about how its patented MST technology benefits chipmakers
Atomera was founded in 2001 by Robert Mears with a vision to develop a platform of materials technologies for use across multiple industries. In response to the slowdown in the advancement...
Monday 24 April 2023
Arm reportedly developing chip prototype, potentially undermining its neutral business model
In the run-up to the planned IPO in New York, Arm is reportedly developing an advanced chip to showcase its design capability, risking its relationship with major customers, such...
Friday 21 April 2023
Apple iPhone 14 the top OLED smartphone on market in March
With iPhones accounting for four of the top-five models in terms of unit sales in the first quarter of 2023, Apple is undoubtedly the most popular brand in the OLED smartphone business,...
Friday 21 April 2023
eMemory security-enhanced OTP qualifies on TSMC N5
NeoFuse, a security-enhanced version of eMemory's one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, has been qualified on the TSMC N5 process. Another design tape-out...
Friday 21 April 2023
CIS packaging house Tong Hsing less optimistic about automotive demand
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries has revised its automotive CIS business outlook from highly optimistic to just positive, according to the packaging house.
Friday 21 April 2023
Chinese attempt to 'leapfrog' in SiC/GaN not unchallenged
At the 2023 Optics Valley of China JFS Forum and Compound Semiconductor Industry Development Conference, Wu Lin, the President of China Advanced Semiconductor Industry Innovation...