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Friday 31 March 2023
ITE Tech sees PC customers start replenishing inventory
Taiwan-based IC design house ITE Tech said its PC customers are starting to replenish inventory, especially inventory for Chromebook and gaming models.
Friday 31 March 2023
GlobalWafers remains upbeat about 3rd-gen semiconductor demand
The outlook for third-generation semiconductor demand remains positive, according to GlobalWafers chairperson Doris Hsu, who was speaking in the wake of Tesla's intention to slash...
Friday 31 March 2023
Order cutbacks still cast shadow over TSMC revenue prospects
TSMC continues to experience cutbacks in orders from major customers including MediaTek and Apple, according to industry sources. Besides, the foundry has yet to ramp up wafer starts...
Thursday 30 March 2023
Chinese IC design industry leaders weigh options after US sanctions
At the annual China IC Leadership Summit held on March 30, Wayne Dai, founder and CEO of Chinese IC design house VeriSilicon, observed that chiplet development in China is basically...
Thursday 30 March 2023
Primax announced reference design partnership with Qualcomm in IoT gateway platform
Following Qualcomm's Embedded World 2023 announcement of new IoT processors designed to support four major operating systems, Primax is announcing a reference design partnership for...
Thursday 30 March 2023
HPC applications most promising future outlet for IC designers in Taiwan
Taiwan's IC design industry has reached a critical crossroads, with an unclear development direction, worsening talent shortage, confusing government policies, and shrinking academic...
Thursday 30 March 2023
China to formulate over 30 automotive chip standards by 2025
Automobiles are poised to be one of the major drivers for the semiconductor industry's growth. To boost its automotive chip capacity, China announced it aims to set up more than 30...
Thursday 30 March 2023
Holtek, Nuvoton to deepen global deployments
Consumer MCU specialists Holtek Semiconductor and Nuvoton Technology are both looking to expand their deployments in non-Chinese markets, while anticipating overall market demand...
Thursday 30 March 2023
US Defense Production Act utilized to strengthen PCB and hypersonics industrial bases
On March 27, US President Joe Biden signed a presidential determination (PD) authorizing the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) to support the PCB and advanced packaging industries...
Thursday 30 March 2023
Structural advantages key to Taiwan IC industry development in next decade, says DIGITIMES president
Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing sector boasts structural advantages in its next decade of development, but the advantages for its IC design sector are likely to change, according...
Thursday 30 March 2023
China remains committed to chip self-sufficiency
China may fall short of its goal of increasing IC self-sufficiency to 70% by 2025 due to tougher export restrictions imposed by the US, but it stays committed to chip self-sufficiency,...
Thursday 30 March 2023
Phison, Silicon Motion see both challenges and possibilities
Memory device controller suppliers such as Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology are still facing unfavorable macroeconomic conditions as the NAND flash memory industry...
Thursday 30 March 2023
AI a future driver of IC market growth, says Etron chair
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a major application driving the growth of the global semiconductor market, according to Nicky Lu, chairman of IC design house Etron Technology...
Thursday 30 March 2023
PCB and IC substrate makers upbeat about demand for AI servers
PCB and IC substrate makers are bracing for a challenging 2023 but expect demand for AI servers to drive their sales growth later this year, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Infineon expects better outcomes for fiscal 2Q23 and entire year
Infineon Technologies has released a statement updating its revenue and segment result margin expectations for the current second quarter, as well as the entire fiscal year 2023....