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Wednesday 26 April 2023
Sanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker seizes large language model momentum amid continuous revenue growth
Chinese supercomputer manufacturer Dawning Information Industry, also known as Sugon, has reported first-quarter revenue at CNY2.3 billion (US$332 million), an year-on-year growth...
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Faraday expects 6–9% revenue decline in 2023
Faraday Technology, a Taiwan-based fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, anticipates a 6–9% revenue decline in 2023, but growth will resume the following year.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Automotive remains the only growth driver for Texas Instruments in 1Q23
Due to weak consumer and enterprise demand, Texas Instruments (TI) saw declined financial results and expected a lackluster outlook for the next quarter.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Backend demand for 8-bit MCUs to stay weak through year-end
Backend demand for 8-bit microcontroller units (MCU) will stay weak through the end of the year, while demand for 32-bit MCUs, as well as industrial and automotive MCUs, will remain...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Connector maker SpeedTech unveils new factories overseas
Speedtech, a Taiwan-based connector manufacturer, has announced new factory projects in Mexico and Malaysia to meet the needs of customers in the decentralized supply chain.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Automotive chip vendors to cut orders for semiconductor parts in 2Q23
Some Taiwan-based IC design houses and other chip vendors in Japan and the US may cut their orders for semiconductor parts by 10-20% in the second quarter on top of weak demand in...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Foundries experience order cuts from automotive IC design houses
China- and Taiwan-based foundries have experienced cutbacks in automotive IC orders from not only their domestic fabless chipmakers but also customers in the US and Japan during the...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Tougher conditions for US CHIPS Act may discourage Taiwan, Korea chipmakers from investing
The details of the US CHIPS and Science Act (also known as the CHIPS Act) subsidies, which aims to rebuild the country's local semiconductor supply chain, have been released, but...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Samsung mobile AP shipments buck trend increasing 15% in 1Q23
Samsung Electronics saw shipments increase 15% on year in the first quarter of 2023, benefitting from good midrange mobile application processor (AP) sales performance.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Apple ranked biggest mobile PC display purchaser throughout 2022, says Omdia
Total mobile PC (include notebook and tablet) panel shipments reached 479 million units in 2022, according to Omdia. This is the first time since 2020 that annual shipments came below...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
China-based VeriSilicon became the world's 7th largest silicon IP vendor, says IPnest
Global IC design IP sales grew 20.2% in 2022, achieving US$6.6 billion in total revenues compared to the US$5.56 billion in 2021, according to the "Design IP Report" published by...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Black Sesame to supply SoC for Baidu's smart driving technology
China-based semiconductor company Black Sesame has become Baidu's latest chip partner to support the latter's auto-navigation and valet parking solution. The chip unicorn has been...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Chromebook, gaming notebook demand picking up, says IC design houses
Peripheral IC demand for Chromebooks and gaming notebooks have picked up since the first quarter of this year, according to sources at IC design houses.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
TSMC lands advanced chip orders shifted from China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has gained advanced chip orders shifted from Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and other China-based foundries, which...
Monday 24 April 2023
Chinese automakers lower chip specs to cut production cost
Some Chinese automakers reportedly are using the terms "vehicle grade" and "vehicle use" to adjust their automotive chip procurements to press down chip prices amid the current cutthroat...