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Monday 13 February 2023
Taiwan IC design houses see profits bound to bottom out in 1Q23
Taiwan IC design houses will see their profit performance hit the bottom in the first quarter of the year, and they are poised to step up preparations for new high-end offerings to...
Monday 13 February 2023
US working with India to build diversified semiconductor ecosystem
As the US government is trying to reduce its reliance on China for industrial goods production and on major chip suppliers based in Taiwan and South Korea, the US is looking to partner...
Friday 10 February 2023
Sequans readies massive shipments of Cat 1 chips this year
Cellular IoT chip vendor Sequans Communications said in January that it expects to ship its second-generation Cat 1 chip in volume this year. In an interview with DIGITIMES Asia at...
Friday 10 February 2023
Sequans shipping to Docomo pure satellite connectivity solutions
Having been working on IoT solutions since the 2010s, France-based cellular IoT chipmaker Sequans and Japan's leading IoT network provider Docomo are now taking cellular to satelli...
Friday 10 February 2023
AP shipments to Chinese smartphone brands stay in decline in 1Q23, says DIGITIMES Research
Fourth-quarter 2022 smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China-based smartphone vendors amounted to 137 million units, plunging 24% from the prior quarter and 20.3%...
Friday 10 February 2023
TV panel price rises on the horizon
Taiwan's LCD panel makers are brewing price hikes for their TV panels that are gradually returning to healthy inventory levels due to makers starting depletion efforts earlier than...
Friday 10 February 2023
SMIC expects 10-12% revenue drop in 1Q23
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 10-12% sequentially in the first quarter of 2023, with gross margin...
Friday 10 February 2023
Foxsemicon kicks off operations in US
Foxsemicon Integrated Technology (FITI), a Foxconn company specializing in semiconductor equipment, has announced the grand opening of Foxsemicon Technology, its first precision machining...
Friday 10 February 2023
GF acquires Renesas' non-volatile resistive RAM technology
GlobalFoundries (GF) has announced the acquisition of Renesas Electronics' proprietary and production-proven conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) technology, a low-power...
Friday 10 February 2023
PCB output value may drop in 2023
Global PCB output, having recorded an annual growth of merely 3.2% in 2022, may see a change of between a 3% growth and a 4% decline year-on-year in 2023, as the sector continues...
Friday 10 February 2023
Taiwan semiconductor industry to rebound at full swing in 3Q23, says Topco
Semiconductor materials distributor Topco Scientific expects Taiwan's semiconductor industry to begin picking up in the second quarter before rebounding at full throttle in the third...
Friday 10 February 2023
Large-size DDIs see short lead-time orders in 1Q23
Display driver IC (DDI) vendors have received orders requiring short delivery lead times for large-size display applications from the notebook and IT sectors in the first quarter...
Friday 10 February 2023
Win Semi conservative about 1Q23 operations
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors is conservative about its operations in the first quarter of 2023, citing ongoing weak demand and the traditional low season.
Thursday 9 February 2023
Kyocera's 3 trillion yen revenue plan targets semiconductor equipment and EV components
Japanese electronic component maker Kyocera has proposed a plan to nearly double the company's equipment investment for the next fiscal year, with an emphasis on chipmaking equipment...
Thursday 9 February 2023
Vietnam backtracks after touting $3.3 billion Intel investment
Vietnam's commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City announced an effort to court a $3.3 billion investment from Intel Corp., only to amend much of its original statement to remove mentions...