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Tuesday 13 December 2022
IC material distributor Topco expects impressive revenue gains in 2022
Topco Scientific, which distributes mainly silicon wafers, photoresist and other chipmaking materials, is on track to post notable revenue growth in 2022 despite the ongoing inventory...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
MediaTek's Dimensity 8200 mobile phone AP upgrades to 4nm process
After the launch of its flagship mobile phone AP Dimensity 9200, MediaTek quickly followed up with the Dimensity 8200 to compete in the value-flagship and mid-to-high tier market...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
SEMI: global semiconductor industry invests $500 billion to build 84 new fabs by 2024
Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers International (SEMI) released its latest World Fab Forecast report, projecting the worldwide semiconductor industry will invest more than $500...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Taiwan DDI design houses faced with price competition from China fellow designers
Taiwan-based DDI (display driver IC) design houses have been faced with increasing price-cut competition from China-based fellow design houses, becoming a much larger challenge than...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Vietnam ambitious in developing semiconductor industry
Vietnam-based FPT Telecom founder Do Cao Bao recently indicated that Vietnam will become a global production center of ICs, according to Vietnam Economic News. This reflects...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Huawei to license mobile phone SoC patents to more companies
Huawei has licensed its mobile phone SoC (system on a chip) patents to more companies including Oppo and Samsung Electronics, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Arm executives meeting partners in Taiwan
Arm executives including EVP Drew Henry are currently in Taiwan meeting with local partners, such as TSMC and MediaTek, according to sources from the upstream supply chain familiar...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Taiwan OSATs quietly ramp up support for Chinese customers
Taiwan-based OSATs with manufacturing sites in China, such as King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and ASE Group, have quietly ramped up their capacity supports for China-based clients including...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Automotive IDMs see delivery lead times shorten to 16-18 weeks
Automotive IDMs have seen their delivery lead times shortened to 16-18 weeks, still yet to reach the usual levels of 8-12 weeks, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Taiwan firms expanding OLED DDI biz
Taiwan-based display driver IC suppliers including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies and Raydium Semiconductor are actively expanding their OLED DDI offerings, all eyeing...
Monday 12 December 2022
Japan demanded to join US sanction, says Jiji and Sankei
Japan is strengthening ties with the US and Taiwan for semiconductor cooperation and development. In addition to developing advanced semiconductor technology with the US, Japan is...
Monday 12 December 2022
Short of creativity and further deployment, Taiwan could lag behind China in IC design: Q&A with NYCU chair professor Chen Ke-Horng
The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the largest annual event for the IC design sector, will be held February 19-23, 2023 in San Francisco. A total of 23 papers...
Monday 12 December 2022
MediaTek sees small bounceback in November, but more work is still needed to reach 4Q goal
MediaTek's November revenue reported a small growth, but the company still has plenty of work to do in order to reach its previously estimated fourth quarter goal. The cold consumer...
Monday 12 December 2022
China-based unicorn Nanjing SemiDrive Technology finishes Series B+ financing
Nanjing SemiDrive Technology (SemiDrive), a China-based unicorn specialized in automotive SoC design, completed Series B+ financing round in late November 2022, raising CNY1.0 billion...
Monday 12 December 2022
UK looks to enhance collaboration with Taiwan in quantum research
In the Quantum Communication Technology and Application Forum hosted by the Hon Hai Research Institute on December 12 in Taipei at a venue on the National Taiwan University campus,...