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Monday 5 December 2022
GF and Intel semiconductor talent forgo are gifts to competitors
Intel is offering voluntary unpaid leave for thousands of employees while GlobalFoundries (GF) is laying off 6% of its global workforce to reduce short-term costs amid an industry...
Monday 5 December 2022
Silicon Motion Technology actively competes for automotive application
NAND flash controller IC design house Silicon Motion Technology in early 2022 entered the automotive application for the first time by providing Toyota Motor with such ICs used in...
Monday 5 December 2022
Taiwan power components makers to strengthen support for Tesla in 2023
Taiwan power component makers are expected to see increasing shipments for EV, industrial control and green energy applications in 2023, and particularly will play a more important...
Monday 5 December 2022
With chip demand diversifying, IDM optimistic about automotive chips in 2023
Mainstream automotive IDMs have all given pretty optimistic predictions regarding the fourth quarter of 2022 and 2023, despite recent demand-side uncertainty in the automotive chip...
Monday 5 December 2022
Power devices makers enhance backend deployments in Southeast Asia
Amid growing geopolitical tensions, Taiwan's power components suppliers are shifting part of their backend orders to OSATs operating in Southeast Asia, amid efforts to diversify supply...
Monday 5 December 2022
Huawei quietly building own semiconductor ecosystem, eyeing more equipment, materials and support from Taiwan
Huawei is making a low-key entry into multiple semiconductor segments to build its own semiconductor ecosystem, and since mid-2022 the Chinese tech giant has made long-term cooperation...
Monday 5 December 2022
Intel unveils 2D and 3D IC research breakthroughs to extend Moore's Law
At the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) 2022, Intel unveiled research breakthroughs in 2D and 3D IC packaging technologies fueling its innovation pipeline for keeping...
Friday 2 December 2022
Taiwan PCB industry continues to advance amid market headwinds, says TPCA
Taiwan's PCB production value is expected to grow to a new height in 2022 despite market headwinds facing almost the entire electronics supply chains, and will continue to advance...
Friday 2 December 2022
Positive growth for semiconductor materials through 2027, says Topco chairman
Amid upstream and downstream semiconductor industry inventory adjustments and global economic uncertainties in 2022, Taiwan-based Topco Scientific (TSC) has emerged as a key supplier...
Friday 2 December 2022
IC design houses may see mounting risk of inventory losses in 2023
More IC design houses could be forced to recognize inventory losses if macro headwinds last beyond the second quarter of 2023 and drive end clients to extend their conservative shipment...
Friday 2 December 2022
Biden and Tim Cook to attend TSMC Arizona fab first-tool-in
There has never been any other first-tool-in ceremony in any company that has received the attention that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSMC) is getting for its Arizona...
Friday 2 December 2022
Despite US$52.7 billion from the CHIPS Act, US chip production may only increase by 1% in 2025
A report from SEMI stated that the US$52.7 billion investment from the Chips and Science Act (CHIPS Act for short) to expand semiconductor production in the US may not be significant...
Friday 2 December 2022
Patent deployments crucial for commercializing quantum technologies
Quantum technology is one of the most critical domains in the post-Moore's Law era, driving many countries to inject substantial resources into related R&D projects, and those...
Friday 2 December 2022
Network IC suppliers see order visibility from China remain unclear
Order visibility from China remains unclear for Taiwan-based network IC suppliers, leading them to shift focus onto the demand in the US, according to industry sources.
Friday 2 December 2022
MCU suppliers put focus on 32-bit offerings, non-China markets
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers all intend to put a growing focus on developing mid-to high-end 32-bit offerings and expanding sales in non-Chinese markets to weather the impact of the...