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Friday 2 December 2022
China startup gearing up for SiC chip production
AscenPower Semiconductors is among China-based chipmaking startups playing a part in the country's push into third-generation semiconductors, and is gearing up for 8- and 6-inch silicon...
Friday 2 December 2022
China steps up 32-bit MCU development
China-based MCU suppliers have stepped up the development of their 32-bit offerings while further cutting prices for commercial MCUs to offload excess inventories, according to industry...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Fab talent crunch: Taiwan's secret sauce for producing excellent semiconductor engineers
As semiconductor companies worldwide expand to build chip capacity, talent shortage has become the greatest challenge to growth and thus attracted more attention to talent education...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Global economic concerns not to impact India's semiconductor plans
The global economy is expected to go through a challenging period in 2023 as geopolitical tensions push inflation to the highest level in decades. Many economists expect a recession...
Thursday 1 December 2022
China NOR flash vendors gearing up for automotive applications
China's NOR flash suppliers, including Giantec Semiconductor and GigaDevice Semiconductor, are strengthening deployments in automotive applications as part of their efforts to offset...
Thursday 1 December 2022
US-China chip competition not limited to advanced nodes – it is complicated
Although the new US export control rules announced in October are seen effectively controlling China's ability to produce advanced chips and purchase high-performance computing chips...
Thursday 1 December 2022
DDI packaging materials suppliers land pull-in of short lead-time orders
Display driver IC packaging materials suppliers have recently landed a pull-in of short lead-time orders, which DDI backend firms regard as a short-term phenomenon.
Thursday 1 December 2022
AUO, Innolux actively growing healthcare display offerings
Panel makers AUO and Innolux have been actively growing their high-value-added offerings, such as healthcare displays and multiple field solutions.
Thursday 1 December 2022
Etron gearing up for AI chip boom
Etron Technology, along with subsidiary eYs3D Microelectronics, is gearing up for the AI chip market boom, according to company chairman Nicky Lu.
Thursday 1 December 2022
IC design houses expect foundry quotes to be negotiable
With foundries seeing a drop in capacity utilization rates, fabless chip clients expect foundries, particularly second- and third-tier ones, to become less firm on their contract...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers conservative about 2023 prospects
With the demand slowdown worsening in China, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their market prospects for 2023, according to sources at foundries.
Thursday 1 December 2022
Etron chairman expects U-shaped recovery to take place in 3Q23
A U-shaped recovery is expected to take place in the semiconductor industry starting in the third quarter of 2023, according to Nicky Lu, chairman of IC design house Etron Technolo...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Baidu to supply L2+ driver-assisting ANP 3.0 mid-2023
Baidu unveiled its latest progress on unifying L4 and L2+ autonomous driving technology on Apollo Day held on November 29 and announced that it will deliver L2+ driver-assisting product...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Amazon's new chip moves AWS into high-performance computing
Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing, supporting tasks such as weather forecasting and gene sequencing.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
WSTS sees 2023 global chip market decline while ITRI forecasts Taiwan Semicon industry grows 6.1%
As anticipated, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) downwardly revised its latest semiconductor market forecast in November 2022. The growth of worldwide semiconductor...