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Monday 31 October 2022
Global semiconductor sales drop in 3Q22, SIA says
Worldwide semiconductor sales fell on both sequential and on-year bases in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) statistics.
Monday 31 October 2022
MediaTek expects over 15% revenue decline in 4Q22
IC design house MediaTek expects to post another sequential decline in fourth-quarter revenue, with revenue for all of 2022 likely to fall short of its target of 17-19% growth.
Monday 31 October 2022
Realtek cautious about 4Q22 sales prospects
Realtek Semiconductor has expressed caution about its operations in the fourth quarter as the network IC specialist reported sequential revenue and profit decreases for the third...
Monday 31 October 2022
WT Micro upbeat about automotive IC demand
WT Microelectronics has expressed optimism about its mid- to long-term growth encouraging the IC distributor to sustain its expansion pace. Particularly in the automotive IC segment,...
Friday 28 October 2022
Rohm unveils on-device learning AI SoC with ultra-low power consumption
Japan-based Rohm Semiconductor has newly launched a prototype SoC featuring an on-device learning AI accelerator, which can instantly predict the failure of electronic devices such...
Friday 28 October 2022
ESMT swings to loss in 3Q22
Memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) suffered quarterly operating loss for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2015.
Friday 28 October 2022
RichWave expects orders to pick up substantially in 1H23
Taiwan-based RichWave Technology, which specializes in Wi-Fi FEM (front-end module) solutions, expects a substantial pick-up in customer orders as early as the first half of 2023.
Friday 28 October 2022
STMircrolectronics sticks with capex plan; backlog visibility well above 2023 planned capacity
Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics reported a Q3 net revenues of US$4.32 billion, a sequential increase of 12.6%, and a year-on-year increase of 35.2%. ST also reported its...
Friday 28 October 2022
Intel pledges more cost cuts as sales forecast misses estimates
Intel shares climbed in late trading after the chipmaker pledged to slash costs, an effort to weather a persistent slump in computer demand that is dragging down sales and profit...
Friday 28 October 2022
Leaders in semiconductor in 2030 (7): Taiwan-Japan partnership in a new era
In the past, the supply chain was characterized by linear mass production; but in the future, it will move towards decentralized production systems catering to differentiated demands...
Friday 28 October 2022
MediaTek keen on promoting Wi-Fi 7 for AIoT applications
Despite Wi-Fi core chips recently starting to show signs of a slowdown, leading chipmakers like Broadcom, Qualcomm and MediaTek are still in full swing for the deployment of Wi-Fi...
Friday 28 October 2022
Innolux sees loss widen in 3Q22
Panel maker Innolux saw its net loss widen to NT$12.7 billion (US$395.5 million) in the third quarter of 2022, compared to a net loss of NT$4.7 billion in the previous quarter.
Friday 28 October 2022
Gross margin stability more crucial than sales, says PCT chairman
As IC businesses brace for falling inventory value, they should consider gross margin stability more important than sales under the current circumstances, according to Chiang-Sung...
Friday 28 October 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers strive to secure order commitments from China clients
Many Taiwan-based IC design houses have paid visits to China recently to meet their local customers, as fabless firms strive to secure order commitments amid demand growth worries,...
Thursday 27 October 2022
Samsung scion Lee takes helm of Korean technology empire
Samsung Electronics has named Jay Y Lee executive chairman of South Korea's largest company, finalizing a long-anticipated elevation just as a supply chain crisis and escalating geopolitical...