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Thursday 6 October 2022
NCNR contracts become headaches for notebook ODMs
Notebook ODMs were encouraged to sign three-year non-cancelable and non-returnable (NCNR) contracts with their IC suppliers in 2021, but such supply deals have become a headache for...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Automotive display demand promising
The market for automotive displays is poised to grow exponentially in the coming years, driving panel makers in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to step up their deployment in the...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Non-CE IC demand slowing down
Automotive, industrial and other non-consumer electronics IC demand has slowed down since the latter part of the second quarter, according to sources at IC design houses which have...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Kneron gets new funding for next-generation edge AI chips
Edge AI startup Kneron has raised an additional US$48 million in funding through its Series B round, with new investors including Taiwan's Liteon Technology, Adata Technology, and...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about automotive ICs in 2023
With cars getting more and larger on-board displays, Taiwan-based IC design houses are generally optimistic about demand for display driver ICs (DDI), touch and display driver integration...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Supply of 12nm memory controllers remains tight
The supply of automotive and high-end memory device controllers built using 12nm process technology remains tight, according to industry sources. Meanwhile, 28nm controller chips...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Airoha kicks off symmetric 8Gbps deployments with breakthroughs in XGS-PON technology
Taiwan-based IC design house Airoha Technology, a MediaTek spin-off, has announced that it has successfully landed in the US market with deployments of what it calls the world's fastest...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Supply of automotive MCUs, IGBTs to stay tight in 2023
The supply of automotive microcontroller units (MCU) and power insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) is expected to remain short in 2023, according to sources in the car industry...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Micron to build megafab in New York
Memory chip vendor Micron Technology has announced plans to invest up to US$100 billion over the next 20-plus years in the establishment of a new megafab in Clay, New York.
Tuesday 4 October 2022
China carmakers request 15-20% price cuts for chips in sufficient supply
With automotive chip shortages gradually abating, Chinese automakers reportedly have asked suppliers to cut prices by 15-20% on those chips not in short supply, looking to reduce...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
US to announce new limits on chip technology exports to China
The Biden administration plans to announce new restrictions on China's access to US semiconductor technology, according to people with knowledge of the situation, an escalation of...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Taiwan semiconductor industry: Domestic challenges, overseas headhunting and global sharing
Taiwan's domestic market is small but the export-oriented semiconductor industry actually depend heavily on the domestic environment. As TSMC CEO CC Wei has noted, the number of semiconductors...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
OSATs see DDI demand unlikely to pick up until 2H23
Display driver IC (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the second half of next year, according to sources at DDI backend specialists.
Tuesday 4 October 2022
FineMat shifting focus away from OLED market
Taiwan-based FineMat Applied Materials, a maker of common metal masks (CMM) needed for OLED panel production, has diversified its offerings to offset the weakness in demand for OLED...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Fintek sees promising IPC market growth
Feature Integration Technology (Fintek), an IC design house focusing on developing solutions for industrial PC (IPC) applications, expects promising IPC market growth in the long...