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Tuesday 4 October 2022
Chinese car vendors asking for China-made ICs
Chinese car vendors have asked chip suppliers, including foreign ones, to place wafer starts for their demand with China-based foundries as China accelerates its push for IC self-sufficiency,...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
IC design houses may fail to negotiate lower foundry quotes
IC design houses particularly small- and medium-size ones may fail to negotiate lower foundry quotes for 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Monday 3 October 2022
Taiwanese IC designers strive to seize future trends
The supply chain has changed as competition between the US and China intensifies, but the Taiwan-based IC design industry has not been directly affected. At the start of the US-China...
Monday 3 October 2022
Speculation over Tesla's possible return to TSMC for advanced self-driving chips
TSMC held its in-person Technology Symposium with a virtual event in parallel for the first time in 2022, showcasing its industry-leading advanced logic technology, specialty technology,...
Monday 3 October 2022
Japanese semiconductor packaging material leader to expand production in China
Sumitomo Bakelite, a leading Japanese manufacturer of synthetic plastics used in IC packaging, has announced a plan to build a new factory in China, investing JPY6.6 billion (US$45...
Monday 3 October 2022
Asian automotive CIS, MCU vendors set to raise quotes on foundry cost increases
Asia's first-tier suppliers of car-use CMOS image sensors (CIS) and microcontroller units (MCU) have shown a relatively clear attitude that they would hike quotes to fully reflect...
Monday 3 October 2022
CSOT starts production at new 8.6G LCD panel fab
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) recently kicked off production at t9, a newly completed 8.6G LCD panel line in Guangzhou, southern China, according to industry sources...
Monday 3 October 2022
SEA roundup: VinFast partners with Renesas for automobile semiconductor
Japan-based companies eyeing opportunities in Southeast Asia are expanding their investments, while Shopee's financial challenges are beginning to bite as the company continues its...
Monday 3 October 2022
Asia EV 50: Denso to eliminate car accidents by improved ADAS
Denso, one of the largest automotive tier-1 system integrators and car parts manufacturers, has committed to sharpening ADAS capabilities for future vehicles.
Friday 30 September 2022
Exclusive: YMTC CEO Simon Yang replaced due to 'personal reasons'
China's largest memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technology Corp (YMTC), which has made significant progress in NAND flash chip technology, will replace its CEO and key technology...
Friday 30 September 2022
SMIC breaks ground for new 12-inch fab in Tianjin
China's top pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has recently broken ground for a new 12-inch wafer fab in Tianjin, expecting to have a monthly capacity...
Friday 30 September 2022
Qualcomm steps further toward commercialization of 5G O-RAN
Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, has begun to send samples of Qualcomm X100 5G RAN accelerator card and Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN platform to global customers and partners...
Friday 30 September 2022
Asia EV 50: Semiconductor is the supply chain's new linchpin
As a part of 2022 Supply Chain Summit hosted by DIGITIMES Asia, Eric Huang, Vice President of DIGITIMES, talked about the current status and challenges of Asia's EV industry. "In...
Friday 30 September 2022
Intel promotes liquid cooling solutions with Taiwan ODMs
Intel is promoting immersion cooling solutions and related reference designs with Taiwan-based ODMs, such as Compal Electronics, Inventec, and Pegatron.
Friday 30 September 2022
Renesas to initiate program to attract MCU orders
Japan-based microcontroller unit (MCU) leader Renesas plans to initiate a guaranteed supply program to attract more MCU orders, according to industry sources.