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Wednesday 3 August 2022
LCD panel prices to continue falling in August
LCD panel prices will continue to fall in August despite efforts by related makers to slash their production, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Taiwan foundries intend to hold prices flat
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries intend to hold prices flat in the second half of 2022, despite cutbacks in orders for display driver ICs and other chips for use in consumer electronics...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
US takes two-prong strategy to stifle China chip tech advancement
Following the escalation of US tech export restriction on semiconductor equipment to cover processing tools for 14 nm and below, which has been confirmed by two American equipment...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
For Taiwanese fabless players, the US Chips Act bears little significance
The Chips and Science Act, after months of debates, finally made it through the US Congress and now waits for president Joe Biden's signature. Now, the global semiconductor industry...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
MediaTek, Realtek upbeat about Wi-Fi chip shipment prospects for 2H22
MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor both expect their Wi-Fi chip shipments to stay robust in the second half of 2022, with the shipment growth poised to offset declines in chips sales...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
MediaTek trims sales outlook for 2022
MediaTek has lowered slightly its revenue growth forecast this year, due to inventory correction already taking place at customers and channel distributors.
Tuesday 2 August 2022
IC design houses brace for longer inventory digestion times
Taiwan-based IC design houses are aware of the longer time it may take to digest inventory, and may have to recognize losses arising from inventory corrections at the end of 2022.
Tuesday 2 August 2022
PCIe Gen4 SSD controller shipments remain strong
PCIe Gen3 SSD controller inventories continue to pile up due to falling notebook demand, but PCIe Gen4 SSD controller shipments remain strong, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 2 August 2022
PCB firm Unitech sees order visibility extended to October
Unitech Printed Circuit Board (Unitech) has seen the order visibility extended to October, as its HDI boards have found their way into the supply chain for low earth orbit (LEO) satellites,...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
China PMIC firm reportedly cuts into iPhone supply chain
Speculation has circulated in China's chipmaking industry that SG Micro's battery management chips and level shifter ICs have passed Apple's verification for the upcoming iPhones...
Monday 1 August 2022
Is the US Chips Act too little, too late?
US legislators have passed the US$52 billion Chips Act. However, some commentators have claimed what the US is doing is perhaps too little, too late.
Monday 1 August 2022
You can't just sit back
TSMC has mastered the structural advantage, but can it just sit back? DIGITIMES recently collaborated with National Taiwan University's (NTU) leadership program to conduct a series...
Monday 1 August 2022
Samsung semiconductor division posts record revenue for 2nd consecutive quarter
Samsung Electronics has reported consolidated revenue climbed to a record high of KRW77.2 trillion (US$59.4 billion) in the second quarter of 2022, when its device solutions (DS)...
Monday 1 August 2022
Renesas, UMC Q2 results firm on strong auto and industrial chip demand
There is a very obvious diverge in the Q2 financial results of semiconductor companies – those with automobile and industrial grade chips taking the majority of their operations...
Monday 1 August 2022
Denso launches new RC-IGBT for EV, reducing energy loss by 20%
Japan's top automotive components supplier Denso is keen to develop and produce automotive power chips on its own, and has just unveiled a new power semiconductor device for electrical...