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Tuesday 30 August 2022
Nvidia mulls TSMC SoIC tech in HPC chips
Nvidia is working closely with TSMC to manufacture its top-end processors, considering the adoption of the foundry's 3D SoIC (system on integrated chips) technology in its HPC chip...
Monday 29 August 2022
Japanese semiconductor materials vendors keen on capacity expansions
Japan-based semiconductor materials suppliers are facing sales declines in the second half of the year amid weakening demand for consumer applications, but many of them are still...
Monday 29 August 2022
Tight foundry capacity eases for PMICs, quotes unlikely to fall soon
Tight capacity supply from 8-inch wafer fabs for power management ICs (PMIC) has eased significantly allowing vendors to improve order fulfillments, and striving to have foundry partners...
Monday 29 August 2022
SEA roundup: Synopsys shifts investments to Vietnam
US-based Synopsys is increasing investments in Vietnam as it becomes cautious on China. Meanwhile the cooling of the semiconductor industry will drag Malaysia's exports for the rest...
Monday 29 August 2022
Robust sub-7nm chip demand buoys Alchip 1H22 profits
Robust sub-7nm chip demand buoyed IC design service company Alchip Technologies' profit performance in the first half of 2022, when the company saw sales for HPC processor orders...
Friday 26 August 2022
Power semiconductors: Q&A with Jasper Lee, CSO of Pan Jit International
The consumer electronics supply chain is facing mounting inventory levels with many resorting to price reductions trying to maintain market shares. But the supply of power semiconductors...
Friday 26 August 2022
Chinese EV maker Li Auto to develop SiC power modules
Li Auto broke ground recently on its power semiconductor R&D and production base in Suzhou, China, a milestone for the electric vehicle (EV) maker. The move is a strategic one,...
Friday 26 August 2022
Weltrend upbeat about USB PD controller demand
Weltrend Semiconductor has expressed optimism about USB power delivery (PD) controller chip demand, particularly for USB PD 3.1 devices, according to company president Tony Lin.
Friday 26 August 2022
As Alibaba declares new RISC-V milestone, is automotive MCU the next battleground?
At RISC-V Summit China 2022, Alibaba Group's chip design subsidiary,T-Head Semiconductor, launched the Wujian 600 development platform based on the open-source architecture. According...
Friday 26 August 2022
VIS, PSMC slow down establishment of new fabs
Pure-play foundries Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) have decided to slow down the establishment of their new fabs, as customers...
Thursday 25 August 2022
Nvidia fiscal 2Q23 results disappoint due to gaming business slump
Nvidia has released its financial results for fiscal second-quarter 2023 (ended July 31 2022), with revenue increasing 3% from the same period a year ago to US$6.7 billion. Gross...
Thursday 25 August 2022
SMIC founder reportedly sets up photomask materials firm in China
Richard Chang, who founded China's pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has reportedly orchestrated the establishment of a semiconductor photomask materials...
Thursday 25 August 2022
More ban on semiconductor equipment to China accelerating tech decoupling
The US government has started to expand the ban on semiconductor equipment exports to China to include equipment under 14nm processing nodes and memory manufacturing tools in August,...
Thursday 25 August 2022
Cadence, UMC team up for 22nm analog and mixed-signal IC design flow certification
Cadence Design Systems' analog and mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has been certified for United Microelectronics' (UMC) 22ULP/ULL process technologies, according to the companies...
Thursday 25 August 2022
Small- to medium-size DDI demand may rebound in 4Q22
Small- and medium-size display driver IC demand will likely rebound in the fourth quarter of 2022, while large-size DDI demand outlook remains gloomy, according to industry sources...