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Friday 15 July 2022
Flexium expects order momentum to pick up in 2H22
Flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect expects the robust developments in the 5G/6G, smart appliances, automotive electronics and AR/VR sectors to ramp up its order momentum...
Thursday 14 July 2022
China IC Design Series (3): The rise of Chinese CMOS image sensor industry
The debut of the world's first dual-camera handset in 2011 kicked off a competition between handset vendors of adding more cameras on mobile phones, pressing brand vendors including...
Thursday 14 July 2022
Infineon, Bosch investment pouring into Malaysia semiconductor sector
Infineon lays foundation of its third wafer fab module in Kulim. Construction is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, Bosch is building a new semiconductor...
Thursday 14 July 2022
IC design houses see high-end notebook demand disappoint in 2H22
IC design houses are bracing for disappointing high-end notebook demand, including commercial and gaming models, in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.
Thursday 14 July 2022
Niching expects DDI demand to bottom out in 3Q22
Niching Industrial, a supplier for display driver IC packaging materials, expects related DDI demand to bottom out in the third quarter and likely start picking up in the fourth.
Thursday 14 July 2022
Xiaomi invests in LED driver IC startup
Xiaomi, through its investment arm, has poured nearly CNY2.5 billion (US$371.4 million) into HyAsic Semiconductor to obtain a 4.35% stake in the China-based LED driver IC startup.
Wednesday 13 July 2022
STAr Technologies announces sale of Accel-RF HTOL Burn-In systems to top Taiwan semiconductor foundries
STAr Technologies, a leading supplier of semiconductor reliability test systems, today announces the sale of Accel-RF HTOL Burn-In test systems to top semiconductor foundries in Taiwan...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Global semiconductor equipment sales on track to record US$118 billion in 2022, says SEMI
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach a record US$117.5 billion in 2022, rising 14.7% from the previous industry...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
FII secures 17.9% of shares in the restructured Tsinghua Unigroup
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, has confirmed that it has invested CNY9.8 billion (US$146 million) in a holding company that will takeover...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
China IC Design Series (2): Emerging automotive AI chip design houses in China
In recent years, the smart car and autonomous driving industries in China have grown in popularity. Related software and hardware technologies have become more important in these...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
IC distributors positive about initial demand for new iPhones
Chip and component demand for the first batch of Apple's new iPhones slated for launch in September will be stable, according to sources at IC distributors.
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Panel makers to further scale back production
LCD panel makers are poised to further scale back their production as panel demand for notebook applications is expected to drop significantly amid weakening demand for business notebooks,...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Falling DDI prices to erode suppliers' profitability in 2H22
Display driver IC prices have come under further downward pressure, making it more difficult for chip suppliers to maintain profit growth in the second half of this year, according...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
IC substrate suppliers post record June revenues
Robust ABF substrate demand buoyed June revenues at Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology, which all hit record highs.