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Tuesday 12 July 2022
Samsung reportedly may drop Exynos SoCs for new flagship handsets
Samsung Electronics reportedly will stop using its own Exynos mobile SoCs for next-generation flagship smartphone model Galaxy S23, and instead will adopt Qualcomm's new-generation...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Flash device controller production capacity loosening
The supply of SSD and other NAND flash device controller chips, which are manufactured using 55nm, 40nm and 28nm process technologies at 12-inch fabs, has become less tight as foundries...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
IC equipment maker Trusval reports record 2Q22 revenue
Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment maker Trusval Technology, which counts TSMC as one of its major clients, saw its revenue hit a record high of NT$586 million (US$19,6 million)...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
China IC Design Series (1): China aims to develop automotive AI chips
In 2016, the AlphaGo computer program beat South Korean Go player Lee Sedol 4:1, shocking the world with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). Today, AI has penetrated everyday...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan IC design houses brace for Samsung inventory correction
Samsung Electronics has started slowing down its pace of chip and component orders particularly TV-related display driver ICs (DDI) and SoCs, impacting its supply chains in which...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
ST, GF team up for 300mm wafer fab in France
STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries have signed a MoU to build a 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in France, according to the chipmakers.
Monday 11 July 2022
PMIC vendors likely to have more 8-inch fab capacity for 2023
Tight capacity supply at 8-inch wafer fabs is on track to ease on weakening demand for large-size display driver ICs, CMOS image sensors (CIS) and even power management ICs (PMIC)...
Monday 11 July 2022
Asia IC50: Who dominates IC design industry in Asia
Looking at the revenue numbers of these 50 companies in Asia IC50 provides good indicators of the health of the overall IC design ecosystem.
Monday 11 July 2022
Intel hires TSMC OIP executive to build ecosystem alliance
How fast can Intel build up its foundry business ecosystem? Perhaps in a few years, as it has successfully acquired TSMC's Open Innovation Platform (OIP) former helmsman to help it...
Monday 11 July 2022
TSMC sees 2Q22 revenue top NT$500 billion
TSMC saw its quarterly revenue top the NT$500 billion (US$16.8 billion) mark for the first time in the second quarter of 2022.
Friday 8 July 2022
IC designers see deployments in automotive applications paying off
Taiwan's IC designers have seen their deployments in automotive applications gradually paying off, but revenues generated from the segment can still hardly offset the ongoing declines...
Friday 8 July 2022
OmniVision eyeing entry into Tata Motors supply chain
OmniVision Technologies is eyeing entry into the supply chain of India-based Tata Motors with its automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS), according to industry sources.
Friday 8 July 2022
Novatek misses 2Q22 sales guidance
Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported June revenue fell 25.7% sequentially, with total revenue for the second quarter coming below its guidance given...
Friday 8 July 2022
Intel CEO may visit Taiwan in August
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger may visit Taiwan and meet with TSMC in August to discuss their cooperation for the 3nm process, as the upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs have been rescheduled to begin...
Thursday 7 July 2022
IC design houses caught in dilemma over LTAs with foundries
Long-term agreements (LTAs) signed with foundry partners have caught IC design houses in a dilemma over whether they should honor the contracts in the second half of the year amid...