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Friday 12 August 2022
China-based startups cut striking figures in car-use ICs
China-based startups have played an important role in developing car-use ICs for applications like smart cockpits, ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) and autonomous driving,...
Friday 12 August 2022
Components suppliers brace for hinge minimization trend for foldable handsets
Samsung Electronics has minimized the hinge mechanism in its newly unveiled foldable smartphones to cut production costs and make them slimmer and lighter, and other vendors including...
Friday 12 August 2022
Arm reported record quarterly revenue despite challenges ahead
As SoftBank posted a record JPY3.16 trillion (US$23.5 billion) loss in Q1FY22, prompting it to offload half of its holdings in the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Its subsidiary...
Friday 12 August 2022
GMT expects PMIC demand to pick up in 2023
Power management IC specialist Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has seen PMIC demand turn weak since the second quarter, with the demand unlikely to pick up until 2023, according...
Thursday 11 August 2022
Taiwan semiconductor industry projected to maintain double-digit growth in 2022
Despite demand slowdowns reported in the consumer electronic and PC space, analysts expect the output of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan to maintain double-digit growth moment...
Thursday 11 August 2022
Foxconn reiterates target gross margin of 10% by 2025
Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is confident the company will improve its gross margin to 10% by 2025, mainly buoyed by its expanding new businesses, according to...
Thursday 11 August 2022
EVs among the 6 major growth drivers for India's L&T Tech Services
As global demand for the next generation of automotive heats up, Indian engineering and R&D giant L&T Technology Services (LTTS) expects the electrification, autonomous, and...
Thursday 11 August 2022
PCB makers to benefit from EVs
Taiwan-based PCB makers are expected to benefit from fast growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs), with EV-use PCBs becoming one of the main sources of growth in second-half 2022...
Thursday 11 August 2022
IC analysis and inspection demand robust for advanced-node chips, advanced packaging
Demand for materials analysis (MA) and reliability analysis (RA) services remains robust for chips built using advanced process manufacturing and advanced packaging, according to...
Thursday 11 August 2022
TSMC posts record July revenue
TSMC saw its July revenue hit a record high of NT$186.76 billion (US$6.23 billion), with revenue for the first seven months of 2022 rising 41% from a year ago to NT$1.21 trillion.
Wednesday 10 August 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 2Q 2022
According to Digitimes Research's surveys and analyses, second-quarter 2022 smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 181 million units, increasing...
Wednesday 10 August 2022
China's Silan to establish 150mm wafer fab for SiC power devices
Silan Microelectronics, a Chinese IDM specialized in power semiconductor, has announced plans to invest a total of CNY1.5 billion (US$222.2 million) to establish a 150mm wafer fabrication...
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Silicon wafer, leadframe demand remains strong
Market demand for silicon wafers, IC packaging leadframes, and other related process materials remains strong, and chipmaking materials distributors including Topco Scientific, Wah...
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Taiwan semiconductor industry will prevail: Q&A with Mike Chang, CEO of WPG Holdings
The global demand for consumer electronics such as smartphones, PCs, notebooks and TVs has significantly been undermined by several headwinds, including pandemics, war, and inflation,...