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Thursday 7 July 2022
OLED DDI supply remains tight with stable prices in 2H22
OLED display driver ICs (DDI) remains in relatively tight supply with prices expected to stay put in the second half of the year, and suppliers are pinning their hopes on the chip...
Thursday 7 July 2022
Realtek enjoys another quarter of record revenue
Network IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its revenue hit a record high for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2022. Revenue totaled NT$60.26 billion (US$2.02...
Thursday 7 July 2022
IC IDMs see lead times shorten
Deceleration in pull-ins of orders for HPC and handset chips has significantly shortened delivery lead times at IDMs, according to industry sources in China. However, the available...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
IC inspection labs to embrace strong 3Q22
Slowdowns in handsets and other consumer electronics areas have prompted brand device vendors to accelerate their pace of inventory correction, but the vendors and core chip suppliers...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
ESMT upbeat about customized SoC memory demand
Demand for customized SoC memory solutions remains relatively brisk compared to conventional memory chips, according to Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT). The memory IC...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Taiwan GaAs foundries to see fab utilization rates rise in 3Q22
GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) are both expected to see their fab capacity utilization rates pick up in the third quarter of 2022, according...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Network chip shortage to improve in 2H22
Delivery lead times for network chips are still as long as 52 weeks, but supply volume has significantly increased. Shortages will continue to improve in the second half of 2022,...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
OSATs cautious in handling contract violations by consumer chips vendors
Taiwan's OSATs are not only facing a notable decline in packaging demand for commodity MOSFET, MCU, PMIC and CMOS image sensors (CIS) for handset and PC applications, but also a situation...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Force-MOS to present more high-end MOSFETs as growth driver
Taiwan-based MOSFET chips supplier Force-MOS Technology will leverage its technology patents to roll out more new products for high-end applications so as to further power its revenue...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Nan Ya to boost automotive IC substrate sales in 2022
Nan Ya PCB is looking to grow its automotive IC substrate sales as a proportion of company revenue to over 10% in 2022, up from 7-8% in 2021, according to company sources.
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Backend firms see brisk order visibility for automotive chips
Backend packaging and testing houses continue to see stable growth in orders for automotive chips despite weakness in orders for consumer electronics chips, according to industry...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Panel makers to cut at least 20% output in 3Q22
Panel makers, mainly those in Taiwan and China, are expected to scale back their output by at least 20% in the third quarter of 2022 as TV brands continue to revise their shipment...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Intel on track to move Intel 4 process to volume production in 2H22
Intel 4, formally known as Intel's 7nm process, is on track to get ready for volume production in the second half of 2022, according to the chip vendor.
Tuesday 5 July 2022
IC design houses brace for weak 3Q22
IC design houses are bracing for a particularly weak third-quarter 2022 while also having difficulty negotiating lower foundry quotes, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Monday 4 July 2022
ASML, TSMC shed lights on advanced solutions at CSTIC 2022
Heavyweight semiconductor players including sole EUV lithography equipment vendor ASML and top foundry TSMC have lately shed lights on latest front-end lithography and backend advanced...