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Tuesday 29 March 2022
India's fabless startups may add to foundry investors' interest
As an emerging economy, India is becoming increasingly well-known for its startups. Even before the Indian government began to doll out incentives to encourage local semiconductor...
Monday 28 March 2022
STMicro to raise chip prices in 2Q22, other IDMs expected to follow suit
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific has notified its distributors about price increases for all its product lines in the second quarter of 2022, which may encourage other automotive and...
Monday 28 March 2022
IDMs, backend partners expanding automotive CIS capacity
International IDMs such as Onsemi and Sony are keenly expanding capacities for automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) to meet ever-mounting demand for ADAS applications, and their backend...
Monday 28 March 2022
Golden decade looming for LEO satellite supply chain players
LEO (low Earth orbit) satellite communications will likely enter its first year of commercialization in 2022 and embrace a golden decade of development in the near future, prompting...
Monday 28 March 2022
Semiconductor firms navigating M&A challenges
Semiconductor companies around the world are weighing the risks and opportunities of M&A (mergers and acquisitions) deals, which could play an important role in advancing their...
Monday 28 March 2022
Analog IC sales to rise 12% in 2022, says IC Insights
Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog ICs in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, according to IC Ins...
Friday 25 March 2022
Taiwan wafer foundry industry, 4Q 2021
The top-4 Taiwan-based foundries - TSMC, UMC, PSMC and VIS - together generated an aggregated total revenue of US$19 billion in fourth-quarter 2021, up 6% from a quarter ago, taking...
Friday 25 March 2022
Compeq poised to enjoy strong 2022
PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing is poised to see its revenue hit another record high in 2022, thanks to a strong influx of flexible PCB orders for handset battery modules and...
Friday 25 March 2022
Foundries remain aggressive in fab capacity expansions
TSMC, Samsung Electronics, China's SMIC and other foundries are all poised to carry out their aggressive capacity expansion plans, despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty.
Friday 25 March 2022
MediaTek sees macro factors challenging in 2022
Unfavorable macro factors including geopolitical tensions will be challenging MediaTek in 2022, but the company remains confident about its growth prospects under solid support from...
Friday 25 March 2022
Advanced packaging technology outlook, 2020-2026
Hybrid bonding and other new advanced assembly techniques widely used for smartphone application processors (AP) and high-performance computing (HPC) chips will continue to expand...
Friday 25 March 2022
IC designer Amlogic turns to automotive, Wi-Fi chips
China's IC designer Amlogic Inc expects Wi-Fi and automotive chips to further spur its growth, after the smart TV market gets more competitive, according to the company.
Friday 25 March 2022
EV prices in China increase due to inflation and chip crunch
Chinese carmaker XPeng is reportedly raising prices of its electric vehicles (EV) by CNY10,000-20,000 (US$1,500-3,200) due to inflation in material prices and persisting shortages...
Friday 25 March 2022
Mixed levels of price reduction pressure looming for diverse IC segments
Different IC segments will be experiencing mixed levels of price downward pressure at least in the first half of the year, according to industry sources.
Friday 25 March 2022
Samsung gearing up for robotics, the metaverse
Samsung Electronics is looking to develop its new businesses associated with the development of its robotics products, and solutions for the metaverse, according to the South Korean...