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Tuesday 1 March 2022
Mobileye new chip becomes key for developing inexpensive autonomous system
Mobileye, an auto technology developer under Intel, is looking to build an autonomous driving system priced between US$5,000-10,000. Mobileye hopes to boost the penetration of the...
Friday 25 February 2022
Highlights of the day: NAND flash prices rising
NAND flash prices are being pushed up by Micron's and Western Digital's latest moves to increase their NAND flash...
Friday 25 February 2022
RichWave sees lead times for Wi-Fi chips shorten
Taiwan-based RichWave Technology, which specializes in Wi-Fi FEM (front-end module) solutions, has seen delivery lead times for Wi-Fi core chips from vendors shorten to 26-36 weeks...
Friday 25 February 2022
Microprocessor sales growth to slow in 2022, says IC Insights
Worldwide microprocessor sales grew 14% to a record-high US$102.9 billion in 2021, after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID-induced lockdowns drove up demand for PCs, large-screen smartphones...
Friday 25 February 2022
FocalTech reports strong profits in 2021
Dispaly driver IC (DDI) and TDDI (touch and display driver integration) IC design house FocalTech Systems has recorded net profit of NT$6.097 billion (US$219 million) for 2021, 3.02...
Friday 25 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see limited impact from Russia-Ukraine crisis
Taiwan-based chipmakers have already developed their flexibility to seek alternative sources and expect the Russia-Ukraine conflict to have a limited impact on their supply chains,...
Friday 25 February 2022
Micron, WD raise NAND flash prices by 10%
Micron Technology and Western Digital have raised their NAND flash prices by about 10%, which is about to trigger increases in both spot and contract market prices, according to industry...
Friday 25 February 2022
Driver assistance systems to become standard, say experts
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are expected to become standard features in ten years, and the demand for semiconductors in the systems will be growing exponentially, experts...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Chroma expects robust sales growth for test solutions
Chroma ATE, which provides automatic and customized precision test, inspection, and measurement solutions, expects sales of its semiconductor test solutions to grow substantially...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see their role in global EV supply chain grow
The role of Taiwan's IC industry is growing amid the persistent shortage of automotive chips.
Thursday 24 February 2022
Unimicron in talks about ABF substrate orders for 2027-2030
Unimicron Technology is already in talks with its major clients about ABF substrate orders for 2027-2030, as they seek to secure as much new capacity as possible through long-term...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Qualcomm seeking 3nm process capacity from TSMC
Qualcomm reportedly plans to contract TSMC to make all its processors demanding 3nm process manufacturing.
Thursday 24 February 2022
Automotive MCU prices to rally further by 15-20% in 2Q22
Automotive MCU prices are expected to rise by another 15-20% in the second quarter of 2022 due to supply-side constraints, according to sources at related IC distributors.
Thursday 24 February 2022
Singapore attracts US$8.8 billion investment commitments in 2021
Singapore attracted SGD11.8 billion (US$8.8 billion) investment commitments in 2021. The new investments are expected to create more than 17,000 new jobs.
Thursday 24 February 2022
Infineon WBG chip capacity expansion in Malaysia to benefit Taiwan leadframe makers
Infinenon Technologies has recently announced plans to invest over EUR 2 billion to build a new fab for wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors (SiC and GaN) at its manufacturing complex...