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Wednesday 30 June 2021
Compound semiconductors now national strategic materials, says GlobalWafers chair
Compound semiconductors will become a key industry sector reaching a national strategic level in importance, as they will be badly needed to power many critical technological applications...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Fierce competition among HPC chip suppliers to benefit TSMC
Foundry market leader TSMC has been pinpointed as a major beneficiary of the increasingly fierce competition among HPC chip providers, according to market sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
PCB materials prices stop rising
Upstream PCB materials prices have stopped rising and stabilized, relieving some pressure on PCB makers though the materials remain in tight supply, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Synopsys, Samsung Foundry extend partnership to 3nm GAA technology
Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform has enabled Samsung Foundry to achieve first-pass silicon success for an advanced, high-performance and multi-subsystem SoC, validating the extended...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC set to welcome record June sales
Strong demand from various IC segments is expected to send sales at TSMC to yet another record level in June, despite...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
MIH may stretch into autonomous driving
MIH Consortium, a Foxconn-led open EV ecosystem, may extend its business tentacle into the self-driving segment as quite a few startups from the segment are now members of the alliance...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Foxconn adopts two-pronged strategy for EV ecosystem
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group is set to deepen its deployments in the EV market through both the MIH platform and in-house production of EV components following the formation...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
LCD panel prices to rise at slower pace in July
LCD panel prices will continue to rise in July, but at a slower pace as sales of TVs in China are heading for a slowdown, weakening demand for panels, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Notebook ODMs still see shipments constrained by chip shortages
Notebook ODMs and brand vendors continue to see their shipments constrained by chip shortages, though supply of some other components may improve later this year, according to industry...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
MCU prices set to rise in 3Q21
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers are set to raise their chip prices in the third quarter to reflect rising foundry costs and end-market demand driven by work-from-home (WFH) activities.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Allied Circuit delivers PCB samples for 400G switches
Niche-market PCB maker Allied Circuit has recently sent samples for 400G network switches to clients for validation, and is expected to start shipments in the second half of the year,...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Nuvoton to improve product mix through acquisition
MCU specialist Nuvoton Technology will be able to improve its product mix, following its acquisition of Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions (PSCS) and Panasonic's other chipmaking assets,...
Monday 28 June 2021
Highlights of the day: MIH pledges neutrality
The Foxconn-led MIH Consortium has made commitments to maintaining the neutrality of the EV development platform. MIH has announced an operating model aimed at lowering the entry...
Monday 28 June 2021
Intel, AMD, Nvidia in keen competition for ABF substrate capacity
Intel, AMD and Nvidia are heating up competition to win more capacity support from suppliers of ABF substrates needed to process their HPC chips through at least 2025, according to...
Monday 28 June 2021
Flash device controller suppliers see order visibility stretched
NAND flash device controller suppliers have seen order visibility stretched beyond 2022 to 2023, thanks to strong demand for notebook, Chromebook and handset applications, coupled...