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Wednesday 30 November 2022
2023 outlook: US will grow to be next battery battlefield
Battery makers have fired on all cylinders with expansion this year to meet the surging demand from EV manufacturers. Looking ahead to 2023, major Asian battery companies will keep...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
WSTS sees 2023 global chip market decline while ITRI forecasts Taiwan Semicon industry grows 6.1%
As anticipated, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) downwardly revised its latest semiconductor market forecast in November 2022. The growth of worldwide semiconductor...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Apple to lose 6 million iPhone Pros from tumult at China plant
Turmoil at Apple Inc.'s key manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou is likely to result in a production shortfall of close to 6 million iPhone Pro units this year, according to a person familiar...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Europe falling behind US and China in industry transformation, says VW brand CEO
Fundamental changes happened in the global industrial landscape in recent years as electrification and geopolitical conflicts arose. Volkswagen brand CEO Thomas Shafer raised a concern...
Monday 28 November 2022
Semiconductor testing, material analysis service providers see booming orders
Technology/device testing and certification service providers including Sporton International, Audix and BTL as well as semiconductor material, reliability and failure analysis service...
Monday 28 November 2022
NEV prices in China likely to rise after subsidy program ends
China will terminate the subsidy program for new energy vehicles(NEV), including EVs, on the first day of 2023. Car companies are taking the final opportunity to boost sales. Industry...
Monday 28 November 2022
SMIC gets caught in fresh US trade curbs (Part 2)
Some industry sources believe that SMIC developed and produced 7nm chips using immersion DUV equipment. If confirmed, the foundry house faces a risk of raging the US government and...
Monday 28 November 2022
SMIC gets caught in fresh US trade curbs (Part 1)
China's three bellwether semiconductor firms, Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC), Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT),...
Friday 25 November 2022
China buys fewer chip-making machines as US restrictions start
China's purchases of machines to make computer chips fell 27% last month from a year earlier as the US imposed new, sweeping sanctions to try and derail the country's chip ambition...
Friday 25 November 2022
2023 Outlook: China in sanction aftershock, TSMC sees limited impacts
Year 2022 marks a new height of the US-China chip war, with the US government imposing unprecedented sanctions against China's semiconductor sector. As the year draws to a close,...
Thursday 24 November 2022
India facing localization challenge in EV supply chain
As India pins its hope on EVs to realize sustainable development and gain its lead in the strategic industry, India's challenge is how to localize components supply amid China's do...
Thursday 24 November 2022
2023 Outlook: 8 trends to shape semiconductor industry in 2023 and beyond
The tumultuous year of 2022 triggered the correction of the semiconductor industry inventory, and firms are responding to the short-term downcycle, but there are trends developing...
Thursday 24 November 2022
China's imports of IC-making equipment from Dutch doubled in October
According to official data, China's overall imports of equipment for semiconductor manufacturing declined by nearly 30%, while IC-making equipment's growth remains flat.
Thursday 24 November 2022
AI-based EDA tools increasingly crucial for IC design process
With the increasing diversity of end-use applications, IC design houses are facing increasing challenges in product design, and how to shorten the time to market for new products...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Apple supply chain keeps up with relocation shifts
Supply chain integrity is a main consideration when deciding where to move production bases. The more complete the supply chain, the better the profits for ODMs and electronics manufacturing...